It’s no secret, I posted a lot of sweets recipes during the holidays. It’s hard to resist posting those fun recipes because I’m a baker at heart. Love baking for friends, family and neighbors. But, man (and woman) cannot live by treats (or bread) alone. So let’s talk a great main dish dinner recipe today to kick off the New Year: Easy Chicken Thigh & Wild Rice Bake.

It’s not like I’ve been holding out on you with this recipe, but we probably make it at least every other week all school year long. I mostly make things from scratch around here. However. I’m a mama of four boys. Busy like you. And last year I had one child each in pre-school, elementary, middle school and high school. So I’m going four different directions on any given day. And even if Jon and I divide and conquer, which we often do, we’re both still going two different ways. Sometimes we need a fast and easy dinner slow cooking in the oven while we’re running around. A dinner that everyone loves. That feeds a crowd. That’s protein packed. That’ll feed an extra friend or two at the dinner table as needed. This recipe has a few short cuts so it only takes five minutes to make. The shortcuts are condensed soup and a packet of dry onion soup mix. Yep, and just five minutes to make. Jon bakes this easy dinner for our family as often as I do. We don’t even need a recipe anymore.

Easy Chicken Thigh & Wild Rice Bake cooks in the oven for a little over two hours unattended. Sometimes I use bone-in chicken thighs because it makes for a more tender and flavorful, fall-apart chicken. Other times I use boneless thighs because they’re on sale or what I have on hand. You can use chicken breasts for this recipe too. But I find bone-in chicken thighs are portion-control friendly and more tender and juicy for this dish.

This Easy Chicken Thigh & Wild Rice Bake works great on weeknights, weekends, even for company. Also the perfect meal to bring to a family with a new baby or recuperating patient. It’s fast to make two at the same time: one to eat and one to bring. Add a salad and you’re  done!

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Easy Chicken Thigh & Wild Rice Bake

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 2 hours hours 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 2 hours hours 20 minutes minutes

Servings 8

Author Allie Taylor

Ingredients

• 1 can cream of chicken soup
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 1/2 cups wild rice mix uncooked
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
• 1 tablespoon dried instant minced onion
• 1 teaspoon celery flakes dried
• 4 pounds skinless bone-in or boneless chicken thighs
• 1 envelope onion soup mix

Instructions

• In a mixing bowl, stir together creamed soups, uncooked wild rice mix, water and herbs. (not the onion soup mix)
• Place rice mixture in bottom of greased 9 X 13" baking dish.
• Place chicken thighs on top of rice mixture.
• Sprinkle chicken evenly with 1 envelope onion soup mix.
• Cover tightly with foil and bake at 300° for 2 hours.
• Remove foil and turn oven up to 350° and cook for 15 more minutes to crisp chicken.

Easy Chicken Thigh & Wild Rice Bake

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