Pilaf in the oven with chicken

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make pilaf in the oven? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. Peel the onions and carrots and rinse them in running water from dirt. Choose long-grain rice. Preferably steamed. Such rice does not boil. For pilaf, you can use any part of the chicken. I'm going to cook pilaf on chicken thighs.

2. Step 2:

   

   Cut the chicken into small pieces. Pour a little vegetable oil into a hot frying pan and put the chicken. Fry it on high heat on all sides until golden brown.

3. Step 3:

   

   Finely chop the onion. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Fry the chopped vegetables in a hot frying pan with the addition of a small amount of vegetable oil. Fry them for 3-5 minutes over medium heat.

4. Step 4:

   

   Put the fried chicken and vegetable roast in the prepared baking dish. For baking, take a deep mold, as the rice will increase in volume during cooking. The shape can be ceramic, glass or metal. There is no need to pre-lubricate the form with oil, since there is already enough oil in the fried chicken and vegetables.

5. Step 5:

   

   Rinse the rice well several times in cold water. The water after washing should remain transparent. Drain all the water from the rice.

7. Step 6:

   

   Spread the washed rice over the entire mold in a uniform layer. Add a few cloves of garlic. Add a little salt and spices to taste. As a spice, you can take a ready-made set for pilaf. In it, all the spices are harmoniously matched.

8. Step 7:

   

   Fill everything with hot water. Why hot? This is necessary so that there is no sudden temperature drop in the hot chicken. Otherwise, the meat may become tough. And in hot water, the process of cooking pilaf will begin faster. Cover the mold with foil and put it in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees, for 40 minutes. 10-15 minutes before the end of cooking, you can remove the foil.

9. Step 8:

   

   Be guided by your oven. Try rice - if it is ready, you can pull it out of the oven earlier. Put the finished pilaf on plates and serve it to the table.

10. Step 9:

    

    Bon appetit!