Yellow Rice Recipe

 Yellow Rice

Makes 6 Servings

2 medium onion

1 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1 tsp tumeric

2 bay leaves

1 small package of chicken (can be either breast or thigh)

1 container of plain yogurt

2 eggs

1/2 tsp ground saffron dissolved in 4 tablespoon of hot water

3 cups of rice

3/4 oil

1 cup water to cook chicken

Wash and place chicken in a pot.

Add salt and pepper and onion and tumeric and bay leaves and 1 cup water to the pot and cook until chicken is cooked.

wash rice.

boil water in another pot (fill 3/4 pot with water) and add rice and 2 tsp of salt and 1tbsp of oil.

when rice starts to boil check to see if it's half cooked and if it's half cooked then drain the rice in a colander and taste to see if it is still too salty then gently run some water over the colander to wash the salt out of rice.

in a big bowl add yogurt, egg, saffron and oil and mix with spoon

separate chicken pieces from bone and add to the mixture.

spoon and add the rice to the  mixture. gently spoon the mixture to mix the chicken and rice. pat on top gently to spread everything out. you can add small pieces of butter on top. you can also add a few spoons of the chicken water if there's any left after cooking the chicken to the rice mixture.

cover the dish with aluminum foil

preheat oven to 370 degree  and bake in the oven for 1 1/2 hours or until the bottom of pan is light golden brown.

Then remove dish from oven and let stand for 10 minutes before serving.