Banitsa with Chicken and Rice

⏱️ Prep: 25 min🍳 Cook: 60 min

Ingredients

Cut the chicken into pieces and put it to boil in cold water, adding a few peppercorns and salt. Debone the meat and tear it into small pieces. Strain the broth.
In a pot with 3 l of water, add salt and 1 tbsp of oil. Add the rice to the boiling water and let it boil for 10 minutes. Strain it through a sieve and rinse under running water. Leave it to drain.
In preheated oil, fry the finely chopped garlic and the mushrooms cut into thin slices. Once softened, add the chicken meat and the rice. Fry for another 3 to 5 minutes, season with salt, sprinkle with black pepper and pour in 1 cup of the strained broth.
In a greased pan, arrange 2-3 sheets, brush them with melted butter, add the filling and so on. Brush the top of the banitsa generously with butter and bake at 180 degrees.
Once you take it out of the oven, sprinkle it with water and steam it under a towel. Wait for it to cool.