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Rice Stuffed Chicken Thighs

These rice stuffed chicken thighs have a crisp outside and a juicy veggie and rice filling. It's crazy easy to make and is always a crowd favorite!
Course Main Course, Meats
Cuisine Russian, Ukrainian
Keyword chicken recipe, rice stuffed chicken, stuffed chicken
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 6 Serivngs
Calories 511kcal
Author Natalya Drozhzhin

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Cook the rice in salted water per package instructions. Set aside to cool. In a large skillet, sauté the onions and carrots together until they soften and the onion turns translucent. Set aside to cool.
    carrots and onion in a skillet
  • Cut the bone out of chicken thighs. Using a meat tenderizer, pound the chicken from the inside (leaving the skin intact on the outside) until flat and thin.
    chicken getting tenderized on a cutting board
  • In a medium bowl, mix the cooled rice and veggies together and season them to taste with salt and pepper.
    Vegetables with rice in a bowl
  • Place a piece of chicken on a flat working surface, then put a handful of the rice mixture in the middle of each pounded thigh. Fold each side into the middle, securing the filling inside.
    chicken and rice on a cutting board
  • One by one, assemble the stuffed chicken thighs seam side down in a baking dish. Make sure they are flush against one another. Sprinkle the chicken with garlic parsley salt.
    Chicken stuffed with rice in a baking dish
  • Bake the thighs at 350°F for 45 minutes. Enjoy immediately!
    Baking pan with chicken stuffed with rice.

Notes

Note: The chicken may produce lots of grease during the baking process, you can just drain the grease and keep on baking.

Nutrition

Calories: 511kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 111mg | Sodium: 1655mg | Potassium: 408mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 3491IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 1mg