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Pumpkin Baked with Rice and Chicken
Pumpkin Baked with Rice and Chicken
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Recipe Details:
Pumpkin is a very healthy food that helps controlling blood sugar levels due to its rich content of nutrients. Pumpkin baked with basmati rice and chicken makes a delicious and diabetic-friendly dinner dish that pleasantly surprise your guests.
Ingredients:
Whole chicken (cut in 8 pieces with skin and fat removed) – 3-3.5 lb.
Step 1 Soak the rice in water for 2 hours. Then, put it on a sieve and rinse. Step 2 Boil a large sauce pan of water and add rice with a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil over high heat. Then reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Drain the water and put the rice in a bowl. Step 3 Cut out the top of the pumpkin, so the pumpkin looks like a pot with a lid. Using a tablespoon remove the seeds and some pulp from the pumpkin, leaving the walls of the pumpkin about 0.5” thick. Step 4 Heat 1 tbsp. of oil in a frying pan. Fry the leek for 1 minute. Step 5 Mix the fried leek and dried apricots with the rice. Step 6 Now, stuff the pumpkin: First, put in the rice with leek and apricots, followed by pieces of chicken. Then pour in 2 tbsp. of olive oil and cover the pumpkin with its cut out top. Step 7 Preheat oven to 320 F. Bake the pumpkin for 2 hours. Then take the pumpkin out of the oven and serve as is. Enjoy!
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