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One Pan Roasted Herb Chicken and Wild Rice. I turned my family’s favorite dinner into an easy and delicious one-pan recipe that makes weeknight cooking easy and delicious! Wild rice is cooked together with vegetables, chicken, and herbs. This oven-roasted chicken dinner is the coziest thing you’ll make this week. And also, the simplest and most delicious! The trick is a few slices of butter over each piece of chicken. The butter drips down over the chicken and creates the most flavorful all-in-one recipe! So easy to prepare and enjoyed by all.
It’s always the simplest of recipes that I end up loving the most. This chicken and rice dish is just that, and I’m so excited to share it. I hope the recipe finds its way into your kitchen all fall and winter long – it’s that perfect.
I love creating more one-pot, sheet pan, or crockpot recipes for you all. Anything simple and easy is what I’m all about. When I was dreaming up this recipe, it started out a little more complicated than the recipe I’m sharing today.
After making this twice, I was actually going to move on. The dish just wasn’t working the way I had envisioned in my head.
And at the time, I didn’t feel it was special enough to share. So I left the recipe alone for a bit. But then it was my mom who reminded me how delicious this sounded on paper. She is a sucker for any chicken and rice style dish. Actually, I guess I am too.
I decided to give the recipe one more try, but this time I simplified the process and made the dish even easier. It turned out so delicious, and pretty. I quickly fell in love with it.
I’ve now made this multiple times since. And just like Monday’s pot roast recipe, it’s almost effortless, and a dish that everyone in my family really enjoys.
Here are the details
Step 1: the ingredients
This is not my first one pan chicken and rice, but it’s my simplest to date, and yet still so flavorful. You’ll of course need chicken. I love to use a skinless chicken thigh in this recipe since the dish will cook for a longer period of time. You can use thighs, breasts, or even a mix of the two.
You’ll need shallots, garlic, fresh and or dried herbs, your favorite Italian seasoning blend, a touch of chili powder, wild rice, orzo, mushrooms, and celery.
You’ll also need some gouda cheese, cider or white wine, broth, and butter.
Step 2: mix everything
Now, working in a large casserole dish with a lid, or oven-safe skillet with a lid, toss the chicken with olive oil, shallots, garlic, thyme, sage, Italian seasoning, and chili powder. Then season very well with salt and pepper.
Mix in the wild rice, orzo, mushrooms, and celery.
Add apple cider, or if you don’t have cider, try using white wine. Then add bone broth (or chicken broth). Now arrange pats of butter all around the chicken.
Step 3: bake
Slide the entire dish, covered, into the oven. Now bake for a good amount of time. The wild rice takes a little longer to cook. This needs about 45 minutes with the lid on.
After 45 minutes, I remove the lid and continue to roast the chicken until it’s browned and golden on top, the rice is fluffy, and the liquid in the pan has mostly cooked into the rice.
And that’s simply it, the dish is done.
Step 4: serve
There is not one fancy finishing step or detail. I scoop the rice and veggies up and serve them underneath the juicy herb butter chicken.
Totally no fuss and so delicious. I know this is a recipe I’ll be coming back to time and time again. Perfect dinner to make for family and friends in the next few cozy months ahead!
Looking for other weeknight meals? Here are a few ideas:
Creamy Broccoli Cheddar Chicken Rice
One Pan Chipotle Honey Chicken and Rice
Creamy White Bean Noodle Soup with Rosemary Bacon
Mustard Herb Chicken and Creamy Orzo
Crockpot Crispy Buffalo Chicken Tacos with Jalapeño Ranch
Slow Cooker Saucy Sunday Bolognese Pasta
Crockpot Spaghetti Squash Lasagna Bolognese
Crockpot Herb Butter Chicken and Wild Rice
Lastly, if you make this One Pan Roasted Herb Chicken and Wild Rice, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
One Pan Roasted Herb Chicken and Wild Rice
Servings: 6
Calories Per Serving: 679 kcal
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
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Ingredients
- 6 chicken thighs (skin on or off)
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 shallots, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 tablespoons fresh chopped thyme
- 1 tablespoon fresh chopped sage
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- Kosher salt and black pepper
- 1 1/2 cups dry wild rice
- 1/2 cup dry orzo
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 1 cup cubed gouda cheese
- 1 cup apple cider or dry white wine
- 2 cup chicken or chicken bone broth
- 6 tablespoons salted butter
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 400°. 2. In a 9×13 inch baking dish or oven-safe skillet with sides, toss together the chicken, olive oil, shallots, garlic, thyme, sage, Italian seasoning, chili powder, and season with salt and pepper. Add the wild rice, orzo, mushrooms, celery, and cheese. 3. Pour over the apple cider and broth. Position the chicken pieces over the rice. Add slices of butter. Cover and bake for 45 minutes. Remove the lid and bake for another 15-20 minutes, until the rice is fluffy and the chicken is cooked through. If the rice is hard, add 1/3 cup water and cook for an additional 10 minutes.4. Serve the chicken and rice topped with fresh thyme. And enjoy!
Notes
Trouble Shooting the Rice: some are having issues with the rice cooking properly. Wild rice takes longer to cook than white, it’s also a bit tricker. If you are having issues, you can start with pre-cooked wild rice (Trader Joes and Whole Foods sell cooked, frozen wild rice) and cook the entire dish, 30-40 minutes. Or, add 1 cup of additional broth, plus 20-30 extra minutes of cooking time. My rice cooks perfectly as directed, but ovens and wild rice brands all vary.
