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The mother of the chicken and rice recipes is the plain chicken and rice, with as few ingredients as possible. The recipe I’ll be describing will be for 4 people.

With plain chicken I mean chicken breast in this case. You should be able to get that without a problem, just head to your

local butcher or supermarket even (1kg of chicken). I chose this part of the chicken because, well, it’s damn tasty once it’s done and even people with 2 left hands should be able to prepare the chicken because it’s so easy to cut through.

The rice, you can get any white rice, as long as it’s white. I think by now everyone has some sort of favorite white rice. At least I have. And it’s my favorite because the rice barely sticks to my pan and it cooks perfectly. With that I mean it’s not too sticky once it’s finished. I’ve tried couple different rice brand, and finally found a right one for me. I suggest everyone else does the same if you’re not happy with the rice you usually cook.

Let’s get back to the chicken. The chicken breast should be chopped into small squarish pieces and depending on the size of chicken you like; the size should differ from really small pieces (0.5cm by 0.5cm) to really big pieces (2cm by 2cm). Do not make then any smaller then 0.5cm because it will end up being tiny pieces of chicken because it will crumble. I usually go for something like 1.25cm. This doesn’t have to be measured with a ruler or something, just chop them into the size you think it would be best. And afterwards if you think they were too small or big, change to size next time. Oh and almost forgot to mention this. After you have chopped the chicken into pieces, make sure you wash it.

Now that you have chopped your chicken breast into smaller pieces, it’s time to bake it. From my experience, it’s a wise idea to use a wok to do this. By using wok, the chicken will be able to bake evenly and it will withdraw all the water you added to it. Before you throw the chicken in the wok, make sure you add some butter in the wok first. After you added the butter, throw in the chicken. Put the lid on the wok and leave it on a high flame. It is essential you keep stirring the chicken once a while, so that it bakes evenly. After a while the chicken will release its water and just as it starts to withdraw its water, you add in the spices. I will write a post about chicken spices another time. Add some salt to it (2 tea spoons). After you have added the salt, you add some water, it should be about 75ml. While adding the water, make sure you don’t pour it over the chicken, but pour it at the sides of the wok, so it slides to the bottom immediately. 2 minutes after you done this, shut down the flame and your chicken will be ready.

Back to the rice again. You start off with washing your rice first (about 500gram), so the dirt disappears. After this you put the pan on the flame and add a little bit of butter to it. Once the butter is molten, you add the rice to the butter, and leave it on a medium flame for about 15 minutes. Once the 15 minutes pass, you add about 750ml of boiling water to it, and you start stirring it. While stirring you add some salt to it (about 2 tea spoons) and stir it just a little longer. Put the lid on the pan and leave it on a high flame for a minute. After this you turn down the medium flame so that it becomes a small flame, make sure it’s a small flame. Leave it for another 15 minutes and turn down the flame. This last part is an optional, and should only be done if you have enough time for it. Leave the rice for about 10 minutes with the lid on it, so that the rice won’t be sticky. After the 10 minutes, the rice is ready to serve.

Now that both the chicken and rice are ready, it’s time to serve it. And you can do that in any way, shape or form you want, because it will taste good anyway

To sum the ingredients you need for your plain chicken and rice:

• 1kg chicken breast
• ½ kg rice
• Butter (as much or little as you want)
• 4 tea spoons of salt
• 75ml of water for the chicken
• 750ml of water for the rice

I know it’s a long read, but I think it’s worth it. Please let me know what you think about it once you have tried it. And tips for improvements are always welcome.

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