Pilaf in a slow cooker with chicken

Pilaf in a slow cooker with chicken turns out, perhaps, as tasty as cooked in a cauldron. The fact is that most of the time the dish spends in a hermetically sealed device, so the rice is fully saturated with the aromas of dried fruits and vegetables, as well as poultry juices. It is also nice that your participation in the process of cooking pilaf with chicken in a multicooker is reduced to the very minimum: preparation of products and initial frying. And after that - go about your business, rest and wait for a signal from a smart device.

Ingredients

• 1 chicken, 1.5 kg
• 1 kg long grain rice
• 200 ml vegetable oil
• 500 g carrots
• 3 small onions
• 150 g apricots or dried apricots
• 2 small dry hot peppers
• 1 tbsp. l. dry barberry
• 1 tsp coriander seed
• 1 tbsp. l. ground cumin

Directions

1. Prepare a slow cooker and ingredients for chicken pilaf.
2. Rinse the rice for pilaf thoroughly. The last water after washing the rice should remain clear. Wash the chicken and cut into small pieces, removing all large bones. Peel the onions and carrots. Cut the onion into thin half rings, carrots into thick strips. Rinse apricots or dried apricots with hot water.
3. Switch on the “Multi-cook” mode, set the temperature to 160 ° С, heat the oil well and fry the onions, 5 minutes. Add chicken and fry until crusty, 10 minutes. Add carrots, stir and cook for 10 minutes, stirring gently.
4. Add cumin and coriander. Season with salt and cook in a slow cooker for another 5 minutes. Put apricots or dried apricots, barberry and hot peppers. Cook for 5 minutes.
5. Rinse the rice again, drain all the water. Put the rice on the chicken in an even layer, pour boiling water through a slotted spoon so that it covers the rice with a layer of 3 cm. Cook the pilaf for 30 minutes.
6. Pilaf with chicken in a slow cooker is ready.