Rice and Chicken Dish

For the Main Dish category I made what my family calls "Rekker Rice Dish", we call it that because the family who gave us the recipe is the Rekkers and we don't have a better name for it. Because we got it from another family I have no idea where the original recipe is or came from.

Ingredients:

2 to 2.5 lbs. meaty chicken pieces                                             

½ cup chopped onion                                                                     

½ cup chopped green pepper                                                   

2 cloves minced garlic                                                                     

1 28 oz. can diced tomatoes                                                       

1 15 oz. can black beans, rinsed and drained                        

1 cup tomato juice

1 cup frozen whole kernel corn

2/3 cup long grain rice

 1 tsp. chili powder

½ tsp. salt

 ¼ tsp. ground red pepper

Paprika 

Directions

In a large saucepan cook onion, green pepper and garlic in hot oil until tender, but not brown.  Stir in undrained tomatoes, black beans, tomato juice, corn, uncooked rice, chili powder, salt and ground red pepper.  Bring to a boil.  Transfer rice mixture to a 9 x 13 baking dish.  Arrange chicken pieces on top of rice.  Sprinkle chicken with paprika.

Bake, covered at 375 degrees for 50-60 minutes or until chicken is tender and no longer pink and rice is tender.

Serve with sour cream. 

This is always a hit with the whole family. The night I made it we had a family over who had five kids under the age of 8 and all those kids liked it too, I think that speaks for itself. Great family meal!