Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, chicken pilaf. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chicken Pilaf is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Chicken Pilaf is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have chicken pilaf using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Pilaf:

1. Get 1 large knob butter
2. Make ready 3 banana shallots, diced
3. Take 3 cloves garlic, chopped
4. Make ready 1 leek, sliced
5. Get 1 stick celery, sliced
6. Take 150 g unsmoked bacon, diced
7. Take 150 g chestnut mushrooms, sliced
8. Get 2 peppers (one each red & green), deseeded and sliced
9. Get 300 g cooked chicken, diced
10. Get 250 g long-grain rice
11. Get 1 tsp sumac
12. Get 1 tsp Salt
13. Get 1/2 tsp Ground black pepper
14. Make ready 250 ml dry white wine
15. Get 600 ml chicken stock
16. Take 1 large tomato, cut into wedges
17. Make ready Coriander or parsley to garnish (optional - I omitted this time)

Instructions to make Chicken Pilaf:

1. Pre-heat oven to Gas Mark 3 or electric equivalent (Circotherm 150C)
2. Melt the butter in a casserole and gently fry the shallots for 4 minutes,stirring only to avoid sticking.
3. Add the garlic and fry for a further 2 minutes, stirring gently.
4. Stir in the leek and continue frying for another 2 minutes. Then add the celery and bacon, stirring occasionally, and after 3 minutes stir in the mushrooms, then the peppers. Stir all gently but thoroughly for 1 minute.
5. Add the chicken, rice, sumac, salt and pepper. Stir thoroughly again.
6. Add wine and stock and bring to the boil. Cover and put in oven for 35-40 minutes, or until the liquid is absorbed and the rice cooked.
7. Check after around 25 minutes that the rice mixture hasn’t “run dry”. It rarely happens but, if so, just add a splash or two of water. This is not a risotto so the aim is not to have a “wet” plate of food, just nice, fluffy, moist rice.
8. Top with the tomato wedges and, if wished, coriander or parsley garnish. Serve onto warmed plates.

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