Dinner: Butterfly Chicken and Saffron Rice
published by pattiann on Sep 21, 2012
I decided to share two things we always put together for dinner. It is one of my favorite dinners.
Modern Family Cookbook
Butterfly chicken
6 small chicken breasts
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1/2 cup melted butter
Remove skin from chicken and cut meat from bones (save to make broth) with thin, sharp knife, leaving meat whole. Sprinkle with salt and garlic salt. Open the breasts butterfly style placing in a greased shallow baking pan with rounded side up and brush with butter. Bake in moderate oven (375F), 50 to 60 minutes, or until browned and tender, brushing twice with butter
Saffron rice
2 [14 ounce cans]hicken broth
1/4 teaspoon saffron
1/4 cup butter
2 Tablespoons finely chopped onion
1 bay leaf
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 1/2 cups long grained rice
Heat broth and add saffron and let stand one hour; strain. melt butter in skillet with tight cover and add onion, seasoning and rice. Cook over medium heat until rice is a light golden color. Add saffron broth and bring gto rapid boil. Turn heat low and cook, covered, 14 minutes. Turn off heat, steam 5 minutes, remove bay leaf. Yields 6 cups.
# 1 by nourisv
September 21st, 2012 at 10:22 pm #
Thanks for sharing!
# 2 by girishpuri
September 21st, 2012 at 11:20 pm #
Yummy
# 3 by Emancipation
September 22nd, 2012 at 3:18 am #
Tasty
# 4 by elee
September 22nd, 2012 at 6:26 am #
Thanks a lot for this
# 5 by Xakousti
September 22nd, 2012 at 9:46 am #
What should I eat to control high blood pressure?
Eat foods lower in fat, salt, and calories.
Use spices and herbs instead of salt to flavor foods.
Use less oil, butter, margarine, shortening, and salad dressings.
# 6 by lauralu
September 22nd, 2012 at 3:37 pm #
Great recipe thanks
# 7 by FastWriter680
September 22nd, 2012 at 9:30 pm #
delicious nice…
# 8 by Kristie Claar
September 23rd, 2012 at 12:28 am #
Great recipe shared.