Mastava with Chicken

Name: Mastava with Chicken
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: bell pepper — 1 шт; carrots — 1 шт; chicken — 600 г; cilantro — 1 пучок; cumin — 1 ч. л.; garlic — 3 зубчика; onion — 1 шт; potatoes — 3 шт; rice — 80 г; tomato paste — 1 ст. л.; tomatoes — 2 шт; black pepper — по вкусу; salt — по вкусу; sunflower oil — 3 ст. л.; water — 2 л

Uzbek cuisine

Editorial 1 h 20 min 4 servings

Master 62 kcal/100 g updated November 12

A thick Uzbek soup with rice, vegetables and pieces of chicken. Chicken cooks faster than other meats, so the mastava is ready in about an hour.

Method

Cut the chicken into pieces, the onion into half rings, the carrots and pepper into cubes, and the tomatoes and potatoes into small cubes. Crush the garlic.
Heat the oil in a kazan or a heavy-bottomed pot and fry the chicken for 5 minutes, until it turns white. Add the onion and carrots and cook for another 5 minutes.
Add the pepper, tomatoes, garlic and tomato paste, simmer for 5 minutes and add salt.
Pour in 2 l of boiling water and cook over low heat for 20 minutes.
Add the potatoes, the rinsed rice and cumin, and cook for another 20 minutes, until the rice is done.
Add the bay leaf, black pepper and chopped cilantro, remove from the heat and leave covered for 10–15 minutes.