Disability-friendly Adobo and Garlic Rice

• total time: 10 hours 32 minutes

Ingredients

Chicken Adobo

2 lb chicken

Adobo sauce

1 tsp dehydrated minced garlic

1/2 tsp black peppercorns

2 bay leaves

Directions

Add all ingredients to crockpot. Cook on high for 4 hours or on low for 6 hours. While it cooks, prepare the garlic rice.

Garlic Rice

1 1/3 cup rice*

1 tsp dehydrated minced garlic

1/2 tsp salt

2 tbs oil

2 cups water, room temperature**

Add the rice to the a microwave-safe container that is at least 1.5 quarts or 6 cups in capacity.

Disability-Friendly Wash Method:

Wash rice by filling container with room temperature water, swirl the rice so that loose starch, any bugs, and/or damaged grains will float to the top. Let container sit under a gentle stream of water for about 2 minutes. Ideally the container will be at a slight angle to better facilitate the flow-in, flow-out method, but it is not essential. Feel free to rest during this two minutes.

Pour the wash water off of the rice. Add garlic, salt, oil, and 2 cups of room temperature water. Cover with microwave-safe plate or any microwave-safe, loose-fitting lid. Place in microwave and cook for 5 minutes on high. Do not open microwave.

Cook for an additional 12 minutes at 30% power. Do not open microwave. After the cook time, allow the rice to sit in the microwave unbothered for 10 minutes.

Fluff and serve.

Notes:

This recipe was developed with long grain white rice. Other varieties of rice may have slightly different water requirements.

If you must use cold water, increase the time on high by 1 minute. The texture will be best with room temperature water.