I love budget recipes, and I tend to collect them and save them and sometimes I even make them. This Chicken and Brown Rice with Veggies and Mushrooms dish is extremely budget friendly, but also just an extremely easy dish to make! 

Chicken and Brown Rice with Veggies and Mushrooms

When I saw I love budget recipes, I go to an extreme to find them.

This is one of them.

I originally found this through Cooking Light, but as is usual, in my kitchen, I had to change it up a bunch, because well, that’s what I do.

This week’s theme is budget recipes and there is a whole slew of them begin brought your way (see the bottom of the post).

This recipe is surprisingly simple and extremely low cost.

The original site dubbed it under $10 for 4, but I can assure you that this recipe fed 7 of us with no problem. And the price was under $10.

The most expensive part was the chicken. We bought 5lbs for around $9 and only used half of it and froze the rest for another dinner.

The brown rice was $2 for 1 bag and we made almost all of it (8 cups) – 2 cups are left for another meal.

The frozen veggies were $1.00, we used them all.

The cremini mushrooms were $3 for a quart, pre-sliced.

I already had olive oil, garlic, onion & paprika.

My thyme is growing wonderfully, so I just snipped off a sprig, but buying it at the store would have been inexpensive and could have been used for a lot of meals.

I happened to have some half and half I wanted to use up, so I chose that but you could use milk instead or even heavy cream if that’s what you have. Half and half is about $2.50 at our store for a quart, so that would go  long way.

Definitely under $10 for 4, but we stretched this meal to fit 7 people. I call that budget friendly!

More Budget Meals

Chicken and Brown Rice with Veggies and Mushrooms Recipe

Chicken and Brown Rice with Veggies and Mushrooms

Chicken and Brown Rice with Veggies and Mushrooms

Nicole Cook
I love budget recipes, and I tend to collect them and save them and sometimes I even make them. This Chicken and Brown Rice with Veggies and Mushrooms dish is extremely budget friendly, but also just an extremely easy dish to make! 
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Main Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 8
Calories 528 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil divided
  • 1 Tablespoons garlic minced
  • 1 ½ pounds chicken breasts boneless, skinless – cut into cubes
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • ¾ cup onion chopped
  • 4 cups cremini mushrooms sliced
  • ¼ cup half and half or milk
  • 4 cups brown basmati rice uncooked
  • 2 cups vegetables thawed
  • 1 Tablespoons fresh thyme chopped

Instructions
 

  • In a large pot, prepare the brown rice as directed on the packaging. Brown rice takes about 45 minutes to cook through, so be sure to start it early.
  • In a large skillet over medium high heat, heat a tablespoon of olive oil and coat the pan. Drop in the garlic.
  • Sprinkle the paprika over the chicken. Salt and Pepper to taste.
  • Add the chicken to the olive oil and saute with the garlic for 5 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Remove the chicken from the pan.
  • Place the pan back over medium high heat and add the other tablespoon of olive oil to the pan.
  • Add the onion and the cremini mushrooms, salt and pepper to taste.
  • Saute the mushrooms for about 4 minutes. Add the half and half and stir.
  • Stir the vegetables, chicken and the chopped fresh thyme into the mushrooms.Heat until everything is hot and ready to go.
  • Serve the the rice on the bottom and everything else over the top.
  • The perfect, hearty meal for not a lot of cash.

Nutrition

Calories: 528kcalCarbohydrates: 82gProtein: 28gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 57mgSodium: 132mgPotassium: 874mgFiber: 6gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 2528IUVitamin C: 9mgCalcium: 71mgIron: 3mg
Keyword easy chicken recipes, weeknight dinners
Tried this recipe?Please leave us a rating and then share a photo on Pinterest or Instagram and tag us @dailydishrecipes or #dailydishrecipes — we can’t wait to see what you’ve made!

Share this Recipe!

Similar Posts

16 Comments

  1. I just can’t imagine your budget for feeding a family of 7. You really must have become a pro at stretching a food dollar. Nicely done with this recipe. It sounds both filling and delicious.

  2. Great recipe… love that it has fresh ingredients, but also makes it simpler and more cost effective using frozen veggies. The fresh thyme was a great touch too- yum!!! 😉

  3. This is just how I love to eat during the work week: healthy, quick to make, and economical! I do high-low shopping…I splurge on a few things, but compensate by going bulk/budget in other areas. It all sort of evens up that way. When my Sprouts has boneless breasts or tenders on sale for 1.99 lb. I buy 2-3 lbs. and portion them in freezer bags for several meals.

  4. I love the colours of this dish. It is so simple and since I got some free chickens from my mother-in-law, she raised some last year and gave us 5 birds, in the freezer this is a great cheap idea for our meals.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.