Recipe: Baked Chicken and Rice (using chili sauce) - suggested recipes

Hi Mike, While we're waiting for someone to share the exact recipe you're looking for, here are a couple of recipes to experiment with. I think if you combine the two you may come up with a recipe very close to your grandmother's. Happy Cooking! - Betsy

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This recipe has amounts and timing for rice baked with the chicken but has hardly any seasoning.

CHICKEN AND RICE

1 cup uncooked rice
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
3 tbsp. oil
2 cups water
Worcestershire sauce, to taste
Salt and pepper, to taste

Put uncooked rice into large baking dish.

Brown chicken breasts in oil. Place browned breasts on top of rice. In skillet that was used to brown the chicken, put 2 cups water, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper to taste. Pour this liquid over the chicken and rice.

Cover and bake in 350 degree F oven for 1 hour.

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The next recipe has all the ingredients you mentioned. There are many variations of it, so it may have been a popular recipe circulating years ago. I think this would work well baked with chicken and rice if you up the amount of water in it so you have a 2 to 1 ratio for the rice. Some recipes for this sauce use 1 tbsp. onion flakes or 2 tbsp. minced onion instead of the sauteed onion (and some use raw chopped onion).

BARBECUE SAUCE

1/4 cup chopped onion
1 tbsp. oil
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 tbsp. vinegar
2 tbsp. brown sugar
1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 (12 oz.) jar Heinz chili sauce
1/4 tsp. Louisiana hot sauce (optional)

Saute onion in oil until brown. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer for 20 minutes.

Place short ribs (2 lbs.) in sauce and simmer 2 to 2 1/2 hours or pour over spareribs, pork chops, etc. and bake in a 325 to 350 degrees F oven for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.