Ingredients:
1 chicken (2 to 3 pounds)
1 cut into serving pieces
1/4 cup fat
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 clove garlic, minced
1 large tomato, chopped
3 cup hot water
1 cup uncooked rice
1 tbsp minced parsley
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp saffron
1 bay leaf
Instructions:
1. Rinse chicken and pat dry with absorbent paper. 2. Heat fat in a
skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook until onion is
tender. Remove with a slotted spoon. set aside. 3. Put chicken
pieces, skin side down, in skillet. Turn to brown pieces on all
sides. 4. When chicken is browned, add tomato, onion, water, rice,
parsley, and the dry seasonings. Cover and cook over low heat about
45 minutes, or until thickest pieces of chicken are tender when
pierced with a fork.
Servings: 6
Chicken is ideal
for weight loss
and dieting
Healthy eating is far better than strict dieting, and weight loss achieved by a change of lifestyle lasts far longer than 'faddy' diets that are difficult to adopt for long periods.
Cooking more low fat chicken can enable you to lose weight gradually as part of a a controlled and healthy diet.
"If God grants me longer life, I will see to it that no peasant in my kingdom will lack the means to have a chicken in the pot every Sunday." Henri IV of France, in a conversation with the Duke of Savoy
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