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Rice-A-Roni Chicken Bake

Name: Rice-A-Roni Chicken Bake
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 4 quarters or 8 chicken legs; 1 box Rice-a-Roni, chicken flavor; 1/4 cup white rice, calrose or long grain; 1 2/3 cup water; 1 tsp Fresh Ground Pepper – pantry; 2 tsps Garlic powder – pantry; 1 tsp Salt – pantry; 2 tsps Paprika – pantry

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This Rice-A-Roni Chicken bake basically cooks itself. Start the dish before you leave, and by the time you get home, it’s done, and ready to serve!

Rice-A-Roni Chicken Bake

Yield: About 4 servings

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes

This Rice-A-Roni Chicken bake basically cooks itself. Start the dish before you leave, and by the time you get home, it’s done, and ready to serve!

Ingredients

4 quarters or 8 chicken legs
1 box Rice-a-Roni, chicken flavor
1/4 cup white rice, calrose or long grain
1 2/3 cup water

Seasoning (for the chicken):

1 tsp Fresh Ground Pepper – pantry
2 tsps Garlic powder – pantry
1 tsp Salt – pantry
2 tsps Paprika – pantry

Instructions

Mix seasonings together and sprinkle over chicken. You can leave skin on chicken and remove after cooking or go skinless. Just make sure to season well, before baking.
Preheat oven to 350. Mix 1/4 cup white rice to packaged rice a roni vermicelli/rice mixture and pour into a 13 x 9 roasting pan. Spread rice around to coat bottom of pan. Microwave water till near boil. Add rice a roni seasoning and pour over rice.
Place seasoned chicken onto rice, spread out from each other by a few inches or so. Cover with tin foil and seal tightly. Place pan in oven and let bake for 1 hour (depending on size of chicken, you might have to go 1 1/2 hours). Remove cover and baked an additional 10 -20 mins or until chicken looks nice and brown. Serve hot with a salad or fresh garden veggies and dip.

Nutrition Information

Yield 4 Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 1052Total Fat 49gSaturated Fat 13gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 30gCholesterol 655mgSodium 1313mgCarbohydrates 19gFiber 1gSugar 1gProtein 126g

Nutrition data was provided and calculated by Nutritionix, and should only be used as a general guideline. This information is provided as a courtesy and there is no guarantee that the information will be completely accurate.

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