BAKED LIME GINGER CHICKEN WITH GARLIC RICE

BAKED LIME GINGER CHICKEN WITH GARLIC RICE image

Categories Chicken

Number Of Ingredients 13

3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon grated lime zest
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
2 1/2 pounds chicken, in small pieces with skin off
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
6 garlic cloves, minced
5 quarter-sized fresh ginger root slices, minced
1 1/4 cup fine unseasoned dry bread crumbs
2 cups rice
3 cups chicken broth

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a broiler pan with foil. In a large shallow dish, combine the lime juice, lime zest, salt, black pepper and red pepper flakes. Add the chicken and toss well with the marinade. In a medium saucepan, warm the oil with the butter over medium heat until the butter melts. Add garlic and ginger and cook the mixture, stirring frequently, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside. Place the bread crumbs in a large shallow dish. Toss the chicken in the bread crumbs until evenly coated and place on prepared pan. Drizzle the chicken with 3 tablespoons of the garlic-ginger mixture and bake in oven for 45 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Meanwhile, retun the saucepan with the remaining garlic-ginger mixture to medium-high heat. Add the rice and saute until lightly coated with oil, 1-2 minutes. Add the broth and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover and simmer until the rice is tender and all liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes. When the chicken is done, pour any pan juices from the boiler pan (after separating them from the fat) into the cooked rice. Serve the chicken over the rice.