This is not as hard as it looks, we have this food very often. The credit for this delicious dish goes to our lovely friends Pat & Jennifer. I only changed it a bit.
Preparation and Cooking Time: 45 minutes
4 servings
Ingredients:
1 large (or 2 small) size Onion(s) (leave aside ¼ of one for Guacamole)
1 lb (½ Kilo) Chicken Brest or Boneless Thigh
1 ½ cup Rice
About 3 tbs. Canola Oil (one tablespoon for Rice two for Chicken)
1 or 2 average size Garlic cloves (If you use fresh garlic cloves and chop them up, you will get a strong garlic taste, which I love but Alpez doesn’t, unless it is used in Seafood. If your taste is closer to Alpez you can just put the 2 garlic cloves as a whole in the chicken pot and then later bring them out or simply use a dash of Garlic Powder.)
Although it is not common to say the amount of water needed for a recipe, I will assume you are as neophyte as I was in cooking so:
About ½ cup Water (for Chicken)
About 2½ cup Water (for Rice)
1 can of cooked Black Bean
Tortilla bread (At least 4 large size Tortillas; I get pack of 12)
Sour Cream (serve with the meal)
Mild or hot Salsa (serve with the meal)
Guacamole
1 average size ripe Avocado
1 or 2 average size Tomato(s)
¼ of an average size Onion
½ cup chopped Cilantro
Spices:
A dash of Garlic powder (for cooking the chicken)
½ tsp Turmeric
2 tbs Hot Sauce (for Chicken and also when the meal is served)
1 tsp Chili powder (for Chicken)
1tbs Lemon Juice (for Chicken)
¼ tsp Saffron (can be grounded or not) (of course Persian Saffron is the best but you can take it easy and use average quality Spanish Saffron) (for Chicken)
Lime zest, Salt (for rice and ½ tbs. for Chicken) & Black Pepper (for chicken and black Beans)
Direction:
First we cook Rice and Chicken; at the same time we will prepare Guacamole and the last step is warming/cooking the Tortilla.
1- Rinse Rice, put it in a small nonstick pot, add about 2½ cup water, add salt and stir. (I just use a dash of salt but you can go as much as any amount less than 1 tbs.) Add oil; don’t stir the oil, later it will absorb on its own. Then put it on the stove on high heat; when boiled, bring the heat down to medium or low (depending on your stove) and put the lid half on. The rice will be cooked in about 20 minutes after you put the lid.
2- Chop the Chicken Brest in small cubes (almost 1 by 1 inch), chop the Onion (leave ¼ of it aside for Guacamole), fry the chopped Onion in Canola oil until they are soft (about 3 min.) and then add Turmeric. Let it stay for another minute. (Don’t let the onion to become golden, it is not needed for this dish). Then add the Chicken to the pot and mix with the onion-mix. Add fresh garlic. You don’t want to fry them; we just need the taste. Let it be for 3 more minutes before adding other spices. You can close the lid. Then stir and add Chili Powder, Garlic Powder (if not using fresh garlic), hot sauce and black pepper. Add ½ cup water to the pot, close the lid and let it be for 15 minute.
Caution: DO NOT add Salt, Lemon Juice, Lime zest and Saffron now; Salt and lemon’s acidity makes the chicken hard and slows the cooking process)
Occasionally check it to see if it needs stirring or more water. After 15 minutes taste your chicken and then if cooked (no Pink part) add lemon juice, lime zest, salt and saffron. Chicken in done after 2 to 3 min.
3- Guacamole: I like it this way with no salt or pepper:
Chop onion, Cilantro, and tomato thinly, then cut Avocado in half, take out the large stone in the middle with the help of your knife (Once I tried to dry the seed: after couple of days the beautiful brownish skin of the core dried out and felt apart leaving me with a colorless thing!) scoop the green flesh of avocado out with a spoon then smash it with the back of the spoon in a bowl, then add the chopped onion, tomato and cilantro.
4- Rinse black bean so it is clean of the black liquid of the can , add a little black pepper to it put it in a microwave, until it is hot ( 2 minutes with my micro on high)
5- heat a nonstick pan (no oil) put one tortilla at a time warm/cook both sides, wait for each side to puff then it is ready.
6- Put a tortilla your plate help yourself with rice, chicken, beans, sour cream, guacamole Salsa and hot sauce then wrap tortilla and Noshe Jan (نوش جان) ; Bon Appetit!
