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Looking for a delicious, budget-friendly meal the whole family will love? This creamy chicken and gravy with rice is a simple, comforting recipe that's easy to make and perfect for busy weeknights. This post is part of our $10 Dinner Ideas series, ... ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  View Online Here's what's new: Creamy Chicken Gravy and Rice ($10 Family Dinner Idea) Amazon Prime Big Deal Days Is Coming Next Week! Creamy Chicken Gravy and Rice ($10 Family Dinner Idea) Looking for a delicious, budget-friendly meal the whole family will love? This creamy chicken and gravy with rice is a simple, comforting recipe that’s easy to make and perfect for busy weeknights. This post is part of our $10 Dinner Ideas series, brought to you by Brigette on our team! Each week, she will be sharing easy, delicious, and affordable family-friendly dinner ideas that cost less than $10 to make, use everyday ingredients, and are super quick meals. Creamy Chicken and Gravy over Rice This is one of my easiest frugal recipes that I have made countless times over the years. My family will actually beg me to make this (which is honestly pretty funny to me since it’s hardly even a “real” recipe in my opinion, haha!). It’s a perfect way to use up leftover cooked chicken or rice. In fact, if your chicken and rice are already cooked, you can have this meal on the table in 15 minutes or less! It’s perfect for the upcoming chilly fall evenings where you need a quick, cheap, comforting meal that will keep your entire family full and happy for hours. Creamy Chicken and Rice with Gravy Dinner Menu: Chicken gravy Rice Broccoli Apples Ingredients for Dinner with Creamy Chicken Gravy over Rice 3 cups cooked, diced chicken (this is equivalent to 1-lb uncooked chicken) (Aldi — $2.49/lb)* – $2.49 1 stick butter (Aldi – $3.39/lb) – $0.85 1/2 cup flour (Harris Teeter – $1.97 for 19 cups) – $0.05 2 1/2 cups dry rice (Aldi – $1.99 for 7.5 cups) – $0.66 2 – 3 cups chicken broth (Aldi – I used 2 chicken bouillon cubes and 2 1/2 cups water) – $0.14 2 cups milk (Aldi – $3.05 for 16 cups) – $0.38 Fresh broccoli (Aldi – 1.41lbs @ 1.79/lb) – $2.52 Sliced apples (Aldi – $1.99 for 3lbs) – $0.90 Salt, pepper, and other spices, as desired Grand Total for Dinner: $7.99 (serves 6) How to Make Creamy Chicken, Rice, and Gravy 1. Prepare 1 pound of boneless chicken using your favorite method. (Boil, grill, air fry, bake, etc. I love to sprinkle it with spices and bake it at 425 degrees until done – timing depends on the thickness of the chicken, but is usually around 20 minutes. I went ahead and baked the entire package of chicken breasts, although I didn’t use it all in this recipe.) Once the chicken is cool enough to handle, dice it into smallish pieces. 2. While your chicken is baking, cook 2 1/2 cups of rice using your preferred method. I always boil mine on the stove. 3. In a large frying pan, melt 1 stick butter over medium-low heat. 4. Whisk in 1/2 cup flour. 5. Gradually whisk in 2 cups of milk and 2-3 cups of chicken broth (depending on how thick you want it – it will thicken more after you take it off the stove), stirring constantly until thickened. 6. Stir in diced chicken and heat through. Season to taste with salt and pepper (as well as any other spices you want!) and serve over rice. 7. Steam the broccoli and slice the apples (or serve with whatever sides you prefer). Print Creamy Chicken Gravy over Rice This is one of my easiest frugal recipes that I have made countless times over the years. My family will actually beg me to make this. It’s a perfect way to use up leftover cooked chicken or rice. In fact, if your chicken and rice are already cooked, you can have this meal on the table in 15 minutes or less! Course Main Course Cuisine American Keyword apple,, chicken, easy dinner, family favorite, homemade, weeknight dinner Prep Time 15 minutes minutes Cook Time 20 minutes minutes Servings 6 Calories 681kcal Author Brigette Cost $8 Ingredients 3 cups cooked diced chicken (This is equivalent to 1-lb uncooked chicken.) (Aldi — $2.49/lb)* – $2.49 1 stick butter (Aldi – $3.39/lb) – $0.85 1/2 cup flour (Harris Teeter – $1.97 for 19 cups) – $0.05 2 1/2 cups dry rice (Aldi – $1.99 for 7.5 cups) – $0.66 2-3 cups chicken broth (Aldi – I used 2 chicken bouillon cubes and 2 1/2 cups water) – $0.14 2 cups milk (Aldi – $3.05 for 16 cups) – $0.38 fresh broccoli (Aldi – 1.41lbs @ 1.79/lb) – $2.52 sliced apples (Aldi – $1.99 for 3lbs) – $0.90 Salt, pepper, and other spices, as desired Instructions Prepare 1 pound of boneless chicken using your