Chicken and Rice Is Mighty Nice
- 4 quarts Water, More Or Less, Enough To Cover Chicken
- 1 whole (around 4 Pounds) Chicken
- 3 stalks Celery, Roughly Chopped
- 1 whole Large Sweet Onion, Roughly Diced
- 1 teaspoon Pepper, Divided
- 1 teaspoon Salt, Divided
- 1/2 teaspoons Oregano
- 1/2 teaspoons Celery Salt
- 1- 1/2 teaspoon Parsley, Divided
- 3 cups Long Grain White Rice
- In a large stock pot, bring water, chicken, celery, onion, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, 1/2 teaspoon salt, oregano, celery salt, and 1 teaspoon parsley to boil.
- Cover and reduce to a simmer for at least an hour (2-3 hours would be preferable).
- Once simmering is complete, remove chicken to cool in order to de-bone.
- Let broth continue to simmer and reduce.
- When cool enough to handle, de-bone chicken.
- Remove all broth from the pot (or use another pot) and put approximately 6 cups of broth back into the pot along with the rice, chicken, remaining pepper, salt and parsley.
- Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
- After 15 minutes, stir in another cup of broth.
- Cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Continue to add broth, stir, cover and simmer for 5 minutes at a time until rice is done.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Enjoy!
water, chicken, stalks celery, sweet onion, pepper, salt, oregano, celery salt, parsley, grain white rice
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/chicken-and-rice-is-mighty-nice/ (may not work)