Artichoke Chicken With Rice

foxfyre's Note:

This is a great one-dish meal in the crockpot. You can also substitute an equivalent amount of another vegetable (asparagus and broccoli are both good), making this a versatile recipe you can use often. When I make this dish I tend to use more pepper and basil than garlic, and just a tiny hint of dill. PLEASE NOTE: Due to comments in reviews on this and a similar recipe of mine, I've clarified that you need to use converted or brown rice for this to turn out right. Sorry for any confusion!

• Total Time: 5 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 1 ½ lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 1 ½ cups converted rice or 1 ½ cups brown rice
• 1 ½ cups chicken broth
• 1 (15 ounce) can quartered artichoke hearts
• 1 (10 ½ ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
• salt
• pepper
• basil
• garlic powder
• dill weed

Directions:

1. Spray crockery insert with non-stick cooking spray.
2. Place rice in crockpot and add the broth.
3. Rinse chicken and pat dry; cut into bite-size pieces.
4. Place chicken on rice and top with artichoke hearts.
5. Season Cream of Chicken soup to taste with salt, pepper, basil, garlic, and dill; spoon soup over the layer of chicken.
6. Cover and cook for 4 - 5 hours. check rice and stir about an hour before cooking is complete to avoid "mushy" rice.

Reviews

[LoriInIndiana]

I am sorry, but the rice just never did seem completely done in the middle but turned mushy on the outside. I did use jasmine rice and I did stir to avoid the mushy rice as per the recipe instructions. This had a good flavor and was very simple to assemble. I would like to try it in the future possibly using steamed rice and making a sauce with the artichokes for the chicken. I hope someone has better success with this. Thanks for sharing your recipe.