Steamed Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts with Almond Wild Rice and Steamed Carrots
Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, Emeril’s Food of Love Productions, 2005
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients:
¾ cup wild rice
2¼ cups chicken stock/water
2 teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
2 cups large diced carrots
2 teaspoons Essence
2 8-ounce chicken breasts
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
¼ cup toasted almond slivers
Directions:
- In the white plastic vessel that comes with the steamer, place the wild rice, stock, ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper. Place into one of the steamer baskets, and place in the steamer.
- Cover with the cooking plate and the lid and set the timer for 40 minutes.
- When the timer goes off, add the carrots to the other basket, season with ¼ teaspoon of the salt and ¼ teaspoon of the pepper.
- Place the cooking plate over the carrots, and season the chicken with the remaining salt and the Essence.
- Place the chicken on the cooking plate and return the lid. Set the timer for 30 minutes, and cook the chicken, carrots and rice until the timer goes off.
- Once the timer does go off, remove the lid. Drizzle the chicken with the olive oil, add the almonds to the rice and fluff it with a fork.
- Serve the chicken with the rice and carrots.