Doria (Rice Gratin)

Name: Doria (Rice Gratin)
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: Boneless chicken thigh 150g; Milk 300ml; Butter 30g; Shredded pizza cheese 60g; Onion 1/2; Shimeji mushrooms 1/2 pack; Consomme granules (soup stock) 1 tsp; Warm rice A little under 2 bowls (about 300 g); Flour (all-purpose) 2 tbsp; Salt 1/4 tsp; Pepper A pinch

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Serves 2 · About 35 min
Butter rice with chicken, topped with white sauce made in a frying pan and cheese, then baked in a toaster oven.

① Cut the ingredients→② Make the butter rice→③ Make the white sauce→④ Top with cheese and bake

What to buy

Meat & dairy

Boneless chicken thigh150gMilk300mlButterSalted is fine30gShredded pizza cheese60g

Vegetables

Onion1/2Shimeji mushrooms1/2 pack

Seasonings

Consomme granules (soup stock)1 tsp

Check what you already have

Warm riceA little under 2 bowls (about 300 g)Flour (all-purpose)2 tbspSalt1/4 tspPepperA pinch

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How to make it

Cut the ingredients

About 5 min

Cut the onion into thin slices
Cut off the hard base of the shimeji and pull them apart into small bunches with your hands
On the cutting board, cut the chicken into 2 cm cubes

How to tell it's doneAll 3 are cut. Wash the knife and cutting board after cutting the chicken.

Make the butter rice

Medium heatAbout 6 min

Put 10 g butter in a frying pan and melt over medium heat
Add the chicken and stir-fry. When it changes color, add the onion and shimeji and stir-fry more
Add all the rice, 1/2 tsp consomme, 1/4 tsp salt and a pinch of pepper and mix, breaking up the rice
Divide between 2 heatproof dishes (gratin dishes)

How to tell it's doneCut the biggest piece of chicken: it is white inside, not pink. The ingredients are mixed into the rice.

Make the white sauce

Low → Medium heatAbout 6 min

Without washing the pan, add 20 g butter and melt over low heat
Add 2 tbsp flour and stir-fry for 1 minute, mixing with a spatula
Add 300 ml milk in 3 parts. After each part, mix well until smooth before adding the next
Add 1/2 tsp consomme and simmer over medium heat, stirring

How to tell it's doneWhen you stir with the spatula, it becomes thick and heavy, and the spatula leaves a trail for a moment.

Be carefulIf you add the milk all at once, the flour forms small lumps. Add a little at a time and mix each time.

Top with cheese and bake

Toaster ovenAbout 10 min

Pour half the white sauce over each dish of butter rice from step 2
Spread 60 g pizza cheese over the top, half on each
Bake in the toaster oven for about 10 minutes
When taking them out, hold them with oven mitts or a dry cloth. The dishes are very hot

ReadyThe cheese is melted and has golden brown spots here and there.

Be carefulIf the top looks like it will turn black before browning, cover it with aluminum foil.

📚 Learn more about this dish

🥬 Ingredient guide

Chicken thigh

🔪 Cutting & cooking tips

Heat levels (high, medium, low)Hitotsumami & shoushou (a pinch)

If it didn't work out

Lumps in the sauceYou added the milk all at once in step 3. Next time add it in 3 parts, making it smooth each time before adding more.

The sauce is runnyIt didn't simmer long enough in step 3. Keep stirring over medium heat until it's thick.

It doesn't brownAdd 2–3 more minutes at a time in the toaster oven. Stay and watch while it bakes.

The flavor is weakTaste the sauce while making it, and add salt a pinch at a time.

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