Pilaf belongs to the category of the oldest and most famous dishes of the east. Once it was cooked at the stake. The classic version involves the presence of lamb in a dish. But time does not stand still. A lot is changing. Interesting and useful appliances come to the aid of cooking. These include a multicooker. She won the trust and love of a huge number of housewives. Cooking pilaf with chicken in a slow cooker. Photos of dishes are attached. It has long been known that mouth-watering photographs accompanying any recipe encourage chefs to accomplish feats in the field of cooking. Let it be so with the preparation of pilaf with chicken in a slow cooker.
What rice is suitable for pilaf
Inexperienced young housewife, who decided to please her family or guests with this oriental dish, can expect deep disappointment. Suddenly cooked pilaf with chicken fillet was not crumbly? Grains stuck together and turned into porridge? It should not be like that. In order to avoid such an incident and then not blame the device for the failure of pilaf with chicken fillet in a slow cooker, we take rice with an elongated grain shape.
Vegetables and meat
The kitchen assistant is known for preparing dishes as follows: put the food in a bowl, add salt, and, pouring water, turn on a specific program ...
With a recipe for pilaf from chicken in a slow cooker, this will not work. It is necessary to pay attention to each component: fry the vegetables and pulp of the bird separately. As a result, you will receive praise and compliments from tasters.
Pilaf with chicken in the Polaris multicooker
We begin to conjure in the kitchen. A piquant and at the same time diet pilaf consists of this product set:
- kilogram of chicken (breast);
- bulbs - 2 medium;
- carrots - 1 large;
- rice - half a kilogram;
- vegetable oil - for frying;
- seasonings for pilaf and salt - to taste;
- greens - optional.
Technological process
Sprinkle rice in a flat dish for a preliminary inspection of grains and remove inedible inclusions. After the cereal is cleaned of all unsuitable, rinse it until the flowing water is transparent. We use only cool water.
Rinse and grate carrots on a coarse grater, after peeling. You can turn this root crop into thin bars using a knife.
Peel and chop. Cut as you like. You can cubes, or half rings.
Cut the flesh of the bird into medium slices.
We turn on the device in the network and, pouring lean non-aromatic oil, set the program "Frying". Send the prepared chicken fillet to the bowl and fry the meat until crust for 10-15 minutes. Next, put onions and carrots in the bowl. Fry all the ingredients for another five to seven minutes, until the carrots are soft.
Next in the slow cooker will be suitable spices and salt to taste. We mix the products and cook for a couple of minutes, to give the flavor to the meat.
Turn off the program "Frying". Pour all the rice onto the surface of the meat and vegetables. Level it. Pour freshly boiled water. The liquid should cover the rice three centimeters.
We close the lid of the apparatus and set the program "Pilaf". After thirty minutes, the slow cooker will indicate the readiness of the dish. The first ten minutes after cooking is complete, the machine does not open.
How to cook pilaf with chicken in the Redmond slow cooker
The grocery set from which such pilaf is prepared is standard. Component List:
- chicken meat - 500-800 grams;
- carrots - 2 pieces;
- onions - 2 pieces;
- laurel leaf - 1-2 pieces;
- garlic - 3-5 cloves;
- long-grain rice - 1.5 cups;
- salt to taste;
- spices for pilaf - to taste;
- vegetable oil for frying - 30 milliliters.
Cooking process
Wash the chicken and chop with medium cubes. Peel carrots and onions. We chop the carrots with cubes or rub through a coarse grater. Chop the onion not very finely. Peel the garlic and leave the whole whole cloves prepared until the moment we need them.
Set the "Frying" mode in the kitchen assistant. Now we pour all the vegetable oil that is indicated in the recipe and warm it well. We spread the chicken cubes in boiling oil. Fry for 7 minutes, add salt and add onions with carrots. Fry vegetables with chicken pulp for another 10 minutes. Stir the contents of the multicooker periodically.
While preparing these ingredients, boil the water.
Add bay leaf to the chicken with vegetables. Pour the prepared rice onto the meat. Align the grits with a spoon. If salt is not enough, slightly add salt to the rice. We stick whole garlic cloves into the rice around the perimeter. We finish the frying and add boiling water to the future pilaf. Rice for better cooking should hide under water for at least two centimeters.
We fix the lid of the device and program it to "Pilaf". Cooking time is thirty to forty minutes.
As soon as it is ready, the device will inform about the end of the program with a sound signal. Take your time to open the multicooker and try what happened. Let the pilaf infuse for 15-20 minutes.
If your model does not have the "Pilaf" mode
Models of multicookers of one or another company today exist in abundance. It happens that your device lacks the coveted button that says "Pilaf". What to do in such a situation, is it possible to deny yourself and loved ones the pleasure of enjoying a delicious aromatic dish? Of course, this is not worth doing.
For lovers of pilaf from the multicooker, when choosing a machine, you should pay attention to the presence of this program. And if you acquired your assistant for a long time and at that time did not think about the possibility of cooking pilaf in the machine, you can get out of the situation without loss. Pilaf in Quenching mode is not bad - 40 minutes. Many people prefer to use the program "Multipovar". "Porridge" - can also cook pilaf in a slow cooker.