My Creamed Chicken In Rice Ring

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 whole chicken breasts, with skin and bones
• 4 large carrots, cut in 1 1/2-inch pieces
• 6 stalks celery & leaves, cut in 2-inch pieces
• salt & pepper
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups chicken broth, from cooked chicken
• 2 cups raw rice
• 4 cups cold water
• 1/4 cup butter
• salt

Recipe

• 1 note: make rice while chicken cooks or make creamed chicken while rice cooks.
• 2 put breasts in deep pot with carrots and celery.
• 3 cover with cold water.
• 4 add salt and pepper.
• 5 bring all to a boil and reduce heat to simmer.
• 6 cover and simmer for at least an hour. until meat appears to be falling off bones.
• 7 remove chicken and cool.
• 8 when cool enough to handle, remove bones and skin and discard.
• 9 cut chicken into bite-size pieces, not too small.
• 10 remove 2 cups of broth from pot.
• 11 melt butter in pan and whisk in flour until smooth.
• 12 remove from heat and add 1/2 cup broth, whisking to keep it smooth.
• 13 add another 1/2 cup and whisk again. try to keep it from lumping.
• 14 return to heat and add last cup of broth. keep heat low-medium and keep whisking until sauce thickens.
• 15 should be like very heavy cream or slightly thicker, not runny.
• 16 add chicken pieces, keep warm until rice is done.
• 17 i usually add canned lima beans to the sauce, but this is optional. you could also add some celery and/or carrots from the pot.
• 18 rice ring.
• 19 you can make the rice as you usually do to get 4 cups cooked rice or use my method.
• 20 put rice and cold water in pot. add salt.
• 21 bring water to a boil and stir rice once with wooden spoon.
• 22 cover tightly and simmer for 18 minutes.
• 23 when done, remove from heat and fluff rice with a fork.
• 24 add butter and stir gently until all melted and blended inches.
• 25 pack rice into buttered ring mold and tamp down so it is packed, not loose.
• 26 put serving plate over top of mold and flip over.
• 27 tap gently to loosen rice ring.
• 28 fill center of ring with creamed chicken, decorate as desired and serve.
• 29 note: putting veggies in creamed chicken is an option. you could serve them as a side dish.
• 30 use the rest of the broth with carrots and celery for soup or another recipe.