Chicken & Rice

Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 3 chicken drumsticks & 4 small thighs (or all drumsticks & all thighs, whichever you prefer)
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 1 large garlic clove, minced
  • 3¼ cups water
  • 1½ cups rice
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper

How-to

  1. Heat olive oil on medium heat just until it begins to smoke
  2. Cook chicken for about 5 minutes on each side (just until browned). Careful of oil splattering. Use a splatter guard if you have one
  3. Remove chicken from pan temporarily
  4. Saute onions and garlic until translucent or slightly brown
  5. Put chicken back in pan and add salt, pepper, rice, water and bay leaf
  6. Cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes. Rice and chicken should be tender