Grilled Lemon Chicken with Feta Rice

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Photo: Jennifer Causey; Styling: Claire Spollen
Yield
Serves 4 (serving size: 1 chicken breast half and 1 cup rice)
By Elizabeth Nelson
July 2015
RECIPE BY Cooking Light

A light lemony dressing plus crumbles of salty feta transform packaged rice into an elegant side dish.

Ingredients

  • 4 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
  • 4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, divided
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil, divided
  • 2 teaspoons minced garlic
  • Cooking spray
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, divided
  • 2 (8 1/2-ounce) pouches precooked brown rice (such as Uncle Ben's)
  • 3 ounces crumbled feta cheese (about 3/4 cup)
  • 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil

Nutritional Information

  • Calories 450
  • Fat 15g
  • Satfat 4.6g
  • Monofat 4.8g
  • Polyfat 1.2g
  • Protein 44g
  • Carbohydrate 36g
  • Fiber 3g
  • Cholesterol 128mg
  • Iron 2mg
  • Sodium 688mg
  • Calcium 126mg

How to Make It

Step 1

Combine chicken, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 1 teaspoon oil, and garlic in a zip-top bag; turn to coat. Let stand 5 minutes.

Step 2

Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Remove chicken from marinade, and discard marinade. Sprinkle chicken with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper; grill 6 minutes on each side.

Step 3

While chicken cooks, heat rice according to package directions. Combine remaining 2 tablespoons lemon juice and remaining 2 teaspoons oil in a bowl, stirring with a whisk. Add rice, remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper, feta, and basil; toss. Serve rice with chicken.

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Ratings & Reviews

Chicken Meh, Rice Good

brownfamily25
March 17, 2016
This is one of those good/bad recipes. The chicken had absolutely no flavor but the rice was great. But, I can't foresee making it again for that reason. Maybe a longer marinating time would help boost the flavor of the chicken.

Phenomenal!

AdriannaHadaway
December 05, 2015
Extremely tasty and kid friendly if you replace basil leaves with ground basil spice. My son explained it as being better than bacon wrapped stake. It was absolutely a winner in our house.

Yum

sukeedog
December 02, 2015
The rice is very good and the chicken very flavorful. 

Yum!

JillyBurke
August 30, 2015
Very tasty and a snap to prepare.

super!!!

Whygal
July 09, 2015
This recipe was excellent--a great dinner for a hot night.  I made recipe exactly as written.  I served it with steamed green beans with sauteed shallots.