Chicken and Rice Recipes: 10 Comforting Dishes From Around the World

The well-known combo spans cultures and cuisines, and is our favorite way to get dinner on the table.

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Published January 22, 2025
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Chicken and rice is a combination that spans cultures and cuisines, and has won hearts across the globe. It's a comforting, flavorful, and often economical pairing which takes two commonly available ingredients and makes them greater than they would have been alone. In fact, chicken and rice are such an amazing duo that they were featured heavily in Starch Madness 2023, where 64 rice dishes competed to see which reigns (starchly) supreme. (Spoiler alert: It was our halal cart-style chicken and rice, featured below!)

Below, we've put together a list of our favorite chicken with rice recipes, suitable for cooking any time of year. Your dinner table has never looked better!

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