Chicken Cheese Baked Rice (collaboration)

Chicken Cheese Baked Rice (Collaboration with The Little Rice Company) 

My Do-Re-Mi 👧🏼👦🏼🧒🏼loves baked rice! But only littles boy is a fan of brown rice 😏 I have been trying out many brands of brown rice and finally found this brown rice from The Little Rice Company that they like! It’s easy to cook this brown rice as there’s no need to soak and texture is fluffy! Now I can cook a healthier rice for my family 😊😊😌 

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Ingredients: 

• 1.5 cups of brown rice (The Little Rice Company) 
• 1 packet of chicken shabu-shabu (CP Brand) 
• 1 cup of frozen vegetables 
• 1/2 yellow onion, diced 
• 1 packet of cooking cream 
• 1/2 block of unsalted butter (estimated) 
• 1 tsp of salt (adjust accordingly to taste) 
• Freshly cracked black pepper 
• Grated mozzarella cheese 
• Dried parsley for garnishing 

Method: 

1. Wash and place brown rice to cook in rice cooker. Add 1.5 tbsps of garlic powder, 1 tsp of onion powder and 1/2  tbsp of salt. Cook brown rice as per normal like white rice. When rice is cooked, add 2 tbsps of unsalted butter and mixed well. Remove from rice cooker and mix in mixed vegetables. Set aside. 
2. Marinate chicken shabu-shabu with salt and black pepper. Set aside for 15 mins. 
3. Heat pan. Add 1/2 tsp of oil. Panfry chicken shabu-shabu till it’s cooked and set aside. 
4. Using the same pan. Melt 30gm of unsalted butter. Once butter is slightly bubbling, stir in with 1 tbsp of plain flour until flour disappears. Gradually add cooking cream and stir until sauce turned runny & smooth. Add freshly cracked black pepper and some salt to taste. 
5. Scoop desired amount of mixed rice to oven-proof dish. Pour cream sauce on top of rice. Lay chicken shabu-shabu on top of rice. Top with shredded mozzarella cheese. 
6. Placed dish into preheated oven to bake at 200 degrees till cheese melts and brown. Sprinkle some dried parsley on top to garnish. Serve hot. 
7. Alternatively, you can airfry at 190 degrees for 7-8 minutes until browned. Sprinkle some dried parsley to garnish and serve immediately.