When life gets hectic, here’s a one pan meal to the rescue! This Baked Lemon Chicken and Rice dish is as delicious as it is comforting. Fluffy and flavorful lemon infused rice topped with lemon and herb chicken…yum yum yum!

One Pan Baked Lemon Chicken and Rice  in a rectangular casserole dish
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I ate a lot of rice growing up. A LOT.

We pair rice with all kinds of things, but there is something super comforting about the chicken and rice combination.

These days, when things are busy and I still want my chicken and rice meal, I started making it all in my pan. Throw everything in there, bake it in the oven, and viola, dinner is served.

But we are not just talking about slapping a plain ole chicken on plain ole rice.

We are infusing lots of amazing flavors into this delicious Baked Lemon Chicken and Rice dish.

Both the rice and the chicken are cooked in garlic, onions, lots of herbs and spices, lemon juice, lemon peel, chicken broth and white wine.

Yep, wine. Because it makes dishes like these taste a thousand times better.

Just like some of my favorite recipes that are cooked with wine (White Wine Tomato Skillet Chicken, Stovetop Beef Stew, The Best Spaghetti and Meat Sauce), adding wine brings about many layers of flavors to a simple every day meal.

All that to say. It’s a good one. And here are all the reasons why you need this in your life 🙂

  • Super simple to make
  • Dinner in one pan!
  • Truly delicious and complex flavors (did my wine-talk convince you? 😉 )
  • Great as leftovers and for meal prep (it has been in my husband’s lunch box for the past three weeks, and he is still not bored with it!)

Let’s make Baked Lemon Chicken and Rice!

Besides the ingredients required, you will need these before you get started:

  • a small pot
  • a 9″ x 13″ rectangular casserole dish
  • meat thermometer (optional, but preferred)

First, we are cooking the aromatics, chicken broth, lemon and white wine in a small pot. Although ‘cooking’ might be a loose term because what you want to do is to bring it all to a boil and then immediately remove from heat.

We are merely combining it all and infusing the flavors together.

Once that is ready, add the liquid from the pot onto a rectangular casserole dish that should already have rice in it.

Make sure to spread the rice out as evenly as possible to ensure they cook evenly.

Then add:

  • chicken thighs
  • olive oil + more herbs and spices on top of the chicken
  • lemons

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8 Comments

  1. Christina says:

    5 stars
    Made this last night and it was AMAZING! I ended up having to bake for longer than the recipe suggested by about 10 minutes, but I think that’s due to my oven. I’m going to try this again with chicken breast, which should help! DELISH! Also super easy.

    1. Joyous Apron says:

      That’s so awesome, Christna! I’m telling you – it’s the wine! 😉 Thank you for sharing your modifications – it’s super helpful for other people who are making it. I bet it’ll be delicious with chicken breast as well.

  2. Eve Baruch says:

    Are the chicken thighs skinless? Boneless?

    1. Joyous Apron says:

      I used skin-on, bone-in thighs for this recipe. But you can use skinless boneless if you prefer. The skin and bones do bring some good flavors though.

  3. Hi, I forgot to pick up some white wine and an wondering if a Rose wine would work?
    Or would that give if an off taste? Looking forward to trying another one if your great recipes!

    1. Joyous Apron says:

      I have not tried it that way and would highly recommend using a dry white wine for this. Definitely avoid any sweet wine. Thanks for making my recipes! I hope you love this one as well. 🙂

  4. 5 stars
    Thank you for Another hit!! So easy and sooo delicious. Because I’m so confident in your recipes I more than doubled the recipe so there would be plenty leftovers for 3. We all loved it, and will be making it often! (as I do with so many of your recipes). if I could post a pic I would ( don’t have instagram)

    1. Joyous Apron says:

      Thank you so much for sharing this! I’m so happy to hear you’ve been loving my recipes. We love this yummy dish as well and I am so glad you tried this and love it too!