4 servings
Ingredients:
1 large (or 2 small) size Onion(s) (leave aside ¼ of one for Guacamole)
1 lb (½ Kilo) Chicken Brest or Boneless Thigh
1 ½ cup Rice
About 3 tbs. Canola Oil (one tablespoon for Rice two for Chicken)
1 or 2 average size Garlic cloves (If you use fresh garlic cloves and chop them up, you will get a strong garlic taste, which I love but Alpez doesn’t, unless it is used in Seafood. If your taste is closer to Alpez you can just put the 2 garlic cloves as a whole in the chicken pot and then later bring them out or simply use a dash of Garlic Powder.)
Although it is not common to say the amount of water needed for a recipe, I will assume you are as neophyte as I was in cooking so:
About ½ cup Water (for Chicken)
About 2½ cup Water (for Rice)
1 can of cooked Black Bean
Tortilla bread (At least 4 large size Tortillas; I get pack of 12)
Sour Cream (serve with the meal)
Mild or hot Salsa (serve with the meal)
Guacamole
1 average size ripe Avocado
1 or 2 average size Tomato(s)
¼ of an average size Onion
½ cup chopped Cilantro
Spices:
A dash of Garlic powder (for cooking the chicken)
½ tsp Turmeric
2 tbs Hot Sauce (for Chicken and also when the meal is served)
1 tsp Chili powder (for Chicken)
1tbs Lemon Juice (for Chicken)
¼ tsp Saffron (can be grounded or not) (of course Persian Saffron is the best but you can take it easy and use average quality Spanish Saffron) (for Chicken)
Lime zest, Salt (for rice and ½ tbs. for Chicken) & Black Pepper (for chicken and black Beans)
Direction:
First we cook Rice and Chicken; at the same time we will prepare Guacamole and the last step is warming/cooking the Tortilla.
1- Rinse Rice, put it in a small nonstick pot, add about 2½ cup water, add salt and stir. (I just use a dash of salt but you can go as much as any amount less than 1 tbs.) Add oil; don’t stir the oil, later it will absorb on its own. Then put it on the stove on high heat; when boiled, bring the heat down to medium or low (depending on your stove) and put the lid half on. The rice will be cooked in about 20 minutes after you put the lid.
2- Chop the Chicken Brest in small cubes (almost 1 by 1 inch), chop the Onion (leave ¼ of it aside for Guacamole), fry the chopped Onion in Canola oil until they are soft (about 3 min.) and then add Turmeric. Let it stay for another minute. (Don’t let the onion to become golden, it is not needed for this dish). Then add the Chicken to the pot and mix with the onion-mix. Add fresh garlic. You don’t want to fry them; we just need the taste. Let it be for 3 more minutes before adding other spices. You can close the lid. Then stir and add Chili Powder, Garlic Powder (if not using fresh garlic), hot sauce and black pepper. Add ½ cup water to the pot, close the lid and let it be for 15 minute.Caution: DO NOT add Salt, Lemon Juice, Lime zest and Saffron now; Salt and lemon’s acidity makes the chicken hard and slows the cooking process)
Occasionally check it to see if it needs stirring or more water. After 15 minutes taste your chicken and then if cooked (no Pink part) add lemon juice, lime zest, salt and saffron. Chicken in done after 2 to 3 min.
3- Guacamole: I like it this way with no salt or pepper:Chop onion, Cilantro, and tomato thinly, then cut Avocado in half, take out the large stone in the middle with the help of your knife (Once I tried to dry the seed: after couple of days the beautiful brownish skin of the core dried out and felt apart leaving me with a colorless thing!) scoop the green flesh of avocado out with a spoon then smash it with the back of the spoon in a bowl, then add the chopped onion, tomato and cilantro.
4- Rinse black bean so it is clean of the black liquid of the can , add a little black pepper to it put it in a microwave, until it is hot ( 2 minutes with my micro on high)5- heat a nonstick pan (no oil) put one tortilla at a time warm/cook both sides, wait for each side to puff then it is ready.
6- Put a tortilla your plate help yourself with rice, chicken, beans, sour cream, guacamole Salsa and hot sauce then wrap tortilla and Noshe Jan (نوش جان) ; Bon Appetit!
Chicken Burrito with Turmeric, Lemon Juice & Saffron
1 comment:
Yummy! Looks so good! I'll try it and will let you know how mine goes! This is a lovely blog. So ineresting. Mobarak basheh azizam.
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