Bulgur (rice) with chicken and vegetables

Bulgur (rice) with chicken and vegetables

Ingredients

• Bulgur - 120 g (rice, couscous, pearl barley, eggs, etc.)
• Chicken fillet - 200 g (other parts of chicken, turkey or other meat)
• Broth or water - 350 ml
• Onion - 1 pc. (medium)
• Garlic - 4 cloves (or to taste)
• Bulgarian pepper - 1 pc. (small or 0.5 large) Green onions - 2-3 feathers
• Paprika (ground) - 1 tsp
• Tomato paste - 1 tsp
• Zira (ground or whole) - 0.5 tsp
• Vegetable oil - for frying
• Salt - to taste

Directions

1. Cut one medium onion into small cubes.
2. Garlic - 4 cloves or to taste - cut into slices.
3. Cut half of the large bell pepper into cubes as well.
4. 2-3 green onions chopped, as usual.
5. 200 grams of chicken fillet, process and cut as you like in such dishes.
6. Fry the chicken in vegetable oil, too, to the degree you like. After frying, transfer it from the pan to a plate.
7. Add the chopped onion to the same pan and fry until light golden. Add more oil if necessary.
8. At the same time, we set 350 ml of any salted broth or water to be heated.
9. When the onion is fried, add chopped peppers and garlic to it - fry for about 5 minutes. The more roasted you want the garlic, the sooner add it to the dish.
10. When the pepper is fried, add 120 grams of bulgur to the pan and mix so that all the bulgurins are rolled in oil.
11. Add half a teaspoon of ground zira and a teaspoon of ground paprika. We mix. If it is not possible to buy or make ground zira, add a whole one.
12. Add a heaping teaspoon of tomato paste and mix again.
13. Pour in the hot broth or water and cook until the bulgur is cooked and the liquid boils away. You can do this both under the lid and without the lid. If under the lid, then reduce the fire.
14. You can return the chicken to the pan at this point, or halfway through cooking if you want the meat to be drier.
15. Sprinkle with green onions when serving.
16. By the same principle, the dish can be prepared from rice, couscous or pearl barley. For couscous, the cooking time will be reduced to a few minutes, and barley will need to be pre-boiled until half cooked. Chicken fillet can also be replaced with other parts of the chicken or other meat.