
How To Make One-Pot Ginger Chicken And Rice
Enjoy a simple, one-pot meal for dinner tonight by whipping up our tasty ginger chicken! Grab a bite of it with some jasmine rice and spicy scallion sauce.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Chicken and Rice:
- 4chicken thighsbone-in, skin-on
- ½yellow oniondiced small
- 1gingergrated, 2 inches (5 cm)
- 3garlic clovesminced
- 1 ½cupsjasmine riceuncooked, rinsed well
- 2 ½cupswater
- 1tbspNakano® Natural Rice Vinegar
- 1tbspsoy sauce
- 1tspkosher saltplus more for seasoning chicken
For Scallion Sauce:
- 6scallionsthinly sliced
- ¼cupNakano Natural Rice Vinegar
- ½tspsugar
- ¼tspchili flakes
Instructions
Chicken and Rice:
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Season chicken thighs on both sides with kosher salt.
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In a medium-low heated Dutch oven or pot, place chicken in, skin side down.
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Let cook for 5 minutes, then increase heat to medium-high and continue cooking until skin is golden brown and chicken thighs easily release from the pan, about 6 to 8 more minutes.
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Remove chicken and set aside.
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In the same pot with the chicken fat over medium-low heat, add onion, ginger, and garlic.
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Cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are softened and translucent, about 8 minutes.
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Stir in jasmine rice, water, Nakano® Natural Rice Vinegar, soy sauce, and 1 teaspoon kosher salt.
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Nestle chicken thighs into the rice, skin side up, making sure that the chicken is not fully submerged.
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Bring to a simmer, then cover pot and reduce heat to low.
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Cook for 20 minutes, then take pot off the heat and let rest for 10 minutes.
Scallion Sauce:
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Combine scallions, rice vinegar, sugar and chili flakes in a small bowl.
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Stir and use the back of a spoon to press down and lightly crush the scallions.
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Fluff rice, serve with the chicken and the scallion sauce, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 1186.92kcal
- Fat:Â 33.48g
- Saturated Fat:Â 9.11g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.16g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 13.81g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 7.08g
- Carbohydrates:Â 158.09g
- Fiber:Â 3.45g
- Sugar:Â 5.41g
- Protein:Â 46.27g
- Cholesterol:Â 189.14mg
- Sodium:Â 876.15mg
- Calcium:Â 111.49mg
- Potassium:Â 768.93mg
- Iron:Â 9.90mg
- Vitamin A: 56.67µg
- Vitamin C:Â 6.66mg
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