Family-Style Dilly Chicken Thighs & Rice
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The flavors of the Mediterranean star in this easy meal for a crowd. You’ll serve juicy, dill-seasoned roasted chicken thighs over buttery rice, with a side of simple salt-and-pepper-roasted green beans and tomatoes. A creamy, lemony cucumber-dill tzatziki-style sauce rounds out this savory spread for dipping and drizzling as you like. This recipe is double the typical servings, providing 4 servings and 8 servings for a 2 person and 4 person box respectively.
Ingredients
6 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
12 ounce
Green Beans
1 cup
Feta Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
20 ounce
Chicken Thighs
1 unit
Lemon
1 clove
Garlic
1 unit
Mini Cucumber
2 unit
Tomato
1.5 cup
Jasmine Rice
¼ ounce
Dill
Not included in your delivery
5 teaspoon (tsp)
Olive Oil
1 tablespoon (tbsp)
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Adjust racks to top and middle positions and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce. • Pick and roughly chop fronds from dill. Trim green beans if necessary. Cut tomatoes into 1-inch-thick wedges. Trim and finely dice cucumber. Quarter lemon. Peel and mince or grate garlic.
• In a small pot (medium pot for 8 servings), combine rice, 2 1⁄4 cups water (4 1⁄2 cups for 8), and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce to a low simmer. Cook until rice is tender, 18-20 minutes. • Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.
• While rice cooks, pat chicken* dry with paper towels. Rub with a large drizzle of olive oil; season all over with half the dill, salt, and pepper. • Transfer chicken to a baking sheet. (TIP: For easy cleanup, line baking sheet with aluminum foil.) Roast on top rack until cooked through, 20-25 minutes.
• Meanwhile, toss green beans and tomatoes on a second baking sheet with a drizzle of olive oil, salt, and pepper. • Roast on middle rack until veggies are tender and green beans are lightly browned, 12-15 minutes.
• In a medium bowl, combine cucumber, sour cream, remaining dill, a large drizzle of olive oil, juice from one lemon wedge (two wedges for 8 servings), and as much garlic as you like. • Add water 1 tsp at a time until mixture reaches a drizzling consistency. Season with salt and pepper.
• Fluff rice with a fork and stir in 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 8 servings). • Serve everything family style or divide between plates. • Plate It Up: Divide rice between plates. Top with dilly chicken and roasted veggies. Drizzle chicken with tzatziki and garnish with feta. Serve with any remaining lemon wedges on the side.
Chicken is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Some found it delicious, while others thought it needed more robust seasoning. The tzatziki sauce and feta were highlights 🍲.
- Ease of prep: Roasting the chicken in a deeper pan prevents overflow. Consider adjusting cooking time to ensure chicken is fully done.
- Suggestions: Add salt, pepper, dill, and onion powder to boost rice flavor. Try Greek yogurt instead of sour cream for authentic tzatziki.
- Leftovers: Generous portions provide multiple meals for smaller households, with plenty of rice to enjoy.
Reviews from our home cooks
Absolutely delicious! I loved the tzatziki sauce on the chicken. The flavors of lemon and cucumber and dill were perfect for a summer day. The green beans and tomatoes were a delicious combo. Roasting the tomatoes brought out their sweetness.
Love this! Anything with chicken thighs, dill & lemon is a winner for me! As this is a family dinner, I have enough for 4 meals as I only have myself to feed. There was a LOT of rice! I added salt/pepper, dill & onion powder to give the rice a boost in flavor.
I really liked the flavor of this! Especially the tzatziki BUT tzatziki is made with Greek yogurt not sour cream so that should be switched out and offer cauliflower rice as a choice.
We enjoyed all of this meal. Great combo of flavors and textures.
This was OUTSTANDING. Flavors were so good! Can't wait to order this again!
Suggest a deeper roasting pan for the chicken, the four thighs made a considerable amount of liquid and grease which overflowed the shallow pan when removed from the oven; otherwise, it was delicious
Not bad, but wasn't that great to me either. Def half was enough for a single meal, which is uncommon.
Hello fresh did nothing wrong with this meal, it's a classic and a staple, but I found it very boring. Even with the sauce which I loved, this meal just doesn't wow me.
Would be 4 stars... but my chicken was not done per recipe time...
Needs more robust flavors. However, we found out that feta cheese on rice is delicious!
