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Pilaf with chicken and mushrooms: recipes

Pilaf can be made with any kind of meat, and even with mushrooms. The main thing is to observe the principles: first zirvak is prepared, then rice, water and spices are added, the dish is brought to readiness under the lid. The article presents simple recipes for pilaf with chicken and mushrooms. For such a dish, you can take any mushrooms: fresh, dried or frozen.

The best crockery for pilaf is a cauldron, but at home it is cooked both in a slow cooker and in an ordinary frying pan.

With dried mushrooms in a cauldron

The following ingredients are needed for pilaf with chicken and mushrooms:

  • 400 g chicken thigh fillet;
  • a glass of rice;
  • two onions;
  • two carrots;
  • two glasses of water;
  • two handfuls of dried mushrooms;
  • head of garlic;
  • two bay leaves;
  • pepper;
  • a tablespoon of seasoning for pilaf;
  • salt;
  • vegetable or butter.
pilaf with chicken and mushrooms recipe

The order of preparation of pilaf:

  1. Cut into strips carrots, onion rings, slices of fillet.
  2. Rice should be washed in several waters and soaked for half an hour in cold water. Soak dried mushrooms.
  3. Put a cauldron on the fire, throw a slice of butter into it (you can take vegetable oil) and fry the onion until light golden color.
  4. Add chicken to the onion and fry until golden brown on the meat.
  5. Then lay out the carrots and cook for another five minutes.
  6. Salt, pour seasoning, add pepper and lavrushka.
  7. Pour a glass of water, cover the cauldron and simmer for the lowest heat for a quarter of an hour.
  8. Cut the mushrooms and send to the future pilaf, then put the rice, pour in a glass of water, in the middle place the whole head of garlic, which must first be peeled, cut the rhizome and wash.
  9. Stew under the lid for 25 minutes over low heat.
  10. When 25 minutes have passed, mix the pilaf with chicken and mushrooms, add salt if necessary, let stand for ten minutes under the lid. Remove the garlic - it will no longer be needed.

Transfer to a beautiful dish, serve with fresh herbs.

In a slow cooker

It is convenient to make pilaf with chicken and mushrooms in a slow cooker. First you need to prepare everything you need:

  • half a kilogram of steamed rice;
  • 400 g chicken;
  • 200 g of champignons;
  • 300 g of onions;
  • 400 g carrots;
  • three cloves of garlic;
  • one and a half liters of water;
  • 30 ml olive oil;
  • seasonings;
  • bunch of dill.
pilaf with mushrooms and chicken in a slow cooker

Cooking pilaf with chicken and mushrooms:

  1. Before cooking, soak the rice for one hour in salted water. It must first be washed in several waters.
  2. The best option for pilaf is breast fillet. From it you need to cut the film, rinse slightly, allow to dry and cut into small pieces.
  3. Wash and cut mushrooms into slices or slices. Cutting too finely is not recommended.
  4. Peel onions, carrots, garlic. Chop the onion finely, garlic into large pieces, grate the carrots.
  5. Lubricate the multicooker bowl with vegetable oil.
  6. Turn on the Baking program and fry the chicken pieces, slightly salting. Fry for no more than five minutes, then turn over and cook for another five minutes.
  7. Put mushrooms in chicken, mix and fry for another five minutes.
  8. Attach the onions and carrots, mix, close the slow cooker, cook for about 10-12 minutes. This is the basis of the dish, or zirvak.
  9. On the finished zirvak, put the rice in an even layer and press down with a spoon. Dip the garlic into the rice. Pour in water slowly, in a thin stream. It is necessary to use the entire amount according to the recipe, that is, one and a half liters.
  10. Salt, put spices - ground pepper and salt, as well as barberry, zira, paprika, basil, allspice and others to taste. A mandatory element is barberry. You can buy a ready-made seasoning designed specifically for pilaf.
  11. Set the "Extinguishing" mode to 45 minutes.

After a beep, let the pilaf stand for several minutes, then open the lid, put on a plate and enjoy the aromatic dish.

chicken pilaf with mushrooms

In the pan

For pilaf with chicken and mushrooms, the following foods will be required:

  • a glass of long grain rice;
  • two glasses of water;
  • 200 g boiled chanterelles;
  • 200 g chicken fillet;
  • one carrot;
  • two cloves of garlic;
  • one onion;
  • salt;
  • vegetable oil;
  • seasonings.
Pilaf with chicken and chanterelles

The order of preparation of pilaf:

  • Grate carrots, finely chop the onion.
  • Fry the onions with carrots in a pan in a small amount of oil until soft. Do not forget to stir. The approximate frying time is 10 minutes.
  • Cut the chicken into slices, put in a pan for onions and carrots. To send boiled chanterelles there. Fry chicken until tender.
  • Put rice, pour water, salt, toss seasonings. Simmer for about 20 minutes under a lid over low heat.
  • Remove the lid, cook for about 7 minutes until the water has completely evaporated.

Pilaf with chicken and mushrooms is arranged on plates while it is hot.

Conclusion

On the one hand, it is not difficult to cook pilaf, but at the same time it is very important to observe the technology. Properly selected rice is of great importance. There are varieties that are well suited for pilaf, for example, devzira, basmati, jasmine. It is important that during cooking it steams evenly and turns out friable.

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