Southern-Style Stewed Chicken and Rice

Name: Southern-Style Stewed Chicken and Rice
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, divided; 1 , onion, chopped fine; 1 1/2 teaspoons, table salt, divided; 2 pounds, bone-in chicken thighs, trimmed; 4 cups, chicken broth; 3 cups, water; 1 teaspoon, pepper; 2 cups, long-grain white rice, rinsed

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2019

Sometimes the best thing you can do in the kitchen is not overthink things.

SERVES6 to 8

TIME1¾ hours

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

This comforting dish features rice plumped with little more than stock and tossed with tender pieces of shredded chicken. Simmering the chicken in store-bought chicken broth made an ultrasavory base in which to cook the rice. We used bone-i...

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