This BLT Chicken and Rice Skillet is the perfect one pan meal to feed the whole family! It’s loaded with garlic, chicken, bacon, tomatoes, spinach, and a brown rice & quinoa mix! This chicken and rice recipe is totally delicious and SO EASY!
BLT Chicken and Rice Skillet
This BLT Chicken and Rice Skillet is filled with spinach, bacon, tomatoes, chicken, & more. This easy chicken and rice recipe is healthy, delicious, and made in just one pan!
I have been totally and completely obsessed with skillet meals lately! There’s just something so satisfying about a delicious meal coming together in JUST ONE PAN, feeding the entire family, and then having minimal dishes to clean up. Yup, this BLT Chicken and Rice Skillet is MY KIND OF MEAL!
There’s really no limit to what you can cook in a skillet, and I cannot get enough! My new favorite is this one pan chicken and rice recipe, made with a delicious BLT twist. You just won’t believe how simple it is, and it is cooked start to finish in under 30 minutes. What could be better?
Make this easy chicken and rice for a tasty weeknight dinner. The simplicity of this recipe can’t be beat, AND it’s a good healthy option too!
Try this delicious BLT Chicken and Rice Skillet for your next EASY meal. Chicken, bacon, spinach, tomatoes, and rice make the perfect healthy dinner!
Seeds of Change Quinoa and Brown Rice
This meal is as simple as cooking the bacon, browning the chicken, and stirring everything together. Typically a rice dinner would take tons of time, but not with SEEDS OF CHANGE® Certified Organic food products! SEEDS OF CHANGE® Quinoa & Brown Rice heats in just 90 SECONDS in the microwave, or just a couple stirs in a skillet.
It’s AMAZING and so delicious. It was the absolute perfect base to this simple chicken and rice skillet meal, making it even quicker and easier than you would expect.
How to Make BLT Chicken and Rice Skillet
I love how easy this chicken and rice recipe is-and it’s HEALTHY too. It’s just perfect when something that tastes amazing is actually good for you too. I need more meals like this in my life!
- Heat oil in a skillet and cook bacon for 5 minutes, then set aside.
- Cook chicken in skillet for 4-5 minutes on each side, then set aside. (cover with foil to keep warm)
- Add milk, garlic, & lemon juice to skillet, then slowly stir in the brown rice/quinoa mix and cook 2 minutes.
- Stir in the spinach, bacon, and tomatoes until spinach wilts, then add in the cooked chicken.
Chicken, rice, and veggies. An entire meal in one pan! You’re going to love this delicious BLT Chicken and Rice Skillet. See the recipe card for detailed instructions.
Easy Chicken Recipes
The flavors of this BLT Chicken and Rice Skillet are so simple yet so comforting. It makes me excited for winter and these cooler temps coming our way soon. I want to snuggle up on the couch with the dog and cat (husband can take the other couch), have a great skillet meal, and watch some quality (I use that term loosely) reality TV. My kind of night!
You can never have enough EASY chicken recipes to go around. Those are my specialty. So I put together a FREE e-book filled with my favorite Easy Chicken Dinner Recipes, which you can get right here!
So let’s recap: A super simple ONE POT meal, BLT Chicken and Rice Skillet, perfect for a dinner in or entertaining guests, should be made and on your table in less than 30 minutes TONIGHT. Sound good? Then you better get cooking!
See the recipe card below for details on how to make this BLT Chicken and Rice Skillet. Enjoy!
If you like this, try these other great chicken recipes too:
- Creamy White Chicken Lasagna
- Crockpot Chicken and Rice
- Baked Fried Chicken
- Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breast
- Queso Smothered Chicken Fajitas
- Baked Chicken Parmesan
- Chicken Couscous with Bacon and Corn
BLT Chicken and Rice Skillet
Ingredients
- 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 slices bacon cut into small pieces
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1/2 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 17 ounces bags Seeds of Change Quinoa & Brown Rice or your favorite flavor
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 cups fresh baby spinach
- 2 cups cherry tomatoes sliced in half
- fresh parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a 10" nonstick skillet (or seasoned cast iron) over medium high heat.
- Add in the bacon and stir to cook in the oil. Cook for approximately 5 minutes or until the bacon is crisp and cooked to your liking. Remove and place on a paper towel to drain. Set aside.
- Drain all the oil, except for 1 tablespoon. Add chicken into the skillet and cook 4-5 minutes per side or until cooked through. Season with salt and pepper to taste on each side of the chicken. Transfer chicken to a plate and cover with foil to keep warm.
- Add the milk, garlic, and lemon juice to the skillet and stir to combine.
- Gently add in the brown rice and quinoa to the skillet, using a wooden spoon to break up the rice. Stir the rice into the milk mixture and allow to heat through, about 2 minutes. The rice will become creamier as it heats. After two minutes, add in the spinach, tomatoes, and bacon to the rice. Stir to combine, wilting the spinach as it cooks. Once the spinach is wilted and the rice is fully cooked through, return the chicken to the skillet and nestle in the rice.
- Serve hot garnished with fresh parsley.
- Enjoy!
Last step! Don’t forget to show me a pic of what you made! Upload an image or tag me @thecookierookie on Instagram!
Nutrition Information
This is really delicious
This looks so go and healthy to. Can’t wait to try it.
Thank you Amy! It’s one of my faves for sure!
What would you suggest as an alternative to the milk?
You could use a different type of milk, like almond milk, if you like that better. Enjoy!
Says BLT but no L? Can I use lettuce instead of spinach? Not sure if they have that brand of rice around here either. Looks good tho and I’ll try it one way or other!
Hey Henrietta- Yeah I just love spinach so used that in place of the lettuce. You should be able to use lettuce, it just won’t wilt quite the same way. It should still be delicious. Enjoy!
Now that’s a brilliant one pan chicken meal!!!
Thanks so much Bee!
Love quinoa and brown rice and those veggies look great too.
Thanks Megan!!
Can anything go wrong with bacon and a skillet? Yum!!
AGREED! :)
Quinoa and brown rice are so good together! Love this recipe!
Thank you so much Lauren!
I want this…but I think I want to triple the amount of bacon. Because bacon.
I like the way you think! :)
I love this one pot chicken and rice idea for busy weeknights. Brilliant!
Thanks so much Bee!