favorite method (Boil, grill, air fry, bake, etc. I love to sprinkle it with spices and bake it at 425 degrees until done – timing depends on the thickness of the chicken, but is usually around 20 minutes.) Once the chicken is cool enough to handle, dice it into smallish pieces. While your chicken is baking, cook 2 1/2 cups of rice using your preferred method. I always boil mine on the stove. In a large frying pan, melt 1 stick butter over medium-low heat. Whisk in 1/2 cup flour. Gradually whisk in 2 cups of milk and 2-3 cups of chicken broth (depending on how thick you want it – it will thicken more after you take it off the stove), stirring constantly until thickened. Stir in diced chicken and heat through. Season to taste with salt and pepper (as well as any other spices you want!) and serve over rice. Steam the broccoli and slice the apples (or serve with whatever sides you prefer). Nutrition Calories: 681kcal | Carbohydrates: 94g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 100mg | Sodium: 570mg | Potassium: 960mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 1339IU | Vitamin C: 100mg | Calcium: 190mg | Iron: 2mg More Recipes You’ll Love: Creamy Tortellini Soup and Pumpkin Crescent Rolls ($10 Family Dinner Idea) Homemade French Bread Pizza ($10 Family Dinner Idea) Easy Baked Chicken Breast Homemade French Bread Recipe Easy and Freezer Friendly Individual Chicken Pot Pies Barley Chicken Soup Freezer- Friendly Italian Lemon Chicken Recipe And, be sure to check out all our easy dinner recipes here! Do you have a favorite family dinner for under $10 or a suggestion for what I should make next? Share your ideas in the comments below! FREE One Week Menu Plan! Done-For-You Dinner Recipes With Simple Ingredients and a Grocery Shopping List!       Amazon Prime Big Deal Days Is Coming Next Week! Amazon Prime Big Deal Days 2025 has officially been announced for October 7th and 8th! Want to know how to get the best deals? In this post, we share our best tips for saving money and scoring great deals on Amazon Prime Days! Amazon Prime Days 2025 Amazon Prime Big Deal Days 2025 starts October 7th, at 12:01 a.m. PDT and will run through October 8th, 2025. That means we get two whole days of deals! If this is anything like last year’s Prime Big Deal Days sale, we will see deals that are as good as or even better than Black Friday deals! In addition, many other online retailers are planning to offer really fantastic prices and deals this week. Amazon says this about Prime Big Deal Days 2025: Members can expect deals from toy brands including LEGO, Fisher-Price, MAGNA-TILES, and Tonies; electronics from Samsung, LG, and Sonos; and Amazon Exclusives from popular brands like Lancôme and National Tree Company. From can’t-miss deals on the season’s most-wanted gifts to groceries and household essentials, Amazon serves as the ultimate holiday headquarters where members can complete all their seasonal preparations in one convenient stop. Other retailers will likely join in, too! Because of how popular Prime Days is, other major retailers usually have HUGE sales that week, too. Target is back with another popular Target Circle Week Sale starting October 5th and Walmart Deals Week starts October 6th. And this is just the major retailers! We’ll see ALL kinds of great sales that week from online retailers — small and big! How to Get The Best Deals on Prime Days We predict that starting October 7th (or even earlier — from other online retailers), we’ll see a flurry of deals similar to what we usually see on Black Friday week. We love that so many other companies will be competing with the deals Amazon is offering because that means more deals and more savings! Because of this, we want to help you prepare accordingly so you can save the most money. We’ll be here all day both days! Our team will be hard at work all day long each day scouring the deals and posting the best ones we find! So be sure to tune in here at MoneySavingMom.com for all the BEST discounts on Prime Big Deal Days 2025! We’ll be posting all of the best deals all day of the days! You can also follow us on Facebook or Instagram, join our Facebook group, Facebook Channel, and sign up for our HOT deals newsletter. Following us multiple ways gives you the best chance of catching all the deals as they pop up quickly! 