Chicken with Rice - Pilaffe recipe

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Ingredients

1 (4 pound) whole chicken, cut into pieces
3 cups uncooked white rice, rinsed
½ cup butter
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
½ teaspoon poultry seasoning

Nutrition Info

1115.3 calories
carbohydrate: 78.5 g
cholesterol: 147.9 mg
fat: 72.4 g
fiber: 1.2 g
protein: 33.6 g
saturatedFat: 25.7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 594.8 mg
sugar: 0.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Place chicken in a large soup pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Stir in the salt, pepper, and poultry seasoning, boil for 1 hour, skimming fat from water occasionally.

  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  3. Melt the butter over low heat in a large skillet. Add the rice and cook, stirring, for 10 minutes. Transfer rice to a large roasting pan. Pour the broth from the chicken into the roasting pan, top with the chicken.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven until rice is cooked, about 30 minutes.

Recipe Yield

6 servings

Recipe Note

This is a Macedonian recipe from my great-grandmother. Children love this because it doesn't have complicated flavors.

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