Chicken Pilau Food

CHICKEN BIRYANI PILAU

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Heat the oil in a large sauté pan and fry the chicken thighs, skin side down, for 8-10 mins until the skin is golden and crispy. Tip in the onion and continue to cook for 5 mins until the onion softens. Sprinkle in the curry powder and cook for a minute more, then stir in the rice and pour over the stock. Bring the stock to the boil.
• Cover the pan and bake for 30 mins until all the liquid has been absorbed and the rice is cooked. Stir in the peas and leave the rice to stand for a few moments before serving.

OVEN-BAKED CHICKEN PILAU

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. On the hob, toast the pine nuts in a flameproof casserole dish, remove and set aside.
• Heat the oil in the casserole and soften the onion with the turmeric for 3 mins. Add the chicken thighs and cook for 3-4 mins until browned all over. Tip in the rice, sultanas and 700ml stock, then bring to the boil. Cover with a lid and bake in the oven for 20 mins, checking halfway and adding more stock if needed. Cook until the chicken is done and the rice tender. Season to taste, then stir in the toasted pine nuts and serve sprinkled with fresh coriander.

CHICKEN KABULI PULAO (AFGHANISTAN)

Steps:

• Place chicken pieces, onions and hot water in a large pot.
• Cover and simmer for about 1 hour.
• Add salt to taste.
• Remove chicken, reserving stock & discard cooked onions.
• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Heat 2 tbs of the butter over medium high heat and fry chicken pieces containing bones, salting as needed.
• Boil a large amount of water with sea salt and cook the rice in it for exactly 8 minutes. Set aside in a pot until ready to assemble.
• Make stock sauce:
• Brown onions in butter and remove from heat.
• Add cardamom cumin, freshly ground black pepper & saffron liquid and mash with onion to form a paste.
• Add about 1/2 pt of the chicken stock; simmer for 5 minutes and taste for seasoning.
• Combine cooked rice, stock sauce as needed (I don't find it became a sauce so I added the onion paste with some broth as needed to finish cooking the rice) and chicken; place in a buttered casserole. Cover.
• Fry carrot matchsticks in 1/2 tbs butter and add dark raisins to them at the very end.
• Sprinkle partially cooked carrot matchsticks and raisins on top of chicken and rice and cover tightly with aluminum foil or cover.
• Place in oven for 35 minutes.
• Chopped toasted pistachios or slivered almonds may be added over the dish just before serving if so wished.
• There most probably will be left over stock that is very good even as a soup on it's own and probably served that way in an Afghani household.
• Enjoy!

ONE-POT CHICKEN PILAF

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a frying pan, then fry the onion for 5-6 mins until softened. Add the chicken pieces, fry for a further couple of mins just to colour the outside, then stir in curry paste and rice. Cook for another min.
• Pour in the chicken stock and throw in any larger bits of frozen veg. Bring to the boil, lower the heat, then cover the pan with a lid. Cook for 10 mins, then stir in the remaining veg. Scatter over the spinach, cover, then cook for 10 mins more until all the stock is absorbed and the rice is tender. Give everything a good stir, season to taste, then tuck in.

CHICKEN PILAU

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a Dutch oven; add the chicken and brown lightly, turning freqently.
• Push the chicken to the side or remove and set aside; add 1/2 cup onions and sauté 2 minutes.
• Rearrange the chicken and onion evenly in the pan; add 1 cup of chicken broth.
• Cover pan and simmer 30 minutes or until the chicken is tender.
• Remove chicken and pour the pan juices into a 2-cup measure, cool.
• When cool, skin chicken and remove the meat from the bone in large pieces.
• Set chicken aside.
• In the same Dutch oven, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil and the diced bacon or ham.
• Sauté for about 3 minutes over medium heat.
• Add the remaining onion, green and red bell pepper, and celery.
• Sauté until the chopped onion is tender.
• Add the rice and sauté, stirring, for about 2 minutes.
• Add the 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper.
• Pour enough of the remaining chicken broth into the measuring cup with the pan juices to make 1 3/4 cups and add along with the tomatoes to the vegetables.
• Cover and simmer 25 minutes, until the rice is tender and liquid is absorbed.
• If necessary, add more chicken broth or water.
• Gently stir cooked chicken into the rice; heat through.
• Taste and add salt and pepper, if needed.
• Spoon into a serving dish and sprinkle with freshly chopped parsley.

