Weeknight Chicken Divan with Rice helps busy cooks put dinner on the table in 30 minutes. All you need are pantry staples like broccoli, chicken, dijon mustard & cheddar cheese to make this dish happen. No trip to the store needed and a dinner that tastes and sounds fancy is done.
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Happy New Year y’all!! Did everyone have good holidays?
We sure did, but it’s hard to believe that it is already 2015!!! I am totally not ready for the new year but it is here and it’s time to embrace it. Did you make any New Year’s resolutions? One of mine is to dedicate more time to this blog. So you will be seeing more posts this year…I promise you that!!
Weeknight Chicken Divan with Rice found it’s way to our dinner table because I had laid out chicken for dinner and we had some broccoli in the frig that needed to be used up. I did a quick search on Pinterest for “chicken broccoli” and quickly came across this recipe for Gluten-Free Skillet Chicken Divan by Betty Crocker.
Here is your recipe for Weeknight Chicken Divan with Rice:
- I cup quick cooking brown rice
- 2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 1 large sweet yellow onion, chopped
- 3-4 cloves fresh garlic, minced or pressed
- 1 lb. boneless,skinless chicken breasts, chopped into bite-sized pieces
- 2 tbsp. dijon stone ground mustard
- ¼ cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 3 cups broccoli florets
- Sea salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste.
- ½ cup shredded cheddar cheese
- Cook brown rice according to package instructions, set aside and keep warm.
- Place a large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add olive oil, onion and garlic and saute until the onion has soften and turned translucent, approximately 3-4 minutes.
- Add chicken to the skillet and brown chicken on all sides, approximately 3-4 minutes.
- Add mustard, broth, broccoli, salt and pepper. Cover. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook for approximately 10 minutes or until broccoli is crisp-tender and bright green. Turn off heat.
- Sprinkle with cheese and let stand for a few minutes to let cheese melt.
- Serve over cooked brown rice.
This looks great! Nice and healthy and easy. The perfect dinner for the New Year!