TikTok has a knack for resurrecting old-fashioned recipes and making everyone fall in love with them all over again. Recently there was million-dollar TikTok spaghetti, and now the latest viral dinner recipe craze is no-peek chicken.

I’m not sure how I ever forgot about the no-peek chicken and rice recipe made in a single pan with just five pantry-staple dinner ingredients. Needless to say, I’m grateful for the recent hype surrounding this dish so I can relive its magic as an adult.

What is no-peek chicken?

Don’t let the social media craze fool you. No-peek chicken and rice isn’t a new recipe by any means (nor are any of the trending chicken sheet pan dinners). Variations of this beloved dish have been around for decades. While the exact ingredients will vary slightly between recipes, most start with whole chicken pieces, a wild rice blend with seasoning packet, onion soup mix and a few cans of condensed soup (as with these other condensed soup casserole recipes).

The ingredients are combined in a single casserole dish, covered, and baked until the chicken is fall-apart tender and the rice is creamy and flavorful. Oh, and don’t peek before it’s done or you’ll release all that precious steam keeping the chicken juicy and the rice fluffy.

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