Lunches are tough for me, and lately I have been stuck in a rut. I want to make something healthy but I also want it to be filling and fast. I don’t have time to heat up a pan and wait 20 minutes and, usually by the time lunch rolls around, neither does my stomach. That’s why I love this quick and easy lunch idea! It’s a recipe for Chicken Vegetable Rice Crunch using Minute Rice® 1 Minute Rice® Ready to Serve Cups.
I work from home and although that gives me the convenience of being home with my son and flexibility with what we can do, I still have to work. I usually eat on the fly, behind the computer either editing and writing or it’s the time when my toddler and I take a picnic break and have lunch at the park. So having a nutritious quick and easy lunch idea that takes less than two minutes to put together is highly beneficial in my books.
I have been using the Minute Rice® 1 Minute Rice® Ready to Serve Cups for the past few days and they have been a saving grace. For dinners, they’re perfect for a quick (one minute is all it takes) side dish. There are many uses for them: you can leave them as is, add a few vegetables and side dishes to beef up the side dish or add a protein of choice and create a whole meal. A whole meal can be done in under two minutes.
Read on for the recipe for the Chicken Vegetable Rice Crunch that I’ve been loving!
Quick and Easy Lunch Idea- Chicken Vegetable Rice Crunch Wrap Recipe
- 1 Minute Rice® Ready to Serve Cup – Vegetable Medley
- 3/4 cup cooked shredded chicken
- 2 tbsps cucumber yogurt dressing (tzatziki works as well)
- Chopped Walnuts (about a handful)
- Shredded romaine lettuce
- Additional vegetables of choice (radishes, purple onion, carrot, bell peppers)
- Whole Wheat Pita bread
- Heat Minute Rice®® Ready to Serve Cup – Vegetable Medley in microwave, per package instructions.
- Transfer to bowl, and add cooked shredded chicken and ranch dressing.
- Stir in chopped nuts, sliced celery, sliced radish and shredded lettuce.
- Stuff into pita halves
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Ingredients
- 1 Minute Rice® Ready to Serve Cup – Vegetable Medley
- 3/4 cup cooked shredded chicken
- 2 tbsps cucumber yogurt dressing tzatziki works as well
- Chopped Walnuts about a handful
- Shredded romaine lettuce
- Additional vegetables of choice radishes, purple onion, carrot, bell peppers
- Whole Wheat Pita bread
Instructions
- Heat Minute Rice®® Ready to Serve Cup – Vegetable Medley in microwave, per package instructions.
- Transfer to bowl, and add cooked shredded chicken and ranch dressing.
- Stir in chopped nuts, sliced celery, sliced radish and shredded lettuce.
- Stuff into pita halves
The chicken vegetable rice crunch also makes a great meal for a quick and easy dinner, especially when it’s too hot to run your oven (like it has been here lately). They’d also be fun for school lunches.
Minute Rice® Ready to Serve Cups are available in a wide range of varieties, including– Vegetable Medley, Basmati Rice, and Long Grain and Wild Rice- Chicken Flavor and are available at retailers nationally.
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Josh S says
I would like to try Basmati Rice
Florence Cochrane says
I love to try the the Long Grain and Wild Rice – Fine Herbs.
Suzanne G says
I would choose the basmati rice cups.
Debbie S. says
I can’t wait to try the Long Grain and Wild Rice with Fine Herbs.
Shauna says
The basmati would be great!
Londia says
I would like to try the long grain and wild rice chicken flavour
Rebby says
I’d like to try the Basmati rice!
Dianne says
While they all sound good I especially think the Long Grain and Wild Rice one would be my favourite.
Belinda McNabb says
I want to try the Long Grain and Wild Rice – Fine Herbs
Erika E says
I want to try the Long Grain and Wild chicken flavour.
nicolthepickle says
I’d like to try the Long Grand and Wild Rice -Chicken Flavour. It sounds good.
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I’d like to try them all although the Basmati is the one I would have the most.
Angela Mitchell says
I’d like to try all the flavours but the Basmati cup would be the one I’d have most often.
Tammy Dalley says
The vegetable medley!
Valerie Mallette says
I would like to try Minute Rice® Ready to Serve Cups’ Oriental Style Rice variety.
Brenda Penton says
I’d like to try the Basmati Rice
Jeannie says
I would like to try Basmati Rice!
Krista M says
The long grain and wild rice chicken flavour looks fabulous, & would be an asset to a lot of recipes I make!
Lushka Smith says
I woiuld like to try the Long Grain and Wild Rice,,Chicken Flavour
Piroska says
I’d love to try the Basmati Rice