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Kottopoulo pilafi

Chicken Pilaf

 
Ingredients:

1 -2

chickens (about ¾ kilo each)

½ kilo

Rice

¾ kilo

1 tablespoon tomato paste Tomatoes

½ cup

butter

1 medium

onion, peled and chopped

 

salt & pepper

Method:

Clean, wash and dry the chickens well.

Cut them into portions, seasoning each with salt and pepper.

Melt butter in a pot and saute the chicken.

Add onion to the chicken and continue to saute.

Next, add strained tomatoes or tomato paste, diluted with a cup of water. Add another cup of water and let the chickens cook for fifteen to twenty minutes.

Next add the water necessary to cook the rice, counting 2 1/3 cups of broth for 1 cup of rice. Cover the pot and let all completely cook.

When finished, remove the chicken pieces from the broth with a slotted spoon and keep warm, returning the broth in the pot to boil. In the meantime, wash the rice in the colander under running water until the water runs through completely clean. Cook the rice in the broth, stir for a few seconds with a spoon, cover the pot tightly and cook, until the rice absorbs the liquid.

Remove from heat, place the chicken pieces over the pilaf and cover the pot with a clean towel. Place the pot cover over that and leave for ten minutes before serving.