Easy, weeknight dinner that you can make right after work. You can adjust the heat in this dish based on your personal preference but it will not be lacking in flavor. Creamy chicken and rice dish made with Cajun spices.
I had a friend coming over for dinner and a movie last week and of course, it happened to be an extremely busy day for me. So here I am, just getting home an hour before dinner time and needed to think fast. Luckily, I had chicken defrosted already. I say “luckily” because there have been many a few times that I’ve forgotten to defrost meat and that’s how “meatless Mondays” happened at my house. Except they weren’t’ always Mondays.
So chicken defrosted, now what? I didn’t quite have a game plan (man, I was not prepared at all) and we all know what that means. Chopped time! Open your refrigerators…what do you find? “Well, Ted, I have chicken, I see some heavy cream…Ooo, wine! Let’s pull some onions, tomatoes and garlic. Shall we add cheese? Can never go wrong with cheese! Let’s spice things up…let’s make it Cajun! BAM!” (Oh yea, wrong show…)
Perfect!!
Flavor perfection in 30 minutes!
Creamy Cajun Chicken & Rice
Ingredients
- 1.25 lb chicken breast
- 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
- salt and pepper
- 1/2 medium yellow onion
- 2 medium tomatoes
- 2 large garlic cloves
- 1-2 Tbsp vegetable oil if needed
- 1/3 cup white wine
- 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
- salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/4 tsp dry oregano
- 1/2 tsp dry thyme
- 1/2 cup finely shredded Monterrey Jack cheese
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- 1 1/2 cups uncooked Jasmine rice will make about 4 cups cooked
Instructions
- Cook rice according to the package instructions, fluff and set aside.
- In a medium pan, heat up oil and cook chicken breasts until done, over medium heat. Take out chicken and set aside to cool until it can be handled.
- Add more oil to the pan if needed and raise the heat to medium-high.
- Dice onion and tomatoes and add it to the pan. Mince garlic and also add it to the pan. Saute until soft and fragrant.
- Add wine, stir and let it simmer for about a minute.
- Lower heat to medium and add heavy cream, mix well. Add spices. (Taste to check if the heat is right or if you want more cayenne.)
- Chop cooked chicken and add it to the pan with sauce. Mix well.
- Cook over medium heat for 5-7 minutes.
- Stir in shredded cheese until all melted and combined.
- Serve over rice.
Notes
Nutrition
Check out these great recipes from other bloggers:
Cajun Margaritas from Tide and Thyme
Cajun Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo from Comfortably Domestic
Cajun Shrimp Bisque from Bev Cooks
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Sherry says
Can you tell me how to make a skillet gravy without flour or milk that would be good on beef liver and onions?? Please….
Thank you.
Liz says
Great – thank you.
lyuba says
Always my pleasure! Thank you!
Carol at Wild Goose Tea says
This looks soooooo good. I am not merely saying that—-it really really does. There is no doubt it is delicious. Once again reading a food blog before I eat dinner. I never learn.
lyuba says
Hehe, nope 🙂 But I hope to inspire your dinner!
Thank you, Carol!
Laurie says
Full of flavors, I can’t wait to try it!
lyuba says
Can’t wait to hear what you think, Laurie! Thank you!