Chicken Pilau

This is another tasty, inexpensive, easy, nutritious recipe! It's basically an easy chicken curry; note that the finished recipe has honey added to it--the texture of the dish is appropriate for older infants, but you might replace the honey with sugar if you'll be serving this to children under 1 year.

Original recipe comes from More With Less (name in cookbook is Chicken Pilau II)

Combine in large stockpot:

• 3-4 pounds chicken pieces (bone-in, skinned)
• 2 qts. water
• 1 garlic clove, peeled
• 1 t. salt

Saute in small skillet:

• 3 T. oil (heat before adding onions)
• 2 onions, minced

Add onions to chicken mixture and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer 20 minutes. Add:

• 2 1/2 cups brown rice

Cover and simmer 40 minutes, or until chicken and rice are done. Remove chicken to a platter or large plate. Stir into rice:

• 1 1/2 cups raisins
• 1 1/2 T. curry powder (use less if your curry is spicy and you're feeding this to young children)
• 1 t. salt
• 1 T. honey
• 2 T. lime or lemon juice

Mound rice around chicken and garnish with:

• 1/2 c. slivered almonds (optional)
• 1/4 c. chopped parsley

(You may also simply chop up the chicken and mix it into the rice instead of presenting it on a large platter.)

Serves 8