🥣 Ingredients (simple pantry style)
- 4–6 chicken thighs or breasts
- 1 cup uncooked rice (long grain works best)
- 1 can cream of chicken soup (or mushroom if you prefer)
- 1 can cream of celery soup (optional but makes it richer)
- 1½–2 cups water or chicken broth
- 1 packet onion soup mix (key flavor boost)
- Salt & pepper (light, soup mix is salty)
- Optional: garlic powder, paprika, black pepper, butter on top
🔥 How to Make It (no fuss method)
- Preheat oven
Set to 180°C (350°F). - Mix base
In a baking dish, combine:- rice
- soups
- water/broth
- onion soup mix
Stir everything well.
- Add chicken
Place chicken pieces on top.
Season lightly with pepper/paprika. - Cover & bake
Cover tightly with foil. - “Forget it” step
Bake for 1 hour 30 minutes (don’t open the oven early).
The rice cooks in the creamy sauce while the chicken becomes tender. - Finish
Uncover for last 10 minutes if you want a slightly thicker top.
😋 What you get
- Ultra tender chicken
- Creamy, flavorful rice underneath
- Almost gravy-like sauce built from the soups
- Minimal effort, maximum comfort
🔁 Easy upgrades
- Add mushrooms or peas into the rice mix
- Use garlic butter on top of chicken before baking
- Add cheese in the last 10 minutes for extra richness
- Swap rice for thin-sliced potatoes (even heartier)
If you want, I can also give you:
- 🍗 a no-soup version (from scratch creamy sauce)
- 🍲 a slow cooker “forgotten chicken” version
- 🔥 or a spicy desi twist version that hits harder in flavor