How to bake chicken with rice in the oven

Chicken baked with rice in the oven, the dish that requires some skill and skill in cooking. But, at the same time, it is not so difficult that you are unable to cook it yourself. Most importantly, the chicken was not too big, so it could bake evenly and not too old, so the meat does not get tough.

You will need

• • chicken little - 1;
  • long grain rice – 150 g;
  • garlic - 3 cloves;
  • prunes or dried apricots - 100g;
  • onion - 1 PC.;
  • dry white wine - 200ml;
  • lemon juice - 4st.l.;
  • vegetable or olive oil - 4st.l.;
  • salt
  • black pepper;
  • dried herbs - marjoram
  • rosemary
  • Basil (to taste)

Instruction

1. Defrost the chicken, rinse it under cold running water. The skin will scrape slightly with a knife. Gently Pat dry with a towel or paper towel.Preheat the oven to 220 degrees.
2. The chicken inside and outside well RUB with salt and sprinkle black pepper. In a deep bowl, combine pressed garlic, lemon juice, herbs and dry white wine. In the marinade put the chicken, top cover plate and put it on press (jar of water). Leave to marinate for 15 minutes. Then flip chicken to the other side, press the press and marinate for another 15-20 minutes.
3. Rinse the rice in a saucepan, pour 2 cups of water. When the water boils, put the rice and a littlesaltthose. Cook the rice on medium heat to boiling was not too strong, about 5-7 minutes. Then the rice drain in a colander.
4. Prunes wash and soak in warm water for 10 minutes. Then drain and dry the prunes on a towel. Cut the prunes into halves. Peel the onions and finely chop.
5. Remove the chicken from the marinade, let it drain a bit. Preheat a deep frying pan vegetable oil. Put the chicken back down on a heated pan and fry over medium heat for 15 minutes, then turn chicken breast down and cook another 15 minutes until Golden brown.
6. Roasted chicken will lay back down in a refractory form or in a deep pan, greased. The remaining from frying chicken oil fry the onion until light Golden brown. Rice, fried onions and prunes, mix and place on both sides of the chicken. In the remaining marinade, add 100-150 ml of water, 2 pinches of salt and pour this mixture Fig. Form on top, close the foil.Bake the chicken in the oven until done 20-30 minutes.
7. To determine when the chicken is done, pierce it in several places with a knife. If the juice is bright and without ichor, it means that the chicken's ready. Prepared chicken can be left to cool in the pre-off the oven.The chicken out onto a plate, put around rice. Previously the chicken can be cut into portions.