Pilaf with chickpeas, rice and meat

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Kitchen Eastern
Calorie content 118.6 kcal
Portions 8 port.
Cooking time 90 minutes
Proteins * 6 gr.
Fats * 5.9 gr.
Carbohydrates* 22.7 g
Pilaf with chickpeas, rice and meat

A bright, colorful dish that can be served both at home and for guests to cook. Such pilaf is very satisfying due to the combination of meat with chickpeas and very aromatic due to the spices. Take chicken thighs as the meat component - they are quite juicy and go well with crumbly rice and soft chickpeas. Pre-marinate the chicken in spices, and soak the chickpeas in water. As you can see, such a dish will require preliminary preparation. But the subsequent cooking process is quite simple.

Ingredients

Cooking process

step 1 out of 11
We wash the chickpeas and soak them in water overnight. This is necessary so that dry hard peas soften and cook faster as part of pilaf. Dry the chicken thighs with paper towels and sprinkle with salt, chicken seasoning mixture and drizzle lightly with vegetable oil. Rub the surface of the meat with all this mixture with our hands and leave to marinate for an hour.
step 2 out of 11
Remove the husk from the onions, wash them, dry them and cut them into small cubes. In a cauldron, a thick-walled frying pan with high sides or in a brazier, heat up such an amount of vegetable oil so that it covers the bottom with a layer of one centimeter. Pour the onion into hot oil and fry it with stirring until transparent.
step 3 out of 11
Peel the carrots, wash, dry and cut into small cubes. Wash the celery stalks, dry them and cut them into small transverse pieces. Pour the prepared carrots with celery to the transparent onions, mix and continue to fry over medium heat for another seven to ten minutes. The vegetables should soften.
step 4 out of 11
Now we lay in fragrant spices: cumin pounded in a mortar, bay leaves, black peppercorns, a pinch of saffron. Salt to taste. Stir and continue cooking for another five minutes: the spices should warm up and begin to emit their aromas.
step 5 out of 11
At the same time, in a separate frying pan, heat a small amount of vegetable oil and put the pickled chicken thighs in it. Fry them for two to three minutes on each side until golden brown at medium-high temperature. After frying, place the chicken on top of the spiced vegetables.
step 6 out of 11
Next, pour in such an amount of hot water so that it covers the chicken thighs by one to one and a half centimeters.
step 7 out of 11
Drain the soaked chickpeas and pour the peas into the brazier over the chicken thighs. We align by immersing the peas in the liquid.
step 8 out of 11
It was the turn of the rice. We wash it well beforehand - the grains should become translucent. This will mean that the excess starch is washed off, and the pilaf will turn out to be crumbly. We spread the washed rice on the chickpeas, flatten.
step 9 out of 11
Put the chives on the rice. Before that, we do not clean them, but simply wash them and press them down with a knife blade - this way the garlic will open and give more aroma. And it will be easier to extract it from the finished pilaf. Put hot peppers with the garlic. Pour in more hot water if necessary: ​​the rice should be covered with liquid by one to one and a half centimeters. Sprinkle additional salt on the pilaf. Bring the contents of the frypot to a boil and evaporate a little of the liquid.
step 10 out of 11
Then we close the pilaf with a lid, reduce the fire to a minimum and cook the pilaf for an hour and a half until the rice is soft. Towards the end of readiness, taste the rice and evaluate its degree of softness.
step 11 out of 11
Mix the finished pilaf and put it out of the cauldron into portioned plates along with chicken and garlic cloves. Serve hot. Perfect accompaniment - greens and fresh vegetables.
Bon Appetit!

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