A delicious and satisfying pilaf is a dish that fits perfectly into any diet. Cooking it is quite simple, there are a lot of recipes. You can use different varieties of rice, meat and several types of vegetables. At the same time, you can cook it in a cauldron and a frying pan. But also pilaf can be cooked in a slow cooker with chicken. It turns out very tender tasty.
Pilaf with chicken in the Polaris multicooker
Ingredients for pilaf:
- Chicken fillet - 1 kilogram.
- Ground zira seasoning - 1 dessert spoon.
- Long grain rice - 500 grams.
- Onions - 300 grams.
- Paprika - 1 teaspoon.
- Salt - 1 dessert spoon.
- Oil - 100 milliliters.
- Carrots - 300 grams.
- Dry barberry - 1 teaspoon.
Ingredient preparation
With the advent of a wide variety of kitchen appliances for a large number of modern hostesses, cooking has become much easier. In addition to the stove, the dish can be cooked in a double boiler, microwave and, of course, a slow cooker, which is also called a miracle saucepan. Since almost any dish is tasty and quickly cooked in it, we offer to cook pilaf with chicken in the Polaris multicooker.
To prepare a delicious crumbly and aromatic pilaf, you need to spend a little time and prepare some of its components. And we will cook using the recipe for a step-by-step pilaf with chicken in the Polaris multicooker. For pilaf, it is advisable to use long-grain rice, since it does not stick together during cooking. It must first be reviewed and all small garbage removed. Then the rice needs to be thoroughly washed until the water becomes clear.
Wash the chicken fillet and cut into pieces. Peel and cut onions in half rings. Peel the carrots with a peeler, wash it and then cut into strips.
Start cooking
Further, in order to cook pilaf with chicken in the Polaris 0517 multicooker, it is necessary to turn it on in the Frying mode and add oil to the bowl. When it is well warmed up, put in a bowl the half rings of onion and fry for about five minutes. Then add chopped chicken to the onion and fry for about fifteen minutes, until the crust appears on the meat.
Then put the carrots chopped into strips and, stirring, cook everything together for ten minutes. Now it's the spice line. In the bowl add ground seasoning of zira, paprika, salt and dry barberry. Stir and cook for about seven to eight minutes. The last bowl of the multicooker is to lay out well-washed long-grain rice and level it with an even layer. Pour all the ingredients of the pilaf with very hot boiling water so that the water covers the rice by three centimeters. Close the multicooker with a lid, switch the mode to “Pilaf” and set the time to thirty minutes. Ready aromatic and crumbly pilaf can be sprinkled with herbs. Serve portionwise for dinner or lunch.
Pilaf with chicken and champignons in the Polaris slow cooker
Required Products:
- Rice - 2 cups.
- Chicken - 1 kilogram.
- Carrots - 3 pieces.
- Champignons - 500 grams.
- Salt - 1 dessert spoon.
- Onion - 5 pieces.
- Dry spices for pilaf - 1 tablespoon.
- Oil - 100 milliliters.
- Bay leaves - 2 pieces.
Meat preparation
Happy owners of modern kitchen appliances can constantly pamper their family with various tasty and healthy dishes, while saving their time and effort. If you are just mastering all the possibilities of this unit, we suggest trying to cook pilaf in the Polaris multicooker with chicken and mushrooms. If you comply with the exact norms of the recipe products, you will get juicy, aromatic, hearty and tasty pilaf.
First, as always, the necessary preparation of products. You need to start with meat. If you purchased chicken fillet for pilaf, it should be washed and cut into slices. If you bought a whole chicken, then wash it well first, and then cut it into pieces. Cut off all the meat from the bones, which then cut into small pieces. Put prepared chicken in a bowl, sprinkle with a few pinches of salt and black pepper, mix and set aside for now.
Preparation of mushrooms and vegetables
Rinse the mushrooms first under the tap from dirt. Dry and carefully remove the skin from the hats and cut out the dark plates under them. Cut off the tip of the legs and chop the mushrooms into slices. Then cut the husks from the onion, rinse the onions under the tap and chop them in half rings. Peel the carrots, wash them thoroughly and finely chop with straws. Review and rinse the rice until the water is completely clean.
Further, in order to cook pilaf in the Polaris multicooker of chicken and champignons, it is necessary to turn on the machine in the Baking mode, pour oil into the bowl and place half the onion rings in it. Fry until golden caramel. Then add the mushrooms chopped into slices and simmer, without changing the mode until all the juice from the mushrooms evaporates. Next, put the carrots cut into strips into the slow cooker and simmer for another ten minutes.
After all the vegetables and mushrooms have been stewed, lay the chicken pieces on them. Sprinkle with salt and mix well. Fry with the meat for another ten minutes. After the specified time, mix vegetables, mushrooms and meat and spread the prepared rice with an even layer on top. On top of rice, pour a tablespoon of seasoning for pilaf “Meal” or “Vkusnotek” and bay leaves. Mixing the ingredients is not necessary. Then pour boiling water into the bowl. Water should cover the rice about one and a half centimeters.
Close the lid and cook according to the recipe for pilaf in the Polaris slow cooker with chicken and champignons in the Pilaf mode for thirty minutes. When five minutes remain before cooking, you need to open the lid and carefully mix all the ingredients of the pilaf. Then it can be left in the slow cooker for another thirty minutes on heating, so the rice will be even softer. Ready juicy, crumbly, aromatic and, importantly, hearty pilaf with chicken and mushrooms, serve hot with fresh tomatoes and cucumbers. Also on the table you can serve sour cream in a gravy boat.
Pilaf with chicken and dried fruits in the Polaris slow cooker
Ingredients Composition:
- Chicken thighs - 1.5 kilograms.
- Prunes - 200 grams.
- Steamed rice - 500 grams.
- Dried apricots - 200 grams.
- Butter - 200 grams.
- Raisins - 100 grams.
- Salt - 1 teaspoon.
- Seasoning for pilaf - a tablespoon.
Step by step recipe
Wash the chicken thighs, remove the skin from them and grate the pilaf seasoning and salt. Turn the slow cooker into the "Frying" mode and place the butter in the bowl. When it blooms, fry the chicken thighs on it until crisp. Rinse and put in a bowl over the chicken thighs.
Top with boiling water two centimeters higher than rice and a little salt. Rinse dried fruits and pour into a bowl. They can be chopped if desired. Close the lid and cook pilaf with chicken in the Polaris slow cooker with dried fruits in the Pilaf mode for forty minutes. Rice should completely absorb the liquid. This pilaf is enjoyed with pleasure not only by adults, but by children.
Three simple recipes allow you to prepare a tasty and healthy second course in a short period of time, which is suitable for both lunch and dinner. Rice can be diluted not only with chicken meat, but also with mushrooms, and even dried fruits.