When I was in middle & high school, I’d go visit my Grandparents over Spring Break. It was an awesome week of (usually) just me and them! We’d do all kinds of fun stuff – shopping, sewing, cooking, etc. And (at least once) while I was there, my Grandma would make one of my favorite meals – burnt chicken, peas and brown Minute Rice! (She always used beef broth in place of water to cook the rice.)
And here I sit, thinking, “Gosh, I really wish she were here to cook that for me!” But she can’t.
So I browsed through the Minute Rice recipes, found a few things that sounded good (but I didn’t have the ingredients for) and decided to create something similar but new. I used leftover fall-off-the-bone, OH-SO-AMAZING BBQ chicken from my sister’s wedding last weekend!
While the cream sauce simmered, I cooked brown Minute® Rice according to the package, reheated the chicken and pulled it off the bone and cooked green beans.
Cream Sauce Recipe:
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- salt
- pepper
- OPTIONAL: nutmeg, fresh herbs, Parmesan cheese, etc.
- NOTE: I used parsley & nutmeg. I had Parmesan cheese, but forgot to throw it in.
Preparation:
I served green beans with our BBQ Chicken and Rice with Cream Sauce. Everything was AMAZING!! I don’t know if I could make chicken as perfectly as those leftovers, but I would definitely make this again!!
Minute® Rice is so quick and easy to prepare and is great pantry staple. When meal time seems like a hassle, Minute® Rice is a go-to ingredient your whole family will love and allows you to have more quality time doing what your want with your loved ones.
Leftover rotisserie chicken or veggies from a meal earlier in the week? Minute® Rice can easily be paired with some of your leftover ingredients to make a quick, easy and wholesome meal your whole family will love in just a matter of minutes.
Visit http://www.minuterice.com/ to create a great main meal or side dish for your next family get-together or potluck.
**Full Disclosure: This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Minute® Rice. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Sounds yummy!! I’m hungry now!
Ohhh yummmy! I have way too much rice..this is right up my alley! Thanks Sara for the recipe!
I love Minute Rice! This recipe looks delicious!
I miss my Gramma’s cooking too! Your rice dish sounds yummy, we love using Minute Rice here for quick meals and the brown rice is really good!
Nothing tastes quite as good as grandma’s cooking. Weekends in the kitchen with my Gram. I’m excited to try your recipe! Looks yummy!
This sounds delicious! Going to try it soon!
This sounds and looks so good. I would have never thought of the combination. I’m going to pin this.