Traditional Baked Chicken Rice: The Ultimate Portuguese Comfort Meal | Rosa’s Portuguese Kitchen

cream of mushroom soup

🥗Healthier: homemade mushroom sauce

💰Cheaper: cream of chicken soup

Homemade sauce can be lower in sodium and preservatives.

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: reduced-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Reduced-fat cheese cuts calories while maintaining flavor.

In a large pot of boiling water, add salt, pepper, bay leaf, one halved onion, carrots, leek, tomatoes, chiso, and bacon.

Once it starts boiling, add the chicken pieces and simmer for about 1 hour until chicken is tender.

Remove the cooked chicken and pull it apart.

Strain the broth separately; you should have about 1.2 L of liquid.

In a separate pot, sauté the other chopped onion in a drizzle of olive oil.

Add the strained broth to the sautéed onion.

Add the rice and cook on medium heat for about 20 minutes until partially cooked.

Slice the chiso into rounds and the bacon into thin strips.

In a baking tray, spread half the rice.

Add the shredded chicken over it and cover with the remaining rice.

Top with cheese, sliced chiso, and bacon strips.

Bake at 180°C until golden and slightly crispy on top.

Finish under the grill for 2 to 3 minutes for extra crispiness on top.

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