One-Pot Complete Roasted Hen with Spanish Rice

Delve right into a heartwarming fusion of sturdy flavors with this oven-roasted Complete Hen with Spanish Rice and Veggies; a pleasant one-pot marvel that ensures each chew is seasoned to perfection.

This recipe is a game-changer! It’s all about getting that juicy roasted hen and zesty rice collectively in a single pot, with minimal cleanup. Plus, we’re giving a nod to comfort with boxed rice and frozen veggies, so that you get max taste with method much less effort. It’s old-school style with in the present day’s busy-cook vibe.

One in all our hottest hen recipes on Match Foodie Finds is our basic hen and rice recipe. This recipe was born out of or love for one-pot meals, a spin-off of the basic hen and rice recipe, and our love for taste.

What’s on this one-pot hen recipe?

• Complete Hen: The centerpiece! When roasted, this hen will get extremely tender and succulent, absorbing all of the wonderful flavors.
• Zatarains Spanish Rice Combine: An prompt taste booster. This rice combine brings zest and aptitude to the dish while not having a ton of further spices.
• Avocado Oil: A more healthy and extra flavorful different to common cooking oils. It handles warmth effectively and provides the hen a pleasant brown crust.
• Frozen Pepper, Onion, and Corn Combine: A genius hack for including texture, shade, and veggie goodness with out the fuss of chopping the whole lot up.
• Contemporary Cilantro and Lime: These give the completion with their recent burst of taste, brightening up the entire dish.

Substitutions & Variations

• Zatarains Spanish Rice Combine: In case you can’t discover Zatarains or want one other sort, any boxed rice combine with an analogous taste profile can work. Or make your personal utilizing white rice seasoned with tomatoes, bell peppers, and your favourite spices.
• Avocado Oil: Can’t discover avocado oil? Olive oil and even canola oil can work as a substitute. Simply have in mind the potential taste variations.
• Frozen Pepper, Onion, and Corn Combine: In case you’ve bought recent veggies mendacity round, go forward and use these! Contemporary bell peppers, onions, and corn kernels could be wonderful. Alternatively, different frozen blended greens like a stir-fry combine can work in a pinch.
• Contemporary Cilantro and Lime: If cilantro isn’t your factor (or somebody says it tastes like cleaning soap!), you should utilize recent parsley. For the lime, lemon is an efficient different, however keep in mind it’s a tad stronger, so regulate to style.

Storage

Divide into Smaller Parts: When you’ve got a major quantity left over, contemplate dividing the dish into smaller parts to permit it to chill down quicker. This may be finished utilizing shallow containers.

Use Hermetic Containers: Switch the hen and rice to hermetic containers. This can assist forestall moisture loss, which might have an effect on the feel and taste, and in addition forestall contamination from different meals.

Storage Length: Leftover cooked hen and rice might be safely saved within the fridge for 3 to 4 days.

Freezer Instructions

Cool Utterly Earlier than Freezing: Make certain the hen and rice are solely cool earlier than transferring them to the freezer. Use freezer-safe luggage or containers to retailer the hen and rice. Take away as a lot air as doable from luggage to forestall freezer burn.

Label and date your meals earlier than putting it within the freezer. The hen and rice dish can final for as much as 2-3 months.

Serving Options

Serve this hen and rice is a superb foremost dish. We advise serving it with a salad. Our spring combine salad or butter lettuce salad are nice choices.

Complete Roasted Hen with Spanish Rice

Savor a one-pot delight with this oven-roasted Complete Hen paired with flavorful rice and veggies; a meal that is as comforting as it’s scrumptious.

Prep:15 minutes minutes

Prepare dinner:50 minutes minutes

Complete:1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes

Fats 35

Carbs 48

Protein 45

Elements

• 3.5-4 lbs. entire hen
• 4 teaspoons sea salt separated
• 2 teaspoons floor cumin
• 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1 teaspoon floor paprika
• 1 teaspoon gentle brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons avocado oil
• 3.5 cups hen broth separated
• 1 medium white onion minced
• 5 cloves garlic minced
• 14 oz. Zatarains Spanish rice combine we used 2 packing containers
• 2 cups frozen peppers onions, and corn (we used Birdseye model, however any pepper/onion combine will work)

Toppings

• 2 tablespoons recent chopped cilantro
• Contemporary lime juice

Directions 

• Preheat the oven to 400ºF. Switch the hen to a baking sheet and pat the hen dry with paper towels.

• Add 3.5 teaspoons salt, cumin, chili powder, paprika, and brown sugar to a bowl and blend till mixed.

• Season the entire hen with the spice combination and therapeutic massage the spices everywhere in the hen. Put aside and let the hen relaxation for Quarter-hour at room temperature.

• Warmth the avocado oil in a big Dutch oven over medium/excessive warmth. Switch the hen breast facet all the way down to the oil and brown the hen for 4-5 minutes on all sides. The concept is to brown the hen to create a scrumptious taste.

• Take away the hen from the Dutch oven and deglaze the pan with ½ cup of broth. Scrape the brown bits from the underside of the pot. Add the onion to the pot and season with salt. Saute for 2-3 minutes.

• Add the garlic to the pot and saute for a further minute or till aromatic.

• Switch the hen again to the pot, breast-side up, and pour the remaining hen broth into the pot and canopy. Place the Dutch oven within the oven and bake for 25 minutes.

• Take away the hen from the oven and uncover the pot. Fastidiously pour the Spanish rice and peppers and onions into the pot and gently stir the onions and peppers collectively. Press the rice down into the liquid and ensure the rice is roofed in liquid.

• Cowl and bake for a further 25 minutes or till the liquid is absorbed, the rice is cooked, and the hen has an inner temperature of 165ºF.

• Take away the hen from the oven when the rice is cooked. If there’s nonetheless a chew to the rice, add ½ cup extra of hen broth to the pot, cowl and bake for a further 5-7 minutes.

• Take away from the oven and let the hen relaxation for five minutes earlier than serving.

• Serve with recent cilantro and a squeeze of lime.

Suggestions & Notes

• This recipe was examined with roughly a 3.8-lb. hen.
• You should use any boxed Spanish rice of your choice. We used Zatarains.
• For the benefit of a one-pot meal and fewer cleanup, we used frozen, chopped peppers, onions, and corn. Be happy to make use of freshly chopped peppers and corn.

Vitamin information

Energy: 690kcal Carbohydrates: 48g Protein: 45g Fats: 35g Fiber: 4g Sugar: 4g

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