Recipe of the Day: Chicken Rice in a Pot

I'm sure that as mothers we are always on the go especially if we have young ones and that means time is of the utlost importance. If you are a stay home mum you would have tonnes of house chores to do, if you are a working mum time is never enough. Well waht ever type of mum you may be I have a graet recipe that is nutritious yet saves you loads of time in preparation. It is a recipe which I learned from a television cooking program. Its an easy recipe which can be enjoyed by both children and adults.

The recipe is called Claypot Chicken Rice but because it's cooked in the rice cooker I called it Chicken Rice in a Pot. Here's how its done:

Ingredients:

(For 5-6 people)

1/2 a chicken - depending on the size you may cut it between 5 to 6 pieces

3 cups of rice - washed

71/2 cups water - for the rice

Fried salted fish (keep the oil) - tenggiri is nice but sometimes I use whatever I have available

in my fridge

Salted vegetable (lobak asin) - I like to use the mince type, but you can use whatever

kind you like

Carrots - peeled and cut them in chunks

1-2 Chicken cube - as suit your taste (you may make your own chicken stock if you like)

Margerine or butter - 3 tablesp

Soysauce - the lemak manis type is lovely,about 2 tablesp or amount of your preference

Oyster sauce - about 2 tablesp or amount of your preference
Salt to taste

Ingredients for slicing:

1 big onions

3 cloves of garlic

ginger

Method

Firstly , saute the sliced ingredients in either margerine or butter until a nice aromatic frangrant arises. This is done in the rice cooker. Then you put in the rice, stir it awhile until the melted margerine or butter has fully coated the rice. Now you put in the pieces of chicken, soysauce, oyster sauce, water, chicken cube/stock, the chunks of carrots and salt. Stir them up.

Let it cook awhile, when the rice is 3/4 cooked place the salted vegetable on top of the rice. And when the rice is almost done place the fried salted fish on top and pour a little of its oil for a nice flavor. If you are making this dish for children you may omit the salted vegetable and salted fish.

Then let it cook all the way. There you have it a simple but delicious dish cooked in a pot.

Enjoy your meal...