Chicken with rice

6 servings

100 minutes

Chicken with rice is a wonderful combination of flavors that brings the warmth of Italian cuisine. This dish originates from traditional Italian family dinners where fresh ingredients turn into culinary masterpieces. Juicy chicken infused with garlic and lemon aromas is simmered to tenderness in tomato sauce and then combined with spiced rice that absorbs all the juices and flavors. White wine adds sophistication, while green peas and pickled peppers provide bright accents and a hint of acidity. It's not just food; it's an art that can gather loved ones around the table and fill the home with cozy aromas.

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 849.5
• Proteins: 51.4g
• Fats: 42.6g
• Carbohydrates: 63.6g

Ingredients

• Chicken: 1 pc
• Lemon: 0.5 pc
• Garlic: 4 clove
• Vegetable oil: 2 tbsp
• Onion: 1 head
• Sweet pepper: 1 pc
• Salt: to taste
• Ground black pepper: to taste
• Tomato puree: 0.5 glass
• Ground red pepper: 1 tsp
• Rice: 2 glass
• Dry white wine: 0.5 glass
• Canned green peas: 1 jar
• Pickled peppers: 3 pc
• Chicken broth: 4 glass

Cooking steps

1. Clean the chicken, wash it, rub with salt, juice of 1/2 lemon, and crushed garlic cloves, and let it sit for 1 hour.

   Required ingredients:

   • Chicken: 1 piece
   • Lemon: 0.5 piece
   • Garlic: 4 cloves
   • Salt:  to taste

2. At this time, heat vegetable oil and add crushed garlic, coarsely chopped onion, and finely sliced bell pepper, then let it stew.

   Required ingredients:

   • Vegetable oil: 2 tablespoons
   • Garlic: 4 cloves
   • Onion: 1 head
   • Sweet pepper: 1 piece

3. When the garlic and onion become soft, add tomato puree and then chicken cut into portions (4-8 pieces), simmer until cooked. When the chicken is tender, transfer it to a separate dish and keep it warm.

   Required ingredients:

   • Tomato puree: 0.5 glass
   • Chicken: 1 piece

4. Place the well-washed and dried rice in the pot where the meat was stewed.

   Required ingredients:

   • Rice: 2 glasss

5. Mix the rice and sauce well, add white wine, 4 cups of chicken broth, and the juice of pickled sweet peppers (you can also add the juice of canned green peas; if adding pea juice, use less meat broth).

   Required ingredients:

   • Dry white wine: 0.5 glass
   • Chicken broth: 4 glasss
   • Pickled peppers: 3 pieces
   • Canned green peas: 1 jar

6. Mix all the ingredients well, placing the chicken on top. Put it on the heat.

   Required ingredients:

   • Chicken: 1 piece

7. When the rice absorbs the liquid, add green peas.

   Required ingredients:

   • Canned green peas: 1 jar

8. Leave the dish on low heat for another 5 minutes, then remove, garnish with strips of pickled sweet pepper, and serve immediately.

   Required ingredients:

   • Pickled peppers: 3 pieces