Easy Barbecue Chicken with Rice
Maximum weekday or weekend dinner luxury.
Ingredients
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut in small pieces (about 1-inch pieces)
- 1/8 teaspoon salt or to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 3 teaspoons olive oil
- 1/3 cup prepared barbecue sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper flakes or to taste (for the chicken)
- 2 servings of warm cooked brown or white rice
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened (for the rice)
- 2 to 3 pinches of dried crushed red pepper flakes (for garnish)
- 2 green onions, chopped (including the green part) (for garnish)
Instructions
- Sprinkle salt and pepper on the chicken.
- Heat a non-stick skillet on medium heat and add olive oil. Add the chicken and crushed red pepper. Stir and cook the chicken until its completely cooked (for 7 to 10 minutes).
- Add the barbecue sauce. Stir until all pieces of the chicken are coated with the sauce.
- To Serve - Mix butter in with the warm rice. Serve the chicken right out of the skillet over warm rice. Garnish with dried red pepper flakes and chopped green onion.