Turkey pilaf with rice

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Kitchen Eastern
Calorie content 152.5 kcal
Portions 3 port.
Cooking time 80 minutes
Proteins * 6.4 gr.
Fats * 6.1 gr.
Carbohydrates* 27.9 gr.
Turkey pilaf with rice

Turkey pilaf can safely be included in the menu by everyone who adheres to a correct and healthy diet, because the meat of this bird does not contain carbohydrates at all and it has few calories. Turkey is in harmony with rice and the addition of vegetables only reveals its taste. In the recipe, you are invited to add a little raisins to the pilaf. Choose the meat according to your preferences, given that the breast is low in calories and drier, and the pulp of the thigh is more tender, but more fatty. You can cook pilaf in any dish.

Ingredients

Cooking process

step 1 out of 8
Peel the onions and carrots, rinse and chop into small pieces of any shape. In a bowl for cooking pilaf, heat the vegetable oil well and fry the chopped vegetables in it until soft.
step 2 out of 8
Pour boiling water over the washed raisins for a while.
step 3 out of 8
Rinse the turkey meat with cold water, dry with a towel, cut into medium pieces and transfer to a bowl with fried onions and carrots. Roast the turkey over high heat until the color changes to light.
step 4 out of 8
Then add pilaf seasoning to the meat, put barberry, cumin and stir.
step 5 out of 8
After the meat juice has completely evaporated, transfer the soaked raisins to the zirvak (meat with vegetables).
step 6 out of 8
Rinse the rice for pilaf several times with cold water and put it on top of the zirvak in an even layer. Then sprinkle the rice with salt according to your taste or dissolve the salt in water. Pour zirvak with this water 1–2 cm above the rice layer (for pilaf, water and rice are taken on average in a ratio of 2: 1). Place an unpeeled head of garlic and a couple of laurel leaves in the middle of the pilaf. Bring the pilaf to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to minimum, cover the dishes and cook the dish for 40 minutes.
step 7 out of 8
During this time, all the liquid will evaporate and the rice will become soft and crumbly. Turn off the fire. Leave the pilaf for 15–20 minutes to infuse, then stir gently.
step 8 out of 8
The turkey pilaf is ready. Can be served at the table.
Bon Appetit!

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