5 Tips For Preparing For Amazon Prime Days To help you prepare well to maximize your savings for Amazon Prime Days, here are 5 strategies we suggest: 1. Sign up for a free 30-day trial to Amazon Prime. Not an Amazon Prime member? No worries, now is the perfect time to sign up for a FREE 30-day trial. This way, you’ll get all of the benefits of Prime and be able to take advantage of the deals, but you won’t have to pay for a Prime subscription. At the end of the 30 days, just be sure to go into your account and cancel your subscription and you won’t be charged! Psst! If you’re between the ages of 18-24, you can sign up for a FREE 6-month Amazon Prime trial! 2. Subscribe to our Hot Deals email newsletter. Have you signed up for our Hot Deals Email Newsletter yet? If not, be sure to do so before Prime Days! When you sign up, we’ll send you no more than 1-2 emails each day featuring the hottest and best deals hand-picked by us as soon as they become available. This way, you won’t have to wait for the daily enewsletter to go out in the afternoon; you can jump on the hottest deals right away! We’ll be sending out two email newsletters each day during Prime Big Deal Days featuring only the BEST deals that are our top picks. Sign up for this newsletter here. 3. Follow us on Instagram. You can find us on two different Instagram accounts on Prime Big Deal Days: :: Crystal’s personal Instagram: Be sure to head over there and hit the follow button. She loves personally sharing the deals she’s most excited about on IG Stories. (Plus, you’ll see a lot of behind-the-scenes content including day-to-day life, grocery shopping hauls, and a lot of other fun stuff that doesn’t get shared anywhere else!) :: Money Saving Mom Deals Instagram: You’ll also want to go follow our Instagram account that is solely dedicated to posting the top deals each day! If you follow us there, you’ll see deals pop up not only on IG Stories but also in your feed throughout the day. You’ll also get to know some of the rest of the team here, as we often show our faces on video in IG Stories! On Prime Big Deal Days, we’ll be hopping onto IG stories on both accounts multiple times throughout the day telling you about the best deals that we’re most excited about! So be sure to follow both accounts HERE and HERE so you don’t miss anything! 4. Follow our Facebook Page We’ll be posting all the deals all day long on our Facebook Page, and it’s one of the easiest ways to make sure you don’t miss any HOT deals! Just bookmark this page and refresh it throughout both days to keep up to date with the latest and greatest deals. Plus, you might see some live videos and FB Stories throughout the day from different team members talking about some of our favorite deals! 5. Make a List & Budget If you haven’t done so already, be sure to make a list of the items you are most interested in buying, as well as the budget you have to spend. This way, you don’t just jump on a good deal because it’s “such a good deal”, when it’s not something you need or can afford. How to Earn Free Gift Cards For Prime Days Want to stretch your dollars even further? Now is the time to cash out your free Amazon gift cards or spend some time over the next couple weeks earning some extra Amazon gift cards. Here are just a few ways to earn some extra cash to spend on Prime Day: Sign up for Shopkick — Sign up for Shopkick and scan at least 5 products within 14 days, and you’ll be able to get a FREE $5 Amazon gift card! (It’s super easy/quick to do 5 scans.) Sign up for Swagbucks — It’s also easy to earn enough swag bucks to trade in for a $5 gift card! You have plenty of time before Prime Day, even without referrals. I just spent an hour or two this week doing a few activities and already have enough for a $10 gift card! Go here to get started with Swagbucks. Sign up for Fetch Rewards — It’s so simple to earn points for scanning your receipts with Fetch Rewards. (Meg here! I signed up last year and earned $5 within a day or two and I’ve now earned hundreds of dollars in gift cards. It’s super easy. Also, your first couple scans will be worth enough to quickly get you over the 5000 points mark to trade in for an Amazon $5 gift card!) Psst! Find more ways to earn Amazon gift cards here. Are you ready for Prime Big Deal Days? Let us know what deals you’re looking for in the comments! Never miss a HOT deal again! Sign up below and I’ll only email you when I find a really fantastic deal!       Latest finds on Pinterest Homemade Freezer Biscuits | foodsweet | foodsweet 9 Ways We Cut Back to Afford More on One Income Ready for fall baking? These pumpkin chocolate chip muffins are a winner!! Perfect fall recipe with pumpkin spice! Safely Unsubscribe • Archives • Preferences • Contact • Subscribe • Privacy Email subscriptions powered by FeedBlitz® • 650 E. Palisade Avenue Ste 2, PO Box 173 • Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632