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Pals rice with chicken and crispy apple

Pals rice with chicken and crispy apple

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A rice dish from the Empordà region: rice from Pals, cooked with chicken, onions, garlic, and apple in white wine, and seasoned with a flavorful apple bro…

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Recipe from Paputx, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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This Catalan recipe highlights the products of the Empordà region: rice from Pals, chicken, apples from Girona, and onions from Figueres. The dried apple provides a unique, crispy texture.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time45 min
  • Cook time1 hr
  • Resting10 min
  • Total1 hr 55 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodsaucepan
  • Estimated cost$4.77 $1.19 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Gluten-free
  • Low lactose

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.87
  • $0.35
  • $0.31
  • $0.09
  • $0.73
  • $0.59
  • $1.76
  • $0.04
  • $0.03

Prices from US supermarkets for 7 of 9 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Peel an apple, cut it into 3-4 mm thick slices, and cook them for 20 minutes in a sugar syrup.
  2. Drain them, dry them in a low oven until they are crisp, then crush them for decoration.
  3. Finely chop the onion and garlic and sauté them in the oil. Add the chopped apple and white wine, and let it simmer.
  4. Add the chopped chicken and cook it, then add the rice.
  5. Pour the chicken broth, seasoned with a few chopped apple peels, into a baking dish and let it simmer for about 18 minutes. Season with salt.
  6. Form a rice base in a ramekin, then arrange the chicken, apple crisp, and rosemary flowers on top. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Pals rice with chicken and crispy apple

  • 300 g of Pals rice (round-grain rice)$0.87
  • 1 golden apple from Girona, plus ½ apple for the base$0.35
  • 1 to 2 onions$0.31
  • 1 clove of garlic$0.09
  • One glass of white wine from the Empordà region$0.73
  • Olive oil from the Empordà$0.59
  • Chicken broth$1.76
  • sugar and water, for the syrup$0.04
  • salt$0.03

Total$4.77

that's $1.19 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 300 g of Pals rice (round-grain rice)
  • 200 g of chicken
  • 1 golden apple from Girona, plus ½ apple for the base
  • 1 to 2 onions
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • One glass of white wine from the Empordà region
  • Olive oil from the Empordà
  • Chicken broth
  • sugar and water, for the syrup
  • salt
  • Rosemary flowers, for decoration

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