Asian Bulgur Pilaf

Exciting Asian pilaf with mushrooms and chicken will quickly stay your hunger, but even before that... the smell of spices will fill the whole house making your family flock to the kitchen. And the best part is that the recipe can be changed each time by adding different vegetables and spices to taste.

Ingredients

• Bulgur - 1/2 cups
• Chicken breast - 300 g
• Sweet pepper - 1
• Button mushrooms - 200 g
• Carrot - 1
• Quick-frozen green peas - 100 g
• Red onion - 1
• Oil - 50 g
• Butter
• Thyme - 3 sprigs
• Salt - to taste
• Cayenne pepper - a pinch
• Parsley or cilantro - a bunch

Directions

1. Pour three glasses of water into a saucepan and bring it to a boil. Add bulgur and salt and cook over a low heat tightly covered for 20 minutes.
2. While the bulgur is cooking, prepare the vegetables. Peel the onion, rinse and cut it the way you wish. Cut the chicken breast into small pieces. Cut the pepper into thin strips. Grate the carrot and slice the mushrooms.
3. Put some oil into the pan and heat it up. Broil the onion and the carrot. Add the chicken and mushrooms and fry for 10 minutes. Add the peas, thyme, and pepper. Mix it all well and braise tightly covered for 3 minutes.
4. Add the boiled bulgur to the mixture of vegetables and chicken. Mix the ingredients and cook for another 2 minutes. Turn the heat off and add a knob of butter. Leave the pilaf for 10 minutes.
5. Sprinkle the cooked bulgur with fresh greens and enjoy the spicy flavor of this fragrant Asian dish!