Chicken and Rice Casserole
- 1/2 chicken
- 1/2 stock cube
- 1 1/2 tbsp butter
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1 liter water
- 200 grams Rice
- 1 egg
- 80 grams chorizo
- Cook the chicken in a liter of water with the salt, stock cube and butter for around 40-50 minutes on a medium to high heat.
- Once the chicken has cooked remove it from the pan and leave to one side to cool down.
- The rice will be boiled in the same water.
- Use your judgement as to how much water you'll need, as a lot of it would have evaporated through cooking the chicken.
- If you don't add enough of the water you can always add more along the way.
- Cook the rice.
- About 12-15 minutes.
- Let it stand for about 5 minutes or so.
- If there is any liquid left with the rice, drain after this time has passed.
- Once the chicken is cool enough to handle de-bone and shred.
- Mix the rice and chicken together.
- Preheat the oven to 200 Celsius.
- Using a medium/large casserole dish spoon the mixture in.
- You can layer it by doing rice, then chicken then rice again but I like mixing it all together before hand.
- Flatten the surface using the back of your spoon or a spatula.
- Crack the egg into a small bowl and using a fork beat the egg well.
- Spread the egg mixture onto the rice, make sure it covers all the surface (use 2 eggs if needs be).
- Once its cooked it'll give it a nice crunchy texture on top and remains soft underneath.
- Slice the chorizo and cover the rice with it.
- You can use as little or as much as you like.
- I like completely covering it in chorizo but this one in the photo my mother made.
- Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes or until the top layer is golden brown.
- Serve with a salad of your choice.
chicken, cube, butter, salt, water, rice, egg, chorizo
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/348303-chicken-and-rice-casserole (may not work)