ITALIAN CHICKEN RICE

                                  ITALIAN CHICKEN RICE

We all know different Italian dishes like Pizza,Pasta,Margheritta,Focaccia Bread etc.Today let us try an Italian dish made of chicken and rice.This Italian Chicken Rice is one of the favorite and best dishes I have liked so far...Though I am not Biriyani fan this dish has become my favorite.The real taste of ginger garlic and cheese make this dish more tastier.I have not added any Garam masala to this instead I have cooked the rice in Chicken stock.Try out this recipe in your home and get the compliment for this delicious recipe. So watch out my step by step presentation here...

                              INGREDIENT

• Chicken                                     --   750 gm
• Beans                                        --   100 gm
• Carrot                                        --   100 gm
• Cabbage                                    --   100gm
• Onion                                        --   100 gm
• Capsicum                                  --   1 
• Small tomato/cherry tomatoes  --  7 to 8 cut into 2 halves
• Ginger paste                              --  75 gm
• Garlic paste                               --  60 gm
• Red chilly paste                        --   2+1 tbsp heaped
• Basmati Rice                            --   2.5 cup
• Celery                                       --  1
• Spring onion                             --  2 chopped. Separate the stem and                                                                                                            leaves and chop them
• Curd                                         --  3 tbsp
• Pepper powder                         --  3/4 tsp +1/4tsp
• Chicken cube                           --  1 big
• Water                                       --  4.5 cup
• Butter                                       -- 75 gm
• Grated Cheese                         --  50 gm

                                               METHOD

• Marinate the chicken with curd and salt for 30 mins.
• Chop beans,cabbage ,capsicum,carrot and keep aside.
• Keep aside chopped celery and spring onion stem and leaves.
• Soak the rice for 45 mins and drain it.

• Heat a heavy bottom pan and add the measured  butter to it.

•  Add chicken to it and 3/4 tsp pepper powder and saute well.

• Cook till it turns light brown colour.

                                      

• Keep it aside.

                                       

•  Boil water and chicken cubes together.Once boiled, move the water to another vessel.

•  Now in the same pan add ginger paste to it.

•  Now add garlic paste to it.

• Saute this very well.

•  Saute chopped onion to it.

•  Next add chopped carrots to it.

•  Then add chopped beans.

•  Next add chopped onions to it.

• Next add chopped capsicum or bell pepper to it.

• Add spring onion stem and saute this for few mins.

•  Now it is time to add cooked chicken to it.

•  Now add red chilly paste to it and saute well.

•  Add salt to it. Please add little salt since we are adding chicken cube water in which salt is already present.

•  Add 1/4 tsp pepper powder to it.Mix well.

•  Add rice to it.

•  Add 2 tbsp red chilly paste too and saute well.

•  Add boiled chicken stock to it.

•  Mix well and close it with a tight lid and cook in low flame for 15 mins.

•  Once it is cooked for 15 mins ,mix properly and set it level.

•  Add grated cheese to it.

•  Add celery

•  Add Spring onion leaves.

• Then arrange  small tomatoes and close again with a lid tightly and cook for 5 more mins .

Serve it hot and enjoy this flavorsome Italian chicken rice!!