Here's tonight's dinner: Brazilian Chicken and Rice with Olives

debbie_in_ga

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This is very easy and delicious!

Debbie

BRAZILIAN CHICKEN AND RICE WITH OLIVES

Add corn biscuits (you can find them in the supermarket refrigerator case) and a romaine, arugula, and radicchio salad with goat cheese. Coffee ice cream drizzled with Kahlúa is a nice dessert.

1 pound skinless boneless chicken thighs, cut into 1/2-inch-wide strips

1/4 cup olive oil

4 garlic cloves, finely chopped

1 teaspoon grated orange peel

1 cup water

1/2 cup orange juice

1 cup yellow rice mix with seasoning packet (from 8-ounce box)

1/2 cup (packed) pimiento-stuffed Spanish olives, halved

1 cup chopped fresh cilantro

Orange wedges

Sprinkle chicken lightly with salt and generously with ground black pepper. Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken, garlic, and peel; sauté until chicken is lightly browned, about 3 minutes. Add 1 cup water and orange juice and bring to boil. Mix in rice, seasoning packet, and olives. Return to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and cook until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat; let stand covered 10 minutes.

Stir cilantro into rice mixture. Transfer to platter. Garnish with orange wedges.

Makes 4 servings.

Bon Appétit

February 2002

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