There are still fewer hostesses who have no multicooker.
And the owners of this kitchen appliance try to use it in full, preparing different dishes with it. For example, plov, which even in a cauldron does not work for everyone.
But in a slow cooker, cooking this Asian dish is easy. Enough to know some culinary tricks.
Subtleties
- Properly selected rice is the main condition for preparing crumbly pilaf. Do not buy round grain rice. It is highly boiled soft, therefore it is suitable for boiling viscous porridges and cooking casseroles.
- Ideal rice for pilaf has oblong or long grains. They should not be starchy, because it is the starch that makes them stick together during the heat treatment.
- Before using rice must be rinsed in several waters. And the last water should be hot enough.
- Groats must be soaked. Then, during cooking, it absorbs water evenly, and the grains in the pilaf remain intact.
- Although any amount of water is given in any pillow recipe, the liquid may need a little less. It depends on whether the multicooker remained in the bowl after roasting the meat juice, whether the water from the bowl of rice was completely drained after soaking, and what kind of cereal was chosen. Therefore, it is better to pour a little less water, and add boiling water at the end of cooking than to get porridge instead of pilau.
- For pilaf, you can use any part of the chicken carcass: chicken leg, wings, breast, fillet, thighs, legs, and even stomachs with hearts. If they prefer to cook chicken pilaf with bones, then the cooking time of meat is slightly prolonged.
- Onions, carrots, meat can be fried separately in a frying pan, and then mixed in a bowl of a slow cooker with rice. Or cook immediately in a slow cooker, laying the products in the order of succession.
The following are recipes for pilaf with chicken in a slow cooker. Rice and water are measured by a multistack with a capacity of 160 g.
Pilau with chicken and garlic in a slow cooker
Ingredients:
- chicken fillet - 500 g;
- rice - 2 tbsp .;
- bulb onion - 2 pcs .;
- garlic - 3 cloves;
- carrots - 2 pcs .;
- vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. l .;
- salt - to taste;
- water - 4 tbsp .;
- pepper - to taste.
Preparation Method
- Rinse the rice thoroughly and soak in cold water for one hour.
- Dice the chicken fillet.
- Finely chop the onion and cut the carrot into strips.
- Pour oil into the multicooker pan and heat it, turning on the “Baking” program on the device. Put the meat, stir and fry with the lid open for 15 minutes.
- Put onions and carrots. Cook with the lid closed for another 15 minutes. Switch off the slow cooker.
- Put the rice in a strainer to make the glass water. Put it in the multicooker bowl. Add spices and garlic. It can be stuck in rice with whole slices or cut into slices.
- Pour hot water, mix everything. Try the broth to taste. If salt is not enough, now add it time.
- Turn on “Pilaf” mode in the multicooker. Close the lid and cook until beep. This usually happens in 35-60 minutes, depending on the model of multicooker.
- Leave the pilaf for 15 minutes by switching the slow cooker to the “Heating” mode.
- Put ready-made pilaf on a large dish or arrange on a la carte plates. Sprinkle with greens.
Pilaf with chicken and zira in the slow cooker
Ingredients:
- chicken breast - 500 g;
- rice - 2 tbsp .;
- vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. l .;
- large onions - 1 pc .;
- carrots - 2 pcs .;
- water - 4 tbsp .;
- salt - to taste;
- black pepper to taste;
- Zira - 0, 3 tsp.
Preparation Method:
- Rinse the rice in running water and soak for 1 hour.
- Free the chicken breast from the skin and cut into cubes.
- Cut onion and carrot into strips.
- Pour oil in the bowl of the multicooker and warm it in “Baking” mode. Put the meat and fry on all sides until light crust (about 15 minutes). It is not necessary to fry it strongly, otherwise it will turn out dry.
- Place the carrot and cook for 5 minutes.
- Add onion, stir and fry for 10-15 minutes.
- Pour hot water, add salt, pepper, and zira. Bring the broth to a boil. If the slow cooker didn’t turn itself off, click “Stop”.
- Pour in the rice. Without stirring, close the pan with a lid. Turn on the “Pilaf” mode and cook until the beep sounds.
- Gently mix the pilaf, close the lid again, turn on the “Heating” mode and wait 15-20 minutes. During this time, the pilaf will reach readiness and become crumbly.
- Put it on a large platter or arrange in portions.
Chicken pilaf spicy in a slow cooker
Ingredients:
- chicken fillet - 500 g;
- rice - 2 tbsp .;
- carrots - 2 pcs .;
- bulb onion - 1 pc .;
- garlic - 4 cloves;
- vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. l .;
- barberries - to taste;
- saffron - 0, 3 tsp;
- nutmeg - at the tip of a knife;
- salt - to taste;
- water - 4 tbsp .;
- black pepper to taste.
Preparation Method
- Rinse the rice and soak it for 1 hour in cool water.
- Cut carrot into thin strips.
- Chop onion and garlic.
- Pour oil in the bowl of the multicooker and heat it up by installing the “Baking” program. Put the garlic and carrot. Fry for 10 minutes with the lid closed.
- Add the onions and fry for another 10 minutes.
- Put diced chicken fillet. Stir and cook everything together for 20-25 minutes. If the slow cooker does not turn itself off, turn it off.
- Put prepared rice, spices and seasonings. Pour hot water. Close the appliance with a lid, select the “Pilaf” mode and cook until a beep sounds.
- Stir the pilaf, turn on the “Preheat” and warm up for 15 minutes.
- Arrange on plates, sprinkle with herbs.
Pilau with chicken in a slow cooker
Ingredients:
- chicken fillet - 1 pc .;
- rice - 2 tbsp .;
- bulb onion - 2 pcs .;
- carrots - 2 pcs .;
- vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. l .;
- salt - to taste;
- ground black pepper - to taste;
- water - 4 tbsp .;
- garlic - 4 cloves.
Preparation Method
- Wash rice. Soak in cold water for 1-2 hours.
- Carrot chop straws. Finely chop the onion.
- Cut the meat into pieces.
- Add oil to the pan, heat it up. Fry the chicken fillet in it.
- Add carrots and onions, mix and fry everything together for 5-10 minutes.
- Transfer the contents of the pan to the multicooker bowl.
- Add rice, spices, garlic. Gently pour in hot water.
- Install the “Pilaf” program, close the pan with a lid and cook until the beep sounds.
- Stir the pilaf and let it stand for about 15 minutes in the “Preheating” mode.
Pilau with chicken and dried fruit in a slow cooker
Ingredients:
- chicken fillet - 500 g;
- bulb onion - 1 pc .;
- carrots - 1 pc .;
- rice - 2 tbsp .;
- water - 4 tbsp .;
- raisins - handful;
- dried apricots - a handful;
- turmeric - to taste;
- salt - to taste;
- pepper - to taste;
- vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. l
Preparation Method
- Rinse the rice in several waters, soak it.
- Chicken fillet cut into cubes.
- Shred carrots.
- Finely chop the onion.
- Wash and dry the raisins and dried apricots.
- Pour oil into the bowl of the multicooker and fry the meat in it. Then put the carrot, onion and fry everything together for a few minutes.
- Put the raisins, dried apricots and spices.
- Pour in the rice. Smooth.
- Gently pour hot water.
- Turn on the multicooker by installing the “Pilaf” program, and cook until it turns itself off.
- In the “Heating” mode, hold the pilaf for 15 minutes.
Mistress to note
- To give the swim a new taste, you can replace some spices and spices with others, increase or decrease the number of onions or carrots, add mushrooms.
- The recipes give general recommendations. But you need to take into account the power and capabilities of your multicooker, so the preparation time for pilaf in units of different models may differ.
