How to Prepare Perfect Chicken Confit Black Rice

Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I'm gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, How to Prepare Favorite Chicken Confit Black Rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook Chicken Confit Black Rice using 13 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

#MysteryBag1 I actually was saving this recipe for Singapore's National Day in August, but since Cookpad is having this "Mystery Bag" competition, I thought why not? Contestants will have to create a recipe around the ingredients given inside the bag. Sounds exciting right? What really intrigued me is the list of ingredients is kept to minimal; I can either do really badly to really well. I chose 2 main ingredients for the competition. They are chicken and rice. Not just any rice. I am using black rice (well, they didn't state any specific type of rice). Yes, the forbidden rice which I had spoke about in the past. It has become my 3rd love. 1st is always pizza, 2nd is a tug of war between pasta and noodles. Anyway, I am using an old French technique to cook the chicken. It is a long process, but it is definitely worth it in the end. You can prepare days in advance as it can be kept in the fridge for up to a month. Singaporeans love their chicken rice. But quite frankly, I am never a fan. So, if I were to make a plate of chicken rice, this is how I would do it. No need for any complicated or tactical roasting or poaching method. Anyone can do this at home. So what are you waiting for? Let's get started with the recipe.

Ingredients and spices that need to be Prepare to make Chicken Confit Black Rice:

1. Chicken Confit:
2. 2 Chicken Thighs Boneless with Skin on,
3. 1 TSP Dried Thyme,
4. 1 TBSP Sea Salt,
5. Olive Oil, For Confit
6. Pinch White Pepper,
7. Black Rice Risotto:
8. 3/4 Cup Alce Nero's Organic Black Rice,
9. 1 1/4 Cup Chicken Stock,
10. 1 Red Onion Finely Minced,
11. Pinch Dried Thyme,
12. Pinch Sea Salt,
13. Pinch White Pepper,

Steps to make to make Chicken Confit Black Rice

1. Prepare chicken confit. Slice each chicken thigh into halves. Rub and coat the chicken thighs well with dried thyme and salt. Transfer the chicken onto a shallow bowl.
2. Cover with cling film. ensuring it is in contact with the chicken. Cover with a lid and marinate in the fridge for at least 12 to 24 hrs. After marinating, preheat oven to 120 degrees celsius or 250 fahrenheit.
3. Rinse the chicken thoroughly under running water to remove the salt and dried herbs. Pad the chicken dry with kitchen paper and set aside. In a skillet over medium heat, add the olive oil. *What I did was, pour the olive oil into my casserole to roughly gauge how much oil I need, then into the preheated skillet.*
4. Insert a wooden chopstick into the oil. If bubbles start to form around the chopstick, the oil is ready. Transfer the chicken into a casserole.
5. Pour the hot oil to fully submerge the chicken. If by any chance, the chicken is not fully submerged, you can add more oil. Cover the casserole with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
6. Wack into the oven and bake for at least 3 hours or until the chicken is tender and almost fall apart. Remove from the oven and place chicken on a wire cooling rack to drain off excess oil. Drain the oil thru' a sieve and into a bowl. Transfer the chicken into a bowl.
7. Chill the chicken in the fridge to firm up, about 1 hr. Pour the oil into the chicken. Chill in the fridge until ready to use. *This can keep in the fridge for up to a month.*
8. Prepare the black rice. Wash the rice with water. Drain, strain and rinse. Wash the rice again with water.
9. Drain, strain, rinse and repeat the process for another 4 times (yes 4 more). Transfer the rice into a rice cooker. Add in 1/8 cup of the chicken confit oil, chicken stock, onion, thyme, salt and pepper. Stir to combine well.
10. Set the timer of the rice cooker to 1 hr or to brown/mixed rice mode. The rice should be soft and chewy, but not mushy and sticky. Keep warm until ready to serve.
11. To serve. In a skillet over medium heat, add 2 TBSP of the chicken confit oil. Once the oil is heated up, place the chicken skin side down. Sear until browned and crispy.
12. Flip, tilt and baste the chicken with all the liquid. Continue cooking until the bottom is browned. Transfer the cooked black rice onto serving plates. Place the chicken over the cooked black rice. Serve immediately.

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