Description
Crockpot chicken and rice is the ultimate cozy recipe. Tender chicken, slow cooked with broccoli, aromatics and finished with lemon and feta!
Prep Time: 10 min | Cook Time: 2 hrss | Total Time: 2 hrss10 min | Course: Main Course | Cuisine: American | Keyword: Chicken, Make Ahead, slow cooker | Servings: 4
Ingredients
1lbboneless skinless chicken breasts
1teaspoonsalt
½teaspoonblack pepper
1cuplong grain basmati rice
1.5cuplow sodium chicken broth
4clovesgarlicsmashed
1medium yellow oniondiced
1tablespoondried oregano
1tablespoondried basil
1whole lemonboth the juice and zest
2cupsbroccolicut into florets
1cupfeta cheesecrumbled
1bunch of parsleyabout 1 cup, chopped
Instructions
Season chicken breast with salt and pepper and set aside.
- To your crockpot add rice, chicken broth, diced onion, smashed garlic, oregano and basil and stir.
- Place the chicken on top of the rice mixture and drizzle with the juice of ½ of the lemon. Close the lid of the crockpot and cook on HIGH for about 2 hours or LOW for about 4-6 hours.
- In the final 30 minutes of cooking (after 1 hour 30 minutes) add broccoli florets to the crockpot, close the lid and cook for the remaining 30 minutes.
- Once done, remove the chicken from the crockpot and slice into bite sized pieces. Add it back into the crock pot along with the remaining lemon juice, lemon zest, feta cheese and parsley. Stir to combine and serve!
Notes
The chicken is fully cooked when a thermometer inserted into the thicket part reaches a temperature of 165F.
*I have included an estimation of the nutrition information for this recipe below. However, always remember a recipe is so much more than just nutritional content and these numbers do not need to dictate your food choices. Please don’t forget that both your body and soul need nourishment! The owner of this website is not liable for this estimation.
Nutrition
Calories: 456kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 37g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 106mg | Sodium: 1187mg | Potassium: 847mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 524IU | Vitamin C: 58mg | Calcium: 291mg | Iron: 3mg
