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Oven Baked Chicken with Rice

Oven baked rice with chicken is delicious, rich and easy to prepare dish. The meat turns out very juicy and gentle, it just melts in the mouth. During the baking process, rice is impregnated with chicken juice and becomes especially tasty and fragrant. The advantage of this recipe is that at the same time you will have the main dish and side dish. You only need to supplement each portion with fresh vegetables. Oven baked chicken with rice, a recipe with a photo you'll find below, will surely be one of your favorites. Instead of chicken drumsticks you can use any parts of chicken - wings, thighs or backs. Steamed long-grained rice is best suited for this recipe, because it keeps the grain form well in the process of preparation.

Ingredients

75 min

4 servings

Ingredients

Water

500 ml
Chicken drumsticks

4 pcs
Long-grain rice

300 g
Carrot

1 pcs
Onion

1 pcs
Garlic

3-5 clove
Olive oil

50 ml
Hot ajika sauce

1 tbsp
Bay leaf

2-3 pcs
Allspice

3 pcs
Seasoning for rice

1 tsp
Salt

- to taste

Steps

1. Peel onion and cut into cubes. Wash carrots, peel and cut into quarter rings.

2. Put crushed onions on a frying pan with pre-heated olive oil. Stir periodically and brown onions to clearness. Then add carrots to the onion, stir and continue to fry the ingredients together for another 3-4 minutes.

3. Transfer the browned vegetables into a glass heat-resistant pan or form for baking.

4. Wash rice carefully and add to the pan with vegetables.

5. Wash chicken drumsticks and dry from excess moisture with paper towels. Rub meat with hot ajika sauce and leave for 30 minutes for marinating. Put the chicken legs in a heated with olive oil frying pan. Fry the meat to the golden crust on both sides.

6. Transfer the fried chicken drumsticks to a pan to the rest of the ingredients.

7. Pour meat with rice and vegetables with hot water. Add garlic cloves, bay leaves, black allspice peas, salt and ground spices.

8. Let's mix ingredients. Cover the pan with a lid or foil, send it to the oven pre-heated to 180 degrees. The oven baked chicken with rice, which recipe I offer you, will be ready in 50-60 minutes.