How many of us have not heard of such a delicious and nutritious dish of oriental cuisine as pilaf? There are a great many recipes for pilaf and not all of them are equally used in modern cooking. For example, recently recipe for pilaf with chicken has gained great popularity due to the low, in comparison with other types of pilaf, calorie content and accessibility of products included in it.
In ancient times, among the peoples of the East, pilaf was not unreasonably considered a healing dish. There is a legend according to which, the famous scientist and doctor of the XI century - Avicenna cured pilaf from the depletion of a noble nobleman. And indeed, after exhausting physical labor or many hours of battles on the battlefield, it was a satisfying pilaf that was the best, restoring and strengthening health. And today, a delicious pilaf made from chicken is capable, if not cured of all ailments, then at least raising the spirits of anyone who decides to enjoy it.
There are an infinite number of pilaf options. However, among them, the recipe proposed below stands out for its originality and excellent taste.
Royal pilaf.
Essential Ingredients:
For pilaf: 1 medium chicken carcass; a glass of rice; carrots 1 pc.; garlic 3-5 cloves; onion 1 pc.; seasoning mixture (barberry, curry, black pepper, paprika); salt; vegetable oil.
For the test: eggs 2 pcs.; milk 1 ¼ cup; about 4 cups flour; vegetable oil 2 tablespoons; 1 teaspoon of soda; salt.
Despite the fact that cooking pilaf with chicken according to this recipe takes a lot of time - this is truly a royal dish, it will definitely decorate any holiday table.
So, the cooking method:
Divided processed chicken carcass into small pieces, put in a deep frying pan or stewpan, add vegetable oil and brown until browned. And then, pour the chicken with a small amount of boiling water, salt, and simmer, covering the pan with a lid and reducing the heat, until cooked.
Rice (preferably long-grain), rinse well, put in a saucepan (preferably with a thick bottom) and slightly darken over a fire with vegetable oil. Pour rice with water, salt and boil until cooked.
Cut the carrots into strips, onions in small cubes and sauté them in vegetable oil, adding finely chopped garlic at the end. Carefully separate the chicken meat from the bones and add to the vegetables, put the cooked rice here, add spices and fry them all together for several minutes. Allow pilaf to cool.
Next, prepare the dough, as required by this recipe for pilaf with chicken:
Pour milk into a bowl, add eggs to it and mix well. Sift flour, add soda, salt and gradually pour into the egg-milk mixture. Add vegetable oil and knead the dough so that it becomes soft elastic.
On a table sprinkled with flour, roll out the dough in the form of a rectangle having a thickness of 1 cm. Put the pilaf filling in the middle of the dough, raise the edges and carefully pinch. Lubricate the top of the product with a mixture of beaten egg yolk and milk, put on a baking sheet, previously greased with oil. Preheat the oven and bake royal pilaf at a temperature of 180 ° C until the dough is completely ready.
The following recipe for pilaf with chicken is also suitable for filling the king pilaf:
Cut the chicken carcass, as in the previous recipe, and lightly fry it together with finely chopped carrots and onions. Put chicken and vegetables in a pan, add two glasses of pre- cooked chicken broth to them, salt, pepper and bring to a boil.
Pour a glass of washed rice into the boiling broth and cook all together until tender.
You can add pre-cooked dried fruits to this pilaf, they will give pilaf a delicate aroma and a truly royal taste.
In conclusion, it should be added that this recipe for pilaf with chicken, as well as other recipes for pilaf, is not an unshakable canon. This is, first of all, an impetus to the creative search and culinary discoveries of each hostess.