Chicken and Rice with Herbed Truffle Butter
Juicy chicken breasts served over rice with an herbed truffle butter sauce! This simple, yet elegant chicken dinner is great for company or a romantic date night!
Servings: 4 Servings
Calories: 487kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup white rice
- 2 cups water
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- salt & pepper to taste
- 1 Tbsp oil
- 2 Tbsp truffle butter
- 4 Tbsp butter
- 2 cloves roasted garlic smashed
- 1 tsp fresh thyme chopped
- 1 tsp fresh rosemary chopped
- 1/2 lemon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees
- Add the rice and water to a heavy bottomed sauce pan. 1 cup rice and 2 cups of water is a general rule of thumb. Follow package directions for the rice to water ratio.
- Bring to a boil, cover, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Remove the rice from the heat and allow to rest for 10 minutes.
- Remove the lid and fluff the rice with a fork.
- While the rice is cooking, pat dry 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts.
- Season both sides of the chicken with salt and pepper.
- Heat the oil in a large oven safe pan and cook the chicken on medium-high heat 3-4 minutes on each side, until browned.
- Put the chicken in the oven for about 8 minutes or until a meat thermometer reaches 150-155 degrees, cover and let rest for 10 minutes.
- In a pan, over medium heat, melt the butter and truffle butter, add the smashed cloves of garlic and mix together, add the fresh herbs, and squeeze half of a lemon.
- Divide the rice between 4 plates and pour a small amount of sauce over the rice.
- Top each serving of rice with a chicken breast, and pour the remaining sauce over each chicken breast.
Notes
For evenly cooked fluffy rice, use a heavy bottomed pan and be sure to leave the lid on the rice throughout the entire cooking and resting process. The rice could also be cooked in a rice cooker.
Let the chicken rest while making the sauce. Cutting in to the chicken right away will dry it out. Resting it will make sure every bite is juicy and delicious!
Truffle oil is another inexpensive way to impart the flavor of truffles into a dish.
Nutrition
Calories: 487kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 118mg | Sodium: 292mg | Potassium: 489mg | Vitamin A: 565IU | Vitamin C: 9.3mg | Calcium: 32mg | Iron: 0.9mg