Creole Chicken Recipe

Name: Creole Chicken Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 4 skinless chicken thighs, or more to taste; 1 pinch Creole seasoning, or more to taste; 2 tablespoons butter; 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers; 1 cup water; 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce; 1 (6.8 ounce) package Spanish-style rice mix

Rating: 4.71 stars

17 Ratings
14 Reviews
6 Photos

Spicy seasoned chicken thighs are cooked in Spanish rice. This is a good meal for a busy evening. After seasoning chicken and browning, it is left to cook while you tend to other preparations. This can be very spicy.

By Grace Carolyn Bowers-Reimondo

Recipe Summary

prep:

10 mins

cook:

45 mins

total:

55 mins

Servings:

Max Servings:

Yield:

4 servings

Nutrition Info

Ingredients

Original recipe yields 4 servings

The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

4 skinless chicken thighs, or more to taste
1 pinch Creole seasoning, or more to taste
2 tablespoons butter
1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers
1 cup water
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 (6.8 ounce) package Spanish-style rice mix

Directions

Step 1

Season chicken thighs with Creole seasoning.

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Step 2

Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat; cook chicken in the melted butter until browned, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Transfer chicken to a plate. Add tomatoes with green chile peppers, water, tomato sauce, and Spanish-style rice mix to the same skillet; stir well. Return chicken to the rice mixture and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover skillet, and simmer until chicken is no longer pink in the center and rice is tender, about 40 minutes. Serve on a platter with chicken atop the rice.

Partner Tip

Reynolds® Aluminum foil can be used to keep food moist, cook it evenly, and make clean-up easier.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

400 calories; 14.2 g total fat; 93 mg cholesterol; 1751 mg sodium. 41.9 g carbohydrates; 27.3 g protein; Full Nutrition

Reviews (14)

Most helpful positive review

Baking Nana

11/02/2015

For a really easy fast dinner this is a keeper. The kids loved it. Yes it is a bit spicy a little sour cream or cheese would tame that. I used Zatarain's Spanish Rice Mix 2 really large chicken breasts cut into thirds to make 6 pieces. Very tasty for an easy meal. Add a green salad or a vegetable side dish and you got dinner. Read More

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17 Ratings

5 star values: 14
4 star values: 2
3 star values: 0
2 star values: 1
1 star values: 0

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Baking Nana

11/02/2015

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11/02/2015

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basia k

03/10/2017

I substituted the Spanish rice with Cajun rice and followed the rest of the recipe... WONDERFUL tasty dish Read More

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pflowers

02/03/2016

Super easy I just added more creole seasoning I used broth instead of water and added onions Read More

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Bibi

12/14/2015

This is an excellent combination of flavors. It is a bit spicy--we consider it to be about a 5 on a scale of 0-10. My only change was to use chicken stock instead of water. This would easily stretch to 8 blsl thighs and I'm tempted to add some sliced zucchini about half way into the simmer time when I make this again. Leftovers would be an excellent lunch if we had any! Thanks for the recommendation Baking Nana! Read More

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Pgem Sassy

06/15/2017

This is surprisingly delicious!! Read More

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john98516

01/14/2016

I followed the recipe but but I also added shrimp and scallops with the chicken made it all the better. Read More

Paige Highberger

04/18/2018

I ended up making my own creole seasoning and using more than just a pinch. Also I made it with chicken breasts instead of thighs but other than that I stayed true to the recipe. I think it was alright tasted (to me) like a typical spicy chicken recipe. If you are looking for something hot this will probably take care of that need. I might make it again. Read More

Lori Slis

02/06/2017

This recipe was very easy to make. I had to substitute things because I didn't have the exact ingredients but it turned out very yummy! I didn't have Spanish rice but I had red beans and rice (Zatarains) I had Rotel but the chili fixing variety and I used broth instead of water like other reviewers had. That being said this is a simple recipe that tastes amazing!! Read More