Our family needs a change at the dining table once in a while either by having vegetables, meat or seafood that they seldom eat or by having dishes which are cooked in a new style, for example, cooking Indian or Malay dishes in a Chinese family or by adding herbs which are seldom used in our normal cooking, for example, Italian herbs, mixed herbs, paprika, thyme, rosemary and so on.
So, I surprised my family with a new meal - Paprika Chicken on Rice instead of having white rice with a few accompanying dishes. This one-pot meal is easy to make. The best thing is that there is little washing after cooking as everything is cooked in that one pot/pan.
Ingredients:
- 4 pcs chicken thigh or drumstick or chicken breast
- 1 tbsp paprika (or more if you like)
- 2 tsp ground black peppercorn (or more)
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 yellow onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 1/2 cups rice
- Oil for pan-frying
- Salt & pepper (to taste)
- 1 big stalk of coriander
Method:
Marinade the chicken pieces with paprika, ground black peppercorn and salt for at least 30 minutes.
Add oil into a non-stick pan. Swirl the pan so that the oil covers the surface of the pan totally. Pour out excess oil (as we do not want the rice to be too oily).
Place the chicken pieces on the pan, skin-side down. When the bottom has browned, turn the chicken pieces to brown the other side.Remove the chicken pieces from the pan and set them aside.
Chop up the yellow onion into small pieces.
Chop the garlic finely.
Put the onion and garlic into the pan which was used to fry the chicken. Saute them till they are fragrant and soft.
Wash the rice and add it to the onion and garlic.
Add enough water to cook the rice.
Add salt and pepper (to taste) to the rice.
Return the chicken pieces to the pan.
Cover the pan and slowly cook the rice till it is done.