Chicken, which is one of the most loved and common dishes in our country, perfectly matches with any garnish. But recently, a special popularity among housewives is enjoyed by a combination of chicken and rice.
Both products are not only delicious, but also dietary, so they can be consumed even by people who diet and watch their health. There are many options for how to cook rice with chicken, and we want to tell you about some of them.
Curry chicken with rice
Those who love spicy taste, like the recipe for cooking chicken with rice and curry, which will make your dish look like a real Indian treat, but it will not be too sharp.
Ingredients:
- chicken fillet - 4 pieces;
- onion - 1 piece;
- garlic - 3-4 pieces;
- Fresh ginger - 1 cm;
- curry - 1 teaspoon;
- coriander ground - 1 teaspoon;
- cinnamon - ΒΌ tsp;
- rice - 200 g;
- chicken broth or water - 600 ml;
- salt;
- vegetable oil.
Preparation
Cut the chicken fillet into small pieces, and fry it until a golden crust appears. Spread in a plate. Then chop the onion, garlic and ginger, and fry the onions for about 5 minutes, then add garlic and spices to it and fry another minute. After that, we also send rice, and make sure that the oil completely covers it. So fry another minute.
Add in broth broth or water, and salt. Bring it all to a boil and, reducing the fire, cook until the rice is ready, until all the liquid has evaporated. On average it can take about 30 minutes, it all depends on the type of rice.
Approximately 5 minutes before the dish is ready, you need to add meat to it and mix it. Serve ready rice with chicken, sprinkled with herbs.
Chicken recipe stuffed with rice and mushrooms
A very common option for cooking chicken with rice is stuffing, and one of the classic combinations is a chicken stuffed with rice and mushrooms.
Ingredients:
- chicken - 1 pc. (medium);
- butter - 150 g;
- greens (parsley) - 100 g;
- spices, salt and pepper;
- rice - 1 item;
- champignons - 200 g;
- onion - 1 piece;
- sour cream - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- pepper, salt.
Preparation
Rice boil, fry onion and mushrooms. Smooth the butter, and mix in a bowl with finely chopped greens. Then roll a roller out of this mass and put it on for half an hour in the freezer, so you will get a green oil.
Chicken clean and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Make small holes in it, into which you put garlic (if desired, you can cut it). With a knife, separate the skin from the chicken's meat, making small pockets, and place the green butter cut into them.
Mix the rice, mushrooms with onions and sour cream, if necessary salt and fill this chicken with minced meat. The hole is closed with toothpicks, salt, pepper and season it, and send the chicken stuffed with rice to the oven, heated to 180 degrees.
Bake the dish until completely ready, and when serving, pull out the toothpicks and lay on the chicken pieces of green oil.
Chicken with rice and prunes in the oven
If you want more unusual combinations and tastes, we will tell you how to cook a chicken stuffed with rice, nuts and prunes.
Ingredients:
- chicken - 1 piece;
- rice - 1-1,5 items;
- onion - 1 piece;
- garlic - 3-4 cloves;
- prunes (without pits) - 12-15 pcs .;
- walnuts - handful;
- mayonnaise - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- seasoning for chicken;
- vegetable oil.
Preparation
Cook the chicken with spices and leave to marinate for half an hour. Nuts finely chop. Chop onion and garlic, and fry a little. Rice cook until half ready, prune the prunes with straws and send along with rice and nuts to onions and garlic. Fry for about 5 minutes, then add a spoonful of mayonnaise, mix and turn off.
Fill the stuffing with chicken, grease it with mayonnaise and bake in the oven until it is ready.