Easiest Way to Prepare Perfect Creamy Chicken and Rice

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, creamy chicken and rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Creamy Chicken and Rice is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Creamy Chicken and Rice is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook creamy chicken and rice using 15 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Creamy Chicken and Rice:

1. Prepare 2 tbsp. salted butter, divided
2. Prepare 1 tbsp. olive oil
3. Get 1 large carrot, peeled and diced
4. Get 1 stalk celery, diced
5. Make ready 1/2 yellow onion, diced
6. Prepare 3 cloves garlic, minced
7. Get 2 cups cooked shredded or chopped chicken
8. Make ready 1/2 tsp. each salt, pepper, poultry seasoning
9. Prepare 1/4 tsp. each paprika, ground mustard
10. Get 1/8 tsp. ground coriander
11. Make ready 3/4 cup long grain rice
12. Prepare 1 3/4 cups unsalted chicken broth
13. Prepare 3/4 cup frozen peas
14. Take 1/4 cup freshly shredded white cheddar cheese
15. Make ready 1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese + additional for topping

Instructions to make Creamy Chicken and Rice:

1. Add 1 tbsp of butter and the olive oil to a large pot with a tight fitting lid. Once it's all melted and hot, add the onion, celery and carrot with a pinch of salt. Stir often and cook until everything has had a chance to soften, about 5-7 minutes. Then add the garlic and cook until just fragrant, another minute or two more.
2. Increase the heat to med-high and stir in the rice and seasonings. Let it cook, stirring often, for about 2 or so minutes to toast up the rice. Then stir in the broth and the chicken and give it all a good stir. Once it starts to come to a boil, cover it with the lid and reduce the heat to low. Cook for a total of 11-14 minutes, until the liquid has all absorbed and the rice is tender… In the last 3 or so minutes of cook time, stir in the peas.
3. Remove the pot from the heat and immediately stir in the additional 1 tbsp of butter and both of the cheeses until everything is melted and incorporated in. Then serve, topped with a little extra freshly grated parmesan cheese.

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