recently made the best 'chicken & rice' casserole dish

so the old tried & true bone-in chicken thighs and rice/cream of mushroom soup dish is fine and very satisfying, but i just made the best-tasting batch i've ever done by dredging the chicken in the kfc recipe spice mix before cooking.

note i never said anything about this dish being healthy

so what i did was make up a batch of the KFC 11 herbs/spices (from when it got leaked a few years back) and lightly fried it in a cast iron with a little oil to get the skin crispy & the flour/seasoning infused and then put the chicken on top like always.

i have to say it was ridiculously delicious. even my picky teenage daughter had seconds. adding that pre-flavored chicken just made the whole recipe pop!


ok, enough of that. here's basically the recipe;

- one of those 6-8 packs of whole chicken thighs/skin on
- 2 cups rice
- 2 cups water (more or less)
- 1 can cream mushroom
- 1 can cream chicken
- whole stick of butter


KFC "secret" recipe:

11 spices — mix with 2 cups white flour

2/3 tablespoon salt
1/2 tablespoon thyme
1/2 tablespoon basil
1/3 tablespoon oregano
1 tablespoon celery salt
1 tablespoon black pepper
1 tablespoon dried mustard
4 tablespoons paprika
2 tablespoons garlic salt
1 tablespoon ground ginger
3 tablespoons white pepper

mix all this all together in a large bowl

heat up some oil in a large cast iron skillet

Melt 1/2 of the stick of butter and pour it into a 9x12 casserole dish
Mix cream of mushroom, chicken and water in a separate bowl until its all integrated..i like to do it this way before adding in the rice as its easier to blend it together.

dump the rice into casserole dish and dump the mixture on top of the rice and stir it up a bit.

pan sear the chicken thighs (maybe a minute or 2 on each side) and lay them on top of the mixure in the casserole dish

slice remaining half of butter stick into small pats and place on top of chicken & rice randomly

cover with foil and cook for ONE HOUR at 350; take foil off then cook for another 30.

i hit broil for the last 2 minutes or so and get the skin extra crispy.


absolutely insanely decadant and delicous without having to add alot of stuff to the rice. the run off from the chicken thighs infused with the KDC spices flavor everything perfectly.

i'll try to update this w/ post with pics when i make it again.