Chicken, Rice & Bean Skillet

This is one of my not-very-precise recipes, and it also happens to be very forgiving. I created it along the same lines as many of my hard-to-duplicate-exactly skillet dishes. It was delicious last night and I’m looking forward to having more for lunch today.

Chicken, Rice and Bean Skillet

Chicken, Rice and Bean Skillet

  • 1 red onion, diced
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 or 3 cups of cooked chicken
  • 2 or 3 cups of cooked white beans (navy beans or Great Northern beans or any other bean, really)
  • 2 or 3 cups of cooked brown basmati or jasmine rice
  • 1/2 to 1 cup water or broth, to soften the dish
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • generous dried cumin, to taste

Okay. This is going to be pretty hard. ;)

Saute the onion in a generous amount of olive oil, over medium heat in a cast iron skillet. When the onions are soft, add everything else. Incorporate it all by gently turning it over with a bamboo spoon. Try not to mash the beans, yet separate the rice grains from each other. You might end up with a pretty full skillet like mine, above.

Adjust seasoning to taste. Feel free to add other tastes: nutritional yeast, shredded goat cheese, other diced veggies, herbs.

Serve and enjoy!

© Copyright 2008 by Wardeh Harmon.

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2 Responses to “ Chicken, Rice & Bean Skillet ”

  1. Sounds great! For how long does this keep in the refrigerator? And I assume you heat it up in a pan on the stove?

  2. Sangeeta, I reheat it in a pan on the stove. It will keep a few days. I bet your family will eat it up before it could spoil! ;) Love, Wardeh

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