Charlie Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 chicken breast halves
• 1 (3 ounce) box lipton onion soup mix (2 packets)
• 3/4 cup water
• nonstick cooking spray (pam, crisco etc.)
• 2 (6 ounce) boxes brown and wild rice mix (uncle bens brown & wild rice mushroom recipe)
• 4 1/4 cups water
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup parsley

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 350°.
• 2 using a non-stick spray of your choice, coat a 9x13 casserole dish (a light rub of vegetable oil will work just as well).
• 3 place chicken breasts in dish, barely touching each other- skin side up.
• 4 pour in 3/4 cup water, allowing it to go around each piece of chicken.
• 5 open 2 packets of lipton onion soup & dip mix, and sprinkle all over chicken, using the entire packages.
• 6 cover & seal casserole completely with aluminum foil.
• 7 bake at 350° for 60 min or until chicken is tender and completely cooked, (180°when checked with thermometer){see notes below}.

recipe

• 8 uncle bens brown & wild rice mushroom directions:.
• 9 using medium saucepan combine rice, contents of seasoning packet, 4 1/4 cups water and 2 tablespoons butter or margarine.
• 10 stir well.
• 11 bring contents to a boil, reduce heat (low to medium low) and simmer covered 25 minutes or until water is absorbed.
• 12 place chicken on a bed of the uncle ben's rice, making sure to get plenty of the sauce that is around the chicken.
• 13 sprinkle with fresh chopped parsley.
• 14 enjoy!
• 15 ***note***.
• 16 this recipe was originally cooked in an electric skillet at 375° for 1 1/2 hours, with steam vent closed, and no added water.
• 17 it always came out moist w/ a fine gravy/sauce. i lost my electric skillet in a house fire, being on ss i never have the $ to get another i liked, so i changed the recipe for the oven. the difference in heat source i guess makes the need for added moisture.
• 18 adding the small amount of water makes a gravy/sauce that is super when served as suggested.
• 19 there are many choices of uncle ben's rice recipes, choose the one you prefer. i like to add extra mushrooms, or other special touches such as parsley, and sometimes i just use a standard rice pilaf, with tiny chips of veggies.
• 20 we never make any other side dishes, this is more than satisfying.
• 21 do not fuss over finger licking as people continue to pick every bite off the bones.