Greek Chicken Rice

Name: Greek Chicken Rice
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 h 20 min
Total time: 2 h 40 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 broiler-fryer chicken (cut in pieces); 3 large onions; 1/2 cup rice; 500 g feta cheese; 1 cup fresh parsley; 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 1/2 cups chicken broth; 3 eggs; 8 1/2 fluid ounces chicken broth (1 glass)

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Recipe by katia

This is a traditional recipe for chicken from alpine central Greece. Its a usual Sunday dish in those places! It can be made with all shorts of chicken (deboned, fillets...) or turkey!

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READY IN: 2hrs 40mins

SERVES: 6

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

1

broiler-fryer chicken (cut in pieces)
3

large onions
¹⁄₂

cup rice
500

g feta cheese
1

cup fresh parsley
2

tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons olive oil
1 ¹⁄₂

cups chicken broth
3

eggs
8 ¹⁄₂

fluid ounces chicken broth (1 glass)

DIRECTIONS

Put enough water in a pot and boil the chicken pieces with the onions unchopped. Boil until chicken is tender. Take off the chicken and the onions and reserve the broth for later use in the recipe.
Place in a casserole dish the onions cut them in large pieces. Then add feta crumbs,the parsley and the rice. Mix well.
Put on top the chicken and 1.5 cup of chicken broth. Add the butter.
Bake for 45 minutes at 200°C - (350F).
Mix the eggs with the remaining chicken broth and add them to the casserole.
Bake for 30 minutes more at the same temperature.

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