This post was originally published on October 25, 2023
This recipe is a total nightmare. First off the chicken instructions do not make sense; why is everything dumped on top of the chicken but then the chicken is supposed to be on top?? Prep is not 20 minutes but more like 40. The chicken was at 190 in 30 minutes so I pulled it out. The rice took over an hour and a half to cook with FOUR extra cups of cider/broth mixture. I started this meal at 5pm and we ate at 8:30. The chicken was totally over cooked. The whole meal had me in tears. I love HBH and have made so many wonderful meals but this one either needs to be taken down or fixed.
I cooked mine in an oval-shaped Dutch Oven with the lid on top and it was perfect! It could be related to the dish you used for it. (Maybe worth noting that I also cooked it on the middle rack?)
I also used a wild rice *blend* that will cook at the same time as regular rice after seeing some people’s troubles with regular wild rice: I think that is key. I agree that the directions are a little confusing regarding when to put everything in there though: I think the goal is to mix everything together well enough that all the dry ingredients get saturated in liquid prior to pulling the chicken pieces up to the surface to cover everything below them.
Thanks so much Kerri!! Love to hear that this dish turned out well for you and thanks so much for sharing your notes! Sorry for any confusion in the recipe! xx
Hi Martha,
So very sorry to hear that this dish did not turn out well for you. It has worked nicely for others so if there is something specific I can help adjust I would be happy to do so! Again, my apologies! xx
Do you have the nutritional information for this dish?
Hi Diana,
So sorry, at this time we only have the estimated calorie count available! Please let me know if I can help in any other way! xx
Warm and yummy but definitely pre cook the wild rice.
Hey Lynne,
Amazing!! Thanks so much for making this dish and sharing what worked nicely for you! So glad it was enjoyed! xT
I used jovial grain free cassava orzo to make this gluten free (and a few other small swaps based on what I had in the fridge), but this was delicious! I love your chicken and rice dishes – happy to have another to add to the rotation. Such a cozy, delicious meal!
Hi Julianna,
I love to hear that this recipe was a hit, thanks for making it and sharing your review:) xT
Hi! I am going to try this. I’m not a Gouda fan. Do you have a substitute suggestion?
Hey Dana,
Sure, you could really use any cheese you like here, cheddar would be great! Let me know if you give this recipe a try, I hope you love it! xT
quick question – would boneless skinless thighs be ok? And if I used pre-cooked wild rice, would I add it at assembly? or at the end? Thanks
Hi Cathy,
Yes, you can use boneless skinless thighs! I have never used pre-cooked rice, but you would need to reduce your liquids if you do that! Let me know how the recipe turns out for you! xT
Can you make this on the stove top or in an Instant Pot? My oven isn’t working at the moment 🙁
Hi Janet,
So sorry, I have not tried this in the instant pot, but you could certainly cover and try finishing it on the stove top! Let me know how the recipe turns out for you! xT
SO SO good (like all your recipes). You truly have made me fall in love with cooking. Thank you for being such a light on social media and sharing your creations!
Aww, thanks so much Jordyn!! I love to hear that this recipe was enjoyed and appreciate you making it! xT
Hi! Could you use a Dutch oven for this recipe? If so, how might it affect the cooking times?
Thanks!
Hi Priya,
Sure, that will work, you can keep the recipe as is! Let me know if you have any other questions! xx
Any thoughts using boneless skinless chicken breast instead of thighs?
Hi Sue,
You could do that, they are going to cook in less time than the thighs so I would just be aware of that! I hope you love this dish! xT
Would you recommend omitting the Gouda and subbing in a dairy free butter to accommodate a dairy allergy? Or is the Gouda an integral part of it?
Hi Bekah,
I think it would be just fine if you skipped the cheese:) Let me know how this dish turns out for you, I hope you love it! xT
So good! Definitely making this again.
Hi Amy,
Happy Monday!! Love to hear that this recipe turned out well for you, thanks for trying and your feedback! xT
Do you have a link to the pan/skillet in the photo?
Hey Lexi,
So sorry, I do not have a link for this exact pot, it’s a bit older! But, typically I would use a Staub for this recipe:) Here is a link for that:
https://rstyle.me/+1e_laDl6PC5dKqW8KiPuWQ
Please let me know if you have any other questions! xT
This recipe tasted fine, but my husband and I were both confused by the way it was written, given the rice eventually ends up under the chicken in step 3, but it’s first written as being mixed in with everything at the same time in step 2, and if you’re going down the ingredients list it ends up on top of everything. It would be more easily understood if you emphasize that the rice goes in the pan before the chicken, then the rice would cook more easily. Would make again, just need to make a note of that issue later.
Hi Kaley,
Thanks for trying this dish and sharing your feedback! Sorry for any confusion, let me know if it works better the next time around! xx
I made this for supper tonight! Hubby and I loved it! My two adjustments were using 2 cups of basmati rice because that’s what was in my pantry, and using a cup of apple juice instead of cider or wine. I baked it in my convection oven according to directions, and the chicken thighs and rice were fully cooked at the same time. I loved the subtle fresh herb flavors! This recipe is classier than a chicken casserole. I look forward to making it again! Thank you!
(I’m sad that some people used apple cider VINEGAR and were disappointed; however, the recipe does not call for vinegar.)
Hi Colibri,
Happy Friday!! Thanks so much for trying this recipe and sharing your review, so glad it was a hit! Thanks for sharing what worked well for you! xT