Bulgur with chicken in a slow cooker

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   Prepare the necessary ingredients. To prepare this dish, it is better to use coarse-grained bulgur. Any parts of the chicken can be used. I took chicken fillet, but thighs, wings, and drumsticks will do.

2. STEP 2

   

   Wash the carrots well, peel and coarsely grate. Peel the onions. Rinse it and the knife under cold water so that when cutting, the onion juice does not irritate the mucous membranes of the eyes so much. Finely chop the onion into cubes.

3. STEP 3

   

   Place the chopped onions and carrots into the multicooker bowl. Turn on the Fry mode for 15 minutes. Fry for about 5 minutes, stirring.

4. STEP 4

   

   Rinse the meat, pat dry with paper towels and chop finely.

5. STEP 5

   

   Add the chicken to the vegetables and continue to fry for another 10 minutes until the meat turns white.

6. STEP 6

   

   Add some salt. Add bay leaf and tomato paste. You can add your favorite seasonings to taste, for example, paprika, curry, dried garlic (1 teaspoon each). Or use ready-made spices for chicken or pilaf. In this case, look at the composition. If there is salt, take this into account when salting the dish, otherwise you will over-salt it.

7. STEP 7

   

   Add dry bulgur. There is no need to rinse it, since the cereal is cleaned during its production.

8. STEP 8

   

   Pour two glasses of hot water. It is better to use high-quality filtered or bottled water rather than tap water, which will negatively affect the taste of the dish. It’s even better to pour pre-cooked chicken or vegetable broth over the cereal. For flavor, you can add 2-3 peeled cloves of garlic. Turn on the Pilaf mode for 40 minutes or the Stew mode for 30 minutes.

9. STEP 9

   

   After 40 minutes, turn off. Bulgur is ready. Stir and serve.

10. STEP 10

    

    This is how tasty and crumbly the bulgur turned out. Bon appetit! Serve the dish with pickled or fresh vegetables.

Comments on the recipe

Aselek

16.10.2023

4.7

A good, practical dish for the everyday menu. Thanks to the author. If someone needs to cook bulgur as a side dish, they can use this recipe.

Natalia M

16.10.2023

4.9

My daughter has been asking me to cook something with bulgur for a long time. So I looked for recipes on the site and found the easiest one, in my opinion. Cooking in a slow cooker is generally convenient and turns out delicious. I had chicken breast, but I prefer thigh fillet, it’s fattier. I marinated the pieces of meat in chicken spices. Meanwhile, I fried the onions and carrots. I hand-cut the carrots into cubes to make the dish look like pilaf. I decided to first dilute the tomato paste in water, which I poured on top of the bulgur. I cooked on the “pilaf” mode, I can’t set the time, but the technique did an excellent job. Then I kept it on heat for 10 minutes. Bulgur with chicken in a slow cooker turned out simply amazing! It is crumbly and at the same time very juicy! Tomato and chicken spices go best with this golden grain, in my opinion. They soaked every grain! I recommend it!

Oksana

16.10.2023

4.5

Thanks for the recipe! My first slow cooker dish! It turned out very tasty, I just cooked it in olive oil