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Chicken and Rice with Saffron (From Cook: Your Life Depends Upon It, 3/04) |
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| Category: | entrees |
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| Source: | Joe George |
| Prep Time: | 40 mintes |
| Number of Servings: | makes 4 servings |
| Ingredients: | 2 cups chicken broth 1 small onion 1 clove garlic 3 tablespoons olive olir 4 chicken breasts 1 pinch saffron threads 1 cup long grained rice salt and pepper. |
| Directions: | Heat the broth in a small pot until almost simmering. Peel the onion and garlic; dice the onion and mince the garlic. Heat the oil in a large skillet or shallow pot over medium-high heat. Add the chicken breasts to the hot oil and cook them on both sides until lightly browned then remove them to a plate. To the same hot oil add the onion and garlic and saute it for a minute or two. Add the saffron and stir it in the oil for a few seconds then add the rice. Stir the rice to coat it with the oil and saffron, then pour in the hot broth. Add a pinch or two of salt and pepper. Bring the broth to a boil, then lower it to a simmer. Add the chicken breasts to the simmering broth and cover the pan with a lid or foil. Cook the chicken and rice for eighteen minutes then remove it from the heat and allow it to rest for five minutes. |
