Velveeta Cheesy Chicken & Rice Skillet

Submitted by rusted_essence

"I decided to refer to my cookbook collection to find a tasty meal last night and this was the ticket. Richard prepared it and was tickled ppink with how well it turned out. We made 4 large breasts so we used some more oil than called for and cooked them slowly so they wouldn't burn etc. This came from my Favorite brand Name Best-Loved Recipies cookbook. This tasted like rice a roni with moist chicken... yummy!"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 tablespoon oil
• 4 small boneless skinless chicken breast halves (about 1 lb)
• 1 (10 ounce) can cream of chicken soup
• 1 1⁄3 cups water
• 2 cups MINUTE White Rice (uncooked)
• 8 ounces Velveeta cheese

directions

1. heat oil in a large skillet on med hi heat..
2. add chicken cover.
3. cook 4 minutes on each side or until cooked through
4. Remove chicken from skillet.
5. add soup and water to skillet
6. stir and bring to a boil.
7. stir in rice and 1 c of velveeta.
8. top with chicken.
9. sprinkle with remaining velveeta
10. cover and cook on low heat 5 minutes.

Reviews

[popo9807]

Obviously this isn't gourmet or the healthiest of foods either, but it is simple. I just made this in my electric skillet and it was awesome only having to dirty one thing. I prefer these skillet type recipes over the ones you bake because they are much more simple. The only thing I changed was that I added garlic and onion powder. I'm sure everyone will season to their own taste. <br/>I will make this again because it was very simple and quick!

 

[Patricia S.]

Beautiful and easy. Needed a last minute that was both hearty and didn't take a lot of ingredients. I think this will freeze well, too, which is superb! So glad I happened upon this, and I took the advice of one who added rosemary. I added thyme and rosemary to the soup. Delicious. I cooked regular rice and added 2 cups cooked rice as I don't usually have minute rice on hand. Rice was cooked with a little coriander and I added a can of sliced carrots at the end.

 

[Angela S.]

I cooked my chicken with salt and pepper, and shredded it. When it was done I added a little parsley, basil and rosemary to the rice and cheese mix. I made some broccoli in the steamer bags and mixed into my bowl to make it a complete meal in one bowl.

 

[RissaMa23]

This is a great baseline to give you a start to your meal. I tweaked it a bit though. Instead of Minute Rice, I used Basmati rice and cooked it in chicken broth, then instead of Cream of Chicken, I used more chicken broth. I added sliced carrots to the skillet along with minced onion, garlic and parsley. Salt and pepper to taste. :) It was very good, but next time I'm going to back off the cheese just a tad. Or maybe add milk.

 

[acarriersaved]

I added some garlic pepper,thyme, salt and parsley to my chicken while it was cooking! Was delicious! Great recipe!