There are many recipes for chicken and rice dishes: pilaf, chicken garnished with rice, chicken stuffed with rice … All these dishes are delicious and nutritious when cooked correctly.
Chicken pilaf
Singe a chicken weighing about 1.5 kg, wash and cut into small pieces. Salt the pieces and fry in a deep frying pan, then pour hot water to cover the pieces, and simmer under a lid over low heat for 20-40 minutes, depending on whether it is homemade chicken or store-bought.
Thinly chop the onion, sauté over low heat, covered and add the tomato sauce. Transfer the chicken to a rooster pan, add 2 diced carrots, an onion sauteed with tomato, pour in the broth (the broth should be 2.5 times more than the rice). Bring to a boil, season with salt to taste and add washed rice (2.5 cups). Cook under a lid over low heat until the rice is completely swollen, then place the goose maker preheated to 180 degrees. oven for 25-40 minutes. You do not need to stir pilaf during cooking.
Chicken with rice
Cut the chicken into pieces and fry, as in the first recipe, cover with hot water and simmer over low heat under a lid for 20-30 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a rooster.
Fry 2 tablespoons of flour in butter until golden brown, transfer to a saucepan, gradually pour in the hot broth and stir well. Salt thinly sliced onion until light golden brown, add 2-3 tablespoons of tomato sauce, boil and add to a saucepan with broth and flour. Boil the sauce for 5 minutes, salt to taste, then pour over the chicken, put a bunch of greens (parsley, dill) there and simmer over low heat for 15-20 minutes. Remove the herbs from the finished dish. As a side dish for chicken, cook crumbly rice and serve with sauce over the chicken and rice.
