If you are looking for quick recipes that will allow you to cook something tasty for lunch, and the side dish and the base will be cooked at the same time, we advise you to pay attention to a dish such as rice with chicken and corn. This is a great option for a casual menu. Some housewives call this recipe "lazy." It is perfect for those who want to save valuable time without spending it on "communication" with the stove. For cooking, you will need a baking dish and oven, which will take most of the work on itself.
Corn and Chicken Rice Recipe
It appeared many years ago in Southeast Asia. Here, rice with chicken was prepared since time immemorial with the addition of vegetables and various sweet and sour sauces. You can combine any kind of food with the main two ingredients, but corn is especially good with chicken and rice. It can be fresh, just cooked, or canned from a can. If you want to save time, then choose canned food.
If you want to serve exclusively healthy vegetables for lunch without adding preservatives, you will have to spend time and cook the corn yourself. When cooking corn, do not forget to salt the water, as well as add a little oil. So the corn will turn out friable, tasty and perfect for preparing any conceived dishes.
List of Essential Ingredients
To cook rice with chicken and corn, you need to take quality products. Most of the positive result will depend on this. Experienced housewives do not recommend using chicken breast for this recipe. It turns out to be rather dry, and to avoid this you will have to spend a lot of time marinating the meat. We choose fast cooking, but tasty result.
To please our households with rice with corn and chicken, we take the following set of products:
- 280 g (one and a half cups) of long-grain rice;
- chicken drumsticks - 6 pieces;
- 2 carrots;
- onion;
- a can of canned sweet corn;
- three cloves of garlic;
- 650 ml of chicken stock;
- turmeric;
- salt;
- curry;
- ground black pepper;
- dried basil;
- Provencal herbs;
- some vegetable oil.
Preparatory stage
First you need to cook all the ingredients for a rice recipe with chicken legs in the oven. Rinse the shins well, dry a little with a kitchen towel or paper towels, rub with a mixture of seasonings (curry, Provence herbs, salt, dried basil, black ground pepper).
Now we turn to the preparation of cereals. Rice is recommended to be washed several times to “clear water”. This process will prepare more crumbly and tasty cereals.
Peel the onion, cut it into a very small cube. If you like the taste of onions in dishes, then you can cut it into half rings. We remove the carrots from the peel, and then chop with a coarse grater. Fry vegetables in a small amount of sunflower oil until soft. When the onion-carrot mixture is ready, add finely chopped cloves of garlic to it. Fry vegetables for a couple of minutes. Open a jar of corn, drain the liquid.
Main stage
When all the ingredients for the oven-cooked chicken with rice and corn are prepared, we proceed to the assembly of the dish. Pour a little oil into the baking dish. At the bottom we put fried vegetables (carrots, onions, garlic). On top of a neat even layer, spread the washed rice. The next layer is canned corn. Place marinated chicken drumsticks on top of it. Place the legs in a checkerboard pattern so that all fit and evenly cook.
Pour all the products with chicken stock. To make the liquid reach the bottom of the mold, gently rotate the ingredients with a fork or knife, without violating the integrity of the layers.
Cooking
The baking dish does not need to be covered with a lid or foil. We put it in the oven in the open form for 45 minutes. Preparing rice with chicken and corn at a temperature of 180-190 degrees. Despite the fact that many housewives call this dish fast and lazy, it’s worthwhile to keep an eye on the preparation. To prevent rice from becoming too dry, periodically check its condition. Add broth or water if necessary. After 25-30 minutes after the start of cooking, remove the form, turn the chicken legs over and send the dish back to the oven.
Tips
Salting rice is recommended at the end of the cooking process. As they say, "under" is better than "re".
Also, experienced housewives recommend not saving time when washing cereals. The better the rice is washed, the tastier it will turn out.
For greater piquancy of taste, you can add a little spicy mustard (1-2 teaspoons) to the chicken broth with which you will pour rice. By the way, mustard can also be added to the marinade, in which chicken is prepared for baking.
Add finely chopped white cabbage. So you will make the dish more satisfying.
Do not save on greens. The more fresh and fragrant parsley, dill, basil will be in the dish, the more tasty and healthy it will turn out.