One Pot Chicken and Rice
Posted on 01 December 2008 by joy
I’m totally a sucker for a chicken and rice dish. It’s one of my favorite comforting dinner go-to recipes. There are two awesome things about this recipe: it’s totally kid friendly and you only have to dirty one pot in the making of dinner. Kids can usually handle chicken, rice and peas for dinner, and the added saffron makes the dish exciting enough for the adult palate too. And if I only have to scrub one pan at the end of a long day, I’m one happy lady.
Let this easy chicken and rice dinner carry you through winter. Yea.. it’s that comforting.
One Pot Chicken and Rice
Gourmet December 2008
- 2 pounds chicken thighs with skin and bone
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into bits
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 large onion, chopped (2 cups)
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 cup medium-or long-grain white rice
- 1 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/4 teaspoon crumbled saffron threads
- 1 Turkish or 1/2 California bay leaf
- 1 cup frozen peas (not thawed)
- Garnish: chopped flat-leaf parsley
Pat chicken dry and season with 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper (total). Heat butter and oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet (at least 2 inches deep) over medium-high heat until foam subsides, then brown chicken, turning once, about 10 minutes total. Transfer chicken with tongs to a plate.
Pour off all but 2 tablespoon fat from skillet. Cook onion and garlic with 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper over medium heat, stirring, until golden, about 6 minutes. Add rice and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add broth, water, saffron, and bay leaf and bring to a full boil. Nestle chicken in rice, keeping as much rice around (rather than under) chicken as possible, and add juices from plate. Simmer, covered tightly with lid, over low heat until chicken is cooked through, rice is tender, and most of liquid is absorbed, about 25 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in peas. Cover with a kitchen towel and then lid and let stand until all of liquid is absorbed, about 15 minutes. Discard bay leaf.
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