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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!
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
1 hr 15 mins
Servings: 6 Serivngs
Calories: 511 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Russian , Ukrainian
Ingredients
- 6 chicken thighs bone in, skin on
- 2 cups rice cooked
- 1 small onion diced
- 2 medium carrots grated
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp garlic parsley salt to taste
- 1 tbsp pepper to taste
- 1 tsp salt
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.
- 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.
- In a medium bowl, mix the cooled rice and veggies together and season them to taste with salt and pepper.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bake the thighs at 350°F for 45 minutes. Enjoy immediately!
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Notes
- Note: The chicken may produce lots of grease during the baking process, you can just drain the grease and keep on baking.
Nutrition Information
Calories
511kcal
(26%)
Carbohydrates
54g
(18%)
Protein
23g
(46%)
Fat
22g
(34%)
Saturated Fat
6g
(30%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
4g
Monounsaturated Fat
10g
Trans Fat
0.1g
Cholesterol
111mg
(37%)
Sodium
1655mg
(69%)
Potassium
408mg
(12%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
2g
(4%)
Vitamin A
3491IU
(70%)
Vitamin C
3mg
(3%)
Calcium
43mg
(4%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6Serivngs
Amount Per Serving
Calories 511
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 511kcal | 26% |
| Carbohydrates | 54g | 18% |
| Protein | 23g | 46% |
| Fat | 22g | 34% |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 4g | 24% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
| Trans Fat | 0.1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 111mg | 37% |
| Sodium | 1655mg | 69% |
| Potassium | 408mg | 9% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 3491IU | 70% |
| Vitamin C | 3mg | 3% |
| Calcium | 43mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.