Chicken Pilaf With Pine Nuts and Currants
- 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 14 teaspoon allspice
- 14 teaspoon cumin
- 34 teaspoon salt
- 12 teaspoon pepper
- 3 cups low sodium chicken broth (reduce salt to 1/4 tsp if you are using regular stock)
- 1 12 cups long grain rice (I like Uncle Ben's converted)
- 12 cup pine nuts
- 14 cup currants
- Chop chicken into bit size pieces.
- Sprinkle 1/2 tsp of the salt and pepper all over chicken.
- In large nonstick skillet, heat half of the oil over medium-high heat; brown chicken, about 10 minutes.
- Transfer to plate; pour off fat in pan.
- Add butter and remaining oil to pan; heat until butter is foaming.
- Add onion and garlic; cook for 2 minutes.
- Stir in pine nuts and currants; cook, stirring, until the pine nuts are browned, about 3 minutes (watch carefully as they can go from brown to burnt very quickly).
- Add rice, allspice, cumin and remaining salt, cook for 2 minutes, stirring to coat rice.
- Add the chicken stock.
- Place the chicken on top of the rice mixture, bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat to low to very low (depending on heat of your stovetop), cover and cook until rice is tender, about 20 - 30 minutes.
- Remove from heat and let stand, covered, for 10 minutes.
- Fluff rice with fork.
chicken breasts, onion, garlic, extra virgin olive oil, butter, allspice, cumin, salt, pepper, chicken broth, long grain rice, nuts, currants
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chicken-pilaf-with-pine-nuts-and-currants-428933 (may not work)