One-Pan Chicken and Buckwheat Delight

A very simple and tasty dish for every day. Merchant style buckwheat with chicken combines both meat and side dish. To make it, you only need a frying pan, which will significantly save time washing dishes.
cook time: 40 min
Zoe Kendrick
One-Pan Chicken and Buckwheat Delight

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

138
Calories
7g
Fat
14g
Carbs
7g
Protein

Ingredients (5 portions)

Basic:

Onion 1 pc
Salt to taste
Water 4 cup
Tomato paste 2 tbsp
Carrot 1 pc
Vegetable oil 30 g
Dry spices to taste
Buckwheat 2 cup
Chicken 450 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make merchant-style buckwheat with chicken? Prepare your food. It is better to take boneless chicken, thigh fillet or breast fillet, as you will have to select them later in the finished dish during the meal. The breast fillet turns out a bit dry. So I decided to cook chicken thigh fillet. We will cook everything at once in a frying pan. Therefore, take a deep and spacious frying pan. You will learn all the subtleties of choosing a frying pan and oil for frying in the article at the end of this recipe.

Step 2

Step 2
Prepare the vegetables — peel the onions and carrots and rinse in water. Sort the buckwheat, removing debris and unrefined grains. Rinse it several times in cold water. You will learn the subtleties of choosing and preparing buckwheat by reading the article at the end of this recipe.

Step 3

Step 3
Wash the chicken meat and dry it well. Cut it into small pieces. Pour a little vegetable oil into a hot frying pan and place pieces of chopped chicken meat. Fry it over high heat for 7-10 minutes until it browns a little. During the frying process, the meat will release juice, but after a few minutes the juice will evaporate and the meat will begin to brown. This is why you need a strong fire.

Step 4

Step 4
While the chicken is frying, chop the onion and grate the carrots on a coarse grater. If you like the carrots to be felt, then you can simply chop them finely with a knife.

Step 5

Step 5
Then add the onions and carrots to the pan with the meat. Stir and fry everything together for another 3-4 minutes.

Step 6

Step 6
Place the washed buckwheat in the pan. Boil the water. Stir the tomato paste in hot water and pour it over the buckwheat. Add a little salt and spices to taste. Stir and bring to a boil. Cover the pan with a lid and cook over low heat for 13-15 minutes.

Step 7

Step 7
During stewing, buckwheat will absorb water. Taste the buckwheat. It should be soft. I like this dish to be juicy, so I add a little more hot water and remove from the heat. Buckwheat has already stopped cooking, so it won’t boil. But the dish itself will contain a small amount of broth, which will make the dish juicy.

Step 8

Step 8
Arrange the buckwheat merchant-style on plates and serve. Bon appetit!

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