Baked Chicken and Rice
Ingredients
- Ingredients
- 500 grams Chicken breasts
- 150 grams Pineapple
- 1 generous pinch Curry
- 1 zucchini
- 1 garlic clove
- salt
- peppers
- 50 milliliters white wine
- 250 grams Long grain rice
- Saffron
- 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 100 grams Mozzarella
- 1 Star anise
- 1 onion
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 Kaffir lime leaves
Preparation steps
Mix the rice with saffron, bay leaf, kaffir lime leaves and star anise in 1 liter (approximately 4 cups) of boiling salted water until slightly grainy. Meanwhile, peel the onion and garlic and finely chop. Rinse the zucchini and cut into sticks. Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces. Cook the onion in hot oil until translucent, then add the chicken and zucchini and quickly sear until brown. Season with salt, pepper and curry.
Deglaze with white wine and set aside. Drain the rice, mix with pineapple, chicken and zucchini, season and place the mixture into a greased baking dish. Drain the mozzarella, cut into thin slices and place on the chicken-rice mixture into the baking dish. Bake in preheated oven (180°C) (approximately 350°F) for about 15-20 minutes.
