Chicken Baked in Pumpkin with Rice

Chicken Baked in Pumpkin with Rice Recipe

By Olya Sandstrom Published: November 7, 2016

• Yield: 4-5 Servings
• Prep: 40 mins
• Cook: 2 hrs 0 min
• Ready In: 2 hrs 40 mins

I've already baked rice and vegetables inside a whole pumpkin (Pumpkin with Rice and Fruits and Vegetables, baked in a pumpkin), but …

Ingredients

• 1 large (about 4 kg) pumpkin
• 4 chicken legs or whole chicken
• 1 cup rice basmati
• 100 g apricots dried
• 100 g raisins
• 2 leeks the white and pale green parts
• butter
• vegetable oil
• salt, pepper to taste
• garlic powder to taste

Instructions

1. Boil the rice in a salted water until a little more than halfway done, usually about 10-15 minutes.
2. Wash the pumpkin and cut off the top. Clean the pumpkin seeds from the inside and scrape the walls.
3. Cut the leeks and apricots, then cut the chicken into portions, season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with garlic powder.
4. Heat the butter or vegetable oil and fry the onion for 1-2 minutes. Add the onions, dried apricots and raisins to the rice and mix.
5. Fry the chicken in a pan on all sides until golden brown, about 10 minutes.
6. First add the rice to the pumpkin, then top with the chicken pieces, and cover with the top of pumpkin. Spread butter on the sides of the pumpkin, cover top with foil and bake in a preheated oven at 180'C for an hour, then remove the foil and cook for another hour. Serve everything from the pumpkin.

• Course: Dinner
• Skill Level: Moderate

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