CHICKEN PILAU

Steps:

• wash chicken properly and put aside.
• soak rice in cold water.
• finely slice the onion.
• heat oil in a saucepan, add the onions and all the masalas(spices)keep a little water ready for onions when brown.
• brown the onions, brown in the literal sense not golden and not burnt.
• add ginger, garlic and the water which should be around half a cup,let it boil, you will notice the colour of this will be slightly brown, this is because of the water we add to very brown onions, this gives the pilau a s hint of cream colour when ready.
• now add chicken, fry chicken in the onions and masalas,the half cup should have dried up by now(when you add chicken).
• fry until chicken is tender add water if necessary, make sure the meat does not break, add the yoghurt about 2 tsp of salt or to taste and cook until yoghurt is dry.
• now with the the same cup you measured the rice, measure water we will need 5 cups of water filled to the brim, add the water to the chicken, let it boil.
• drain the water from the soaking rice and add rice to boiling water and chicken.
• let rice boil, taste salt if need be add more according to your taste.
• when water is almost dry, holes will form on the rice,reduce heat to very very low, use a simmerer if u have one, not necessary,.
• before covering rice sprinkle the cummin over the rice.
• cover with a lid that does not let steam escape from saucepan.
• leave on simmer for about ten minutes.make sure rice does stick to bottom of pan, if it does it will burn easily and rice will taste and smell horrible.
• when you lift lid to check the rice, the rice should let out a lot of steam and water should have dried, turn off heat mix the rice with a big fork like salad or serving fork,the aroma will be so good just scrumptious.
• you chicken pilau is ready, enjoy.

CHICKEN PILAU

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4.
• Heat the oil in a large, shallow, ovenproof pan or casserole. Add the chicken pieces and fry over a high heat for 5 minutes until browning. Use a slotted spoon to lift the chicken onto a plate, then add the onions with a pinch of salt and fry for 5 minutes until starting to soften. Stir in the garlic and spices for another minute.
• Stir in the rice, followed by the coconut milk and 200ml/7fl oz water. Crumble in the stock cube and bring the liquid to a simmer. Scatter the chicken pieces back in the pan, drizzle over any juices left on the plate and then scatter over the sultanas. Top with a lid or scrunch two sheets of kitchen foil tightly over the top. Bake on the middle shelf in the oven for 38-40 minutes until the rice and chicken pieces are tender and the stock is absorbed.
• Stir the peas through the pilau, cover again with the lid and leave to heat through for 5 minutes. Scoop the pilau onto plates, topping with cashews and coriander leaves, if using. Serve with dollops of chutney and/or yoghurt.

QABILI PILAU WITH CHICKEN

Steps:

• In large skillet, brown onion in 2 tbsp oil.
• Add chicken and brown lightly.
• Add 2 cups water, salt, cinnamon, cumin and cardamom.
• Cover and simmer until meat is tender, about one hour.
• Remove chicken and set aside.
• Set juice aside.
• Saute carrots and brown sugar in 4 tbsp oil until lightly browned.
• Remove and set aside.
• Add raisins to oil and cook until they swell up.
• Remove and set aside.
• Return the juice to the skillet.
• Add rice and 4 cups water and bring to a boil.
• Simmer until the water is absorbed.
• Pre-heat oven to 300.
• Mix the meat, carrots, raisins and rice.
• Place in a large casserole, cover and bake for 30 minutes.

ONE-POT CHICKEN & CHICKPEA PILAU

Steps:

• Heat a large, lidded frying pan or fl ameproof casserole and add the oil. Fry the chicken thighs for 2 mins, turning halfway through cooking, until lightly coloured, then lift onto a plate. Add the leeks to the pan and stir-fry for 3 mins, then add the garlic and tip in the chickpeas, most of the lemon zest and rice. Stir together until well mixed.
• Nestle the chicken in the rice mix. Pour over the stock and season lightly. Cover and cook on a low heat for 20 mins until the chicken is nearly cooked through and the rice has absorbed nearly all the liquid. Sit the broccoli on top of the rice, cover and continue to cook until the rice and broccoli are tender and the chicken cooked. Sprinkle with the remaining lemon zest to serve.

CAROLINA PILAU (PERLOO)

Steps:

• Fry the bacon in a large skillet over very low heat, just until it reaches the crisp stage. Remove from pan, crumble and set aside. Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of the bacon fat, then add the rice and stir, cooking slowly until rice is lightly browned.
• Add the boiling stock, stir, and bring back to the boil.
• Add chicken, vegetables, bay leaf, salt and pepper.
• Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 30 minutes, or until rice, chicken and vegetables are done and liquid is absorbed.
• Serving Ideas : Sprinkle with crumbled bacon and parsley.

CHICKEN PELAU

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, stir together the vinegar and 1 tablespoon of salt. Add chicken and soak for 20 minutes. Rinse chicken, and season with salt and pepper. Discard vinegar, and set chicken aside.
• Heat the oil in a deep saucepan or Dutch oven. Add the onion and garlic; cook and stir until browned. Add the chicken pieces, and fry until browned all over, stirring constantly. Pour in the rice, and season with thyme and curry powder. Stir in the water.
• Cover, and cook over medium heat for about 20 minutes, or until rice is tender and has absorbed all of the liquid.

TRINIDAD PELAU

Steps:

• Cook sugar in a large saucepan over medium heat until it begins to caramelize. Stir in the beef, and cook until well browned. Bring the water, coconut milk, rice, pigeon peas, and carrot to a simmer; cover and cook until rice is done, about 25 minutes. Stir in parsley to garnish.