Chicken and Yellow Rice

So I've devoted today to playing catch up and posting the 3 recipes I have back logged to share with you... Each has a story and I've been meaning to post them but since the hubby and I took off on a new adventure recently my "free" time has been devoted to that. Promise to write more on that soon!!!

Chicken and Yellow Rice cooking!!!

The leftovers!

First up is Chicken and Yellow Rice! One of my grandmothers, my Mamaw, used to make Chicken and Yellow Rice when I was a little girl and it is a FAVORITE of mine... It's just so good... I was probably about 16 the last time I was able to get to her make it for me, so it's been almost 15 years since I've had my Mamaw's Chicken and Yellow Rice... I've tried very unsuccessfully to recreate it... You might ask why not just ask her for her recipe, and its never as simple as that, her health has declined over the years and it just never crosses my mind when I talk to her, which isn't often, which says something about the family dynamics I'm sure but I love my Mamaw and her Chicken and Yellow Rice... It had been awhile since I've thought of my Mamaw's CYR, I'm guessing it's because the last attempt was SO bad, I just wrote it off as being something magical my Mamaw makes... Well it popped into my mind around Christmas time and I haven't been able to get it out of my mind... So I finally brought some yellow rice so I'd have it around while I figured out the chicken part... Then the hubby had taken out chicken wings from the freezer to make wings or chicken soup or something and then we got busy and he never made whatever it was he wanted to make and I needed to make something with it and figured here's my chance to figure it out... And I did!!!

The only things I had to go on were the fact I had coveted the rice as a kid and used to get SO excited when I saw her buy it, the yellow foil package is forever ingrained in my soul, and that she boiled the chicken, then hand shredded the chicken from the bones. When I was younger I used to think it was weird and crazy and surely there is something easier, and I tried several other methods of cooking the chicken and nothing ever came out the same way so I figured I'd go for it... I went simple and it was tasty... My brother was over dropping off his roommate's kids (I was babysitting) and he gave it his stamp of approval and he's had it more recently then me!!! =) I only managed to get a picture of the leftovers as I devoured them after I had gotten the boys in bed and the other kids home...Perfect end to a hectic evening with me and 5 kids!!!

Chicken and Yellow Rice

- Chicken - I used a package of chicken wings from Costco. I think it is 6 whole wings in a pack... It comes in a freezer ready pack and there's like 6 packs in the slab you get from Costco... I think you could use any kind of chicken, I remember her hand shredding the chicken, there were bones and skin, so I think it was a whole chicken but I'm not sure, I'll use breast next time and see how it turns out.
- 4 Chicken bouillon cubes
- Water about 6 cups???
- Yellow Rice
- Butter

1. Create a stock out of the water and chicken flavor cubes. Boil chicken for 45 minutes or so. Until you're certain the chicken is done...
2. Take out the chicken and shred off the bone.
3. Prepare rice as directed only use strained chicken stock as the water and I added a little extra water and butter since you toss in the chicken right into the pot... I used 2 1/4 cups of water and 3T of butter for a 5oz bag of the rice... I also stirred it halfway through which I know is a rice no no but I didn't want the chicken to stick to the bottom of the pan... It didn't and the rice came out so it wasn't so bad... =)