9×13 Life: Chicken with Rice and Green Beans

A complete balanced meal in one pan? This chicken, rice, and green bean dish will save the day on many occasions. Pick up just 4 ingredients from Evergreen (chicken, green beans, rice, and duck sauce!), grab some spices from your pantry, and in five minutes, dinner is set!

Sometimes the way a recipe travels to us is quite funny.

During the summertime, I lived on the same block as four sisters. One day, they were sitting outdoors in front of one of their homes across the street from mine when I walked by and sat down with them for a minute. One of the sisters was in a midst of a kitchen renovation, and though she did have an oven, she had nothing else. And so, the sisters were discussing recipes she could prepare in a 9×13 when I sat down.

I told them about our 9×13 ziti and she was thrilled.

Then, she said, “I also made Ruchama’s chicken in a 9×13” and she described how it’s made.

After that short exchange, I was needed at home, so I got up and crossed the street.

Now here’s the family connection, please follow along. Ruchama is their sister-in-law, married to their brother. She’s also my niece.

And so, I asked Ruchama directly for the specific instructions. After she gave them to me, she added, “Oh, it’s Bubbe’s recipe.” Bubbe, as in my mother-in-law.

So that’s how I learned about this recipe of my mother-in-law…from a neighbor’s sister.

In the summertime, I live just down the block from Evergreen in Lakewood, so the next day, I headed over to pick up the ingredients. I love the convenience of having such a great product selection and great prices in one place (and so many pre-prepped options that you can take home and cook so you can totally fake your meal for those days you need to).

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