Orange Chicken Barley Pilau Recipes

Steps:

• Cut chicken into 1-inch chunks; season with salt and pepper.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a medium pot over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook, stirring occasionally, until light golden and almost cooked through, about 4 minutes. Stir in cashews and cook 1 minute more. Transfer mixture to a plate.
• Add remaining tablespoon oil to pot. Stir in onions and jalapeño and a pinch of salt. Cook, stirring, until onions are slightly softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in barley and 1/2 teaspoon salt; cook 1 minute more. Add enough water to coconut milk to yield 2 cups liquid and add to pot. Bring liquid to a simmer, then cook, covered, over low heat until the barley is almost tender, about 40 minutes.
• Stir in corn. If mixture looks dry, stir in 1 1/4 cups more water; cover and cook until barley and corn are tender, 10 to 15 minutes more.
• Return chicken mixture to pot and stir well. Fold in herbs and more salt to taste.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, sauté onion and carrots in olive oil over medium heat for about 5-10 minutes until onion begins to soften.
• Add garlic, cinnamon, cumin, and barley; stir to coat.
• Add chicken broth, sherry, and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, cover pan, and reduce heat to simmer for about 40-45 minutes, stirring occasionally, until liquid is absorbed.
• When barley is nearly done, heat butter in skillet. Add chicken, cherry tomatoes, apples, pecans, raisins, lemon zest, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Sauté 5 minutes until heated through.
• Mix with barley.
• Serve with lemon wedges.

Steps:

• In a 3-qt. saucepan, saute celery, onion and orange zest in butter until tender but not brown. Add salt. Combine orange juice and water; add to celery mixture. Bring to a boil. Stir in the rice. Remove from the heat; cover and let stand for 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork.

Steps:

• Melt butter or margarine in a large saucepan.
• Stir in onion, celery and mushrooms; saute until tender (about 5 minutes).
• Stir in barley and cook, stirring frequently, until lightly browned.
• Add bouillon, water and pepper; heat to boiling.
• Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer 45 to 55 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and barley is tender.
• Or place barley mixture in covered casserole and bake at 325 degrees until liquid is absorbed and barley is tender.
• Meanwhile, wash spinach thoroughly.
• Steam 3 to 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir into cooked barley mixture.
• Cook until heated through.

Steps:

• In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the flour, celery salt and pepper. Add chicken, a few pieces at a time, and shake to coat., In a Dutch oven, brown chicken in oil in batches. Remove and keep warm. In the same pan, saute onion in butter until tender. Add the broth, orange juice, parsnips, barley, mushrooms, carrots, bay leaves and chicken. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 45-50 minutes or until barley is tender, turning chicken occasionally., Remove from the heat; let stand for 5 minutes. Discard bay leaves.