One-Pot Sesame Chicken, Shiitake, and Brown Rice Recipe

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Yvonne Ruperti
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Yvonne Ruperti
Yvonne Ruperti is a food writer, recipe developer, former bakery owner, and cookbook author. She is also an adjust professor of baking at the Culinary Institute of America in Singapore.
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Updated August 09, 2018
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Recipe Details

One-Pot Sesame Chicken, Shiitake, and Brown Rice Recipe

Active 45 mins
Total 0 mins
Serves 4 servings
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Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 pounds chicken thighs
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 leek rinsed, white and light green parts chopped, greens discarded
  • 2 small shallots, minced (about 1/3 cup)
  • 10 ounces shitake mushrooms, rinsed, ends trimmed, sliced 1/4-inch thick
  • 2 medium cloves garlic, minced (about 2 teaspoons)
  • 4 teaspoons sesame oil
  • 5 ounces sliced water chestnuts (fresh or canned)
  • 1 3/4 cup brown rice, rinsed
  • 2 cups homemade or store-bought low-sodium chicken stock
  • 1/4 cup water

Directions

  1. Pat chicken dry and season both sides with salt and pepper. Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium-high heat until shimmering. Place chicken in pot skin side down. Cook until the skin is well-browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Flip and brown the other side, about 3 minutes longer. Transfer chicken to plate.

  2. Reduce heat to medium and add leeks, shallots, mushrooms, and 1 teaspoon salt to pot. Cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables have softened and are beginning to brown, 8 to 12 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.

  3. Stir in sesame oil, water chestnuts, and rice. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Increase heat to medium-high and stir in broth and water. Bring to simmer.

  4. Nestle chicken into rice, skin side up. Cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer until rice is tender, chicken is cooked, and liquid is evaporated, 35 to 40 minutes.

  5. Turn off heat and set lid slightly ajar. Let sit 5 to 10 minutes before serving.

Special equipment

Dutch oven

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