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Chicken Broccoli Rice Bake

43 minweeknight4 servingshigh-protein

Ingredients

  • Chicken breast500 g, cubedOn hand
  • Rice250 gOn hand
  • Broccoli400 g, cut in floretsOn hand
  • Cheddar cheese120 g, gratedOn hand
  • Milk300 mloptional
  • Chicken stock400 mloptional
  • Flour2 tbspoptional

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Steps

  1. 1

    Heat the oven to 190°C / 375°F.

    5 min

  2. 2

    Brown the chicken cubes; cook until no longer pink inside, 165°F / 74°C.

    8 min

  3. 3

    Whisk the flour into the pan juices.

    1 min

  4. 4

    Pour in the milk and stock and stir until smooth.

    3 min

  5. 5

    Stir the rice and cheddar into the sauce.

    1 min

  6. 6

    Fold in the broccoli and the chicken.

    2 min

  7. 7

    Tip everything into a baking dish.

    1 min

  8. 8

    Bake until the rice is tender and the top is golden.

    22 min

Cook’s note. Baking rice drinks a lot of liquid; if the dish looks dry at twenty minutes, add a splash of stock.

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