Lemon Chicken and Rice With Artichokes

Vino Girl's Note:

I love artichokes and lemon together. I prefer long cooking rice over instant, but using it here speeds things up. This recipe is from Cooking Light.

• Total Time: 31 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 21 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast , cut into 1/2 inch strips
• 2 ¼ cups onions , chopped
• 1 cup red bell pepper , chopped
• 2 cups instant rice , uncooked
• ¼ cup lemon juice
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon black pepper
• 1 (14 ounce) can reduced-sodium chicken broth
• 1 (14 ounce) can artichoke hearts , drained (cut into quarters if they don't come that way)
• 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese or 2 tablespoons romano cheese
• cooking spray

Directions:

1. Coat a Dutch oven or large pan with cooking spray and heat over medium-high heat.
2. Add chicken, onion, and bell pepper and saute 5 minutes.
3. Stir in rice, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and broth; bring to a boil.
4. Cover and reduce heat; simmer for 15 minutes or until rice is tender.
5. Stir in artichokes and cook for another minute until thoroughly heated.
6. Sprinkle with cheese.

Reviews

[ChefRaylene]

This was definitely a nice, light filling dish. I did add some minced garlic along with the ingredients. I wasn't sure how it would turn out, I usually have to have a sauce for almost everything, but I was pleasantly surprised!!! Thanks for posting. Raylene:)

[Demandy]

I wanted to like this recipe, I knew I could make it work in my rice cooker. But in the end what made me dislike it was the artichokes! They were tough and sour, and should have been added at the beginning to cook them and let them mellow out with the rest of the dish. The amount of lemon juice was good, and I used brown rice. I added extra water because it was brown rice but I shouldn't have because it was in the rice cooker.

[NcMysteryShopper]

Quick and Easy recipe. I thought it was a little bland last night so we added some sour cream to it... today the flavors are much more intense and I can taste the lemon. Next time I will add more lemon juice and maybe use marinated artichokes.