Description
Lemon chicken and rice with yogurt-cucumber sauce on top. Make it fast in the Instant Pot.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken thighs, trimmed of fat and cut into 1 inch pieces
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp dried parsley
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 1/4 tsp dried thyme leaves
- 1/4 tsp smoked paprika
- 3/4 tsp seasoned salt
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 tsp turmeric
- 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 1/2 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup converted rice
Sauce:
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 2 tsp dried dill
- 1 medium cucumber, peeled and finely chopped
Instructions
- Add chicken into Instant Pot. Stir in the lemon juice, olive oil, parsley, oregano, thyme, smoked paprika, seasoned salt, cumin, onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper, turmeric and cayenne. Stir to coat the chicken in the oil and seasonings.
- Pour in the broth and then sprinkle in the rice.
- Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 5 minutes. When time is up let pot sit for 10 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid. Fluff the rice with a fork.
- In a bowl stir together the sauce ingredients. Taste test and add an extra pinch of salt, if needed.
- Serve the rice and chicken with a big dollop of the sauce on top. Enjoy!
- Category: Chicken
- Method: Instant Pot