Chicken And Rice Braise

[Redhelen72]

Growing up, my mother used to make a dish in the slow cooker which she called chicken and rice braise.

I cannot find a recipe for it online and wondered if any of the older Abers had an idea of what this dish was and if I could swap the rice for pearl bearly?
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[barry1010]

Was it risotto / paella style, maybe more of a casserole?

[Redhelen72]

yes - it always looked like she cooked everything bunged in together in the slow cooker - but when I try it comes out claggy

[barry1010]

I meant was it a wet or drier dish? Pearl barley needs a lot of liquid but chicken and barley would be great in a slow cooker stew, I make it a lot in the winter.

With chicken and rice I’d fancy tagine style with apricots

[Redhelen72]

I see what you mean.
Well unfortunately I cannot eat rice which is why I thought of pearl barley.
Mother cooked a whole chicken in the pot with rice and it always came out 'damp' and fluffy!

[barry1010]

I've had great success with paella in the slow cooker but of course it depends on the type of rice.
I wouldn't substitute barley if I wanted something similar to fluffy rice, it's not going to happen.

[calmck]

Why not try couscous, cook seperately then combine

[Redhelen72]

thanks for your help.
Barley is high in protein so thats why its better than couscous.
I have it on the go and see what happens, I put the barley in a pan and saute before putting it in SC with thyme, stock and salt and pepper and of course chicken bits and will see what it comes out like

[barry1010]

Interested to know how it turns out

[pastafreak]

There are a lot of chicken and barley slow cooker recipes online.

[Redhelen72]

Pasta yes I know but it was more the one that my mother used.
Being 'older generation' I was hoping one of the older member may know what I was on about.
As it was about recipe and food I put it in Food and not Chatterbank

[pimplyteen]

Older ABs? how dare you, how very dare you, I've never been so insulted in my whole life. How dare you. :0))))

[barry1010]

I'm so old that the only rice I ever saw when I was a boy was rice pudding. Rice, for dinner? Unheard of!

[Redhelen72]

Oh my that old Barry?
My Dia was in the navy so mum grew up eating lots of different foods and passed that onto us - plus we lived in Hong Kong when I was a child

[peachybabe]

I made something similar last week. Might I suggest that you have too much rice in it. Try again with less rice or more stock.