Chicken with Rice
The Bulgarian Sunday oven dish — chicken pieces baked over rice that drinks up the paprika-scented stock until every grain is tender and the skin on top has crisped.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1.2 kg chicken thighs and drumsticks
- 300 g long-grain rice
- 1 large onion
- 1 medium carrot
- 60 ml sunflower oil
- 1 tbsp sweet paprika
- 1 tsp summer savory (chubritsa)
- 2 bay leaves
- 750 ml hot chicken stock
- to taste salt
- to taste black pepper
Nutrition (estimated)
medium confidenceRecipe total: 5726 kcal · P 542.6g · C 275.7g · F 256.6g
Estimated from 9 of 11 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Season the chicken generously with salt and black pepper and leave it to sit while you prepare the vegetables.
- 2Heat the oil in a wide pan and brown the chicken on all sides over medium-high heat, about 8 minutes. Lift the pieces out and set them aside.
- 3Add the finely chopped onion and grated carrot to the same pan and cook until the onion turns golden, about 6 minutes.
- 4Stir in the rice and toast it for 2 minutes, then take the pan off the heat before stirring through the paprika so it cannot burn.
- 5Tip the rice into a baking dish, tuck in the bay leaves and savory, and pour over the hot stock. It should sit about two fingers above the rice.
- 6Arrange the browned chicken on top, skin side up, pressing only lightly so the pieces stay above the liquid and crisp in the oven.
- 7Bake at 200°C for 40-45 minutes, until the rice has drunk up the stock and the skin is deep golden.
- 8Rest the dish for 10 minutes before serving so the last of the stock settles into the rice.
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Questions and answers
How long does Chicken with Rice take to make?
About 65 minutes: 20 min prep and 45 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Chicken with Rice?
11 ingredients: chicken thighs and drumsticks, long-grain rice, onion, carrot, sunflower oil, sweet paprika, summer savory, bay leaves, hot chicken stock, salt, black pepper.
How many servings does this Chicken with Rice recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Chicken with Rice?
About 1432 kcal, with 135.7 g protein, 68.9 g carbohydrate and 64.1 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
What cuisine is Chicken with Rice?
Chicken with Rice comes from Bulgarian cuisine.
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