Turkish Chicken Rice Ingredients

• chicken only legs, thighs, breast and wings, 1 lb
• Tomatoes 3 large peeled, seeded and chopped
• Onions 2 finely chopped
• Garlic 2 cloves minced
• Coriander seed 1 tbsp ground
• Saffron ½ tbsp
• Olive oil 4 tbsp
• Bay leaf 1 crushed
• Bell Peppers 2 finely diced
• Kalamata olives pitted and dices 1 cup
• Chicken broth 2 cups preferably homemade
• White raisins 2 tsp soaked in boiling water 30 minutes.
• Long grain with rice 1 lb
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Ground cumin ½ tsp

how to make Turkish Chicken Rice Recipe

• Remove the skin from chicken pieces. Season chicken with salt and pepper.
• Cook in oil. Remove pieces as they brown.
• They should be almost cooked at this point.
• If they are not, turn down heat and continue cooking. Add onions to the oil left in the pan and cook until soft.
• Add garlic, bay leaf and ground coriander. Stir in rice until well coated with the oil.
• Add bell peppers and cook a few minutes.
• Stir in tomatoes, cumin and saffron. Add raisins.
• Return chicken pieces to pan.
• Pour 2 cups boiling chicken stock. Cover pan. Turn down heat and simmer 10 minutes. Add olives and continue simmering 10 to 15 minutes until rice is cooked.
• Add some drops of Tabasco.
• Serve hot.

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