Chicken And Rice - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2 Tbsp. olive oil
    1 (3 lb.) chicken, cut up into 8 serving pieces
    1 medium yellow onion, chopped small
    1/2 medium green bell pepper, seeded and chopped small
    3 cloves garlic, chopped
    2 c. Uncle Ben's converted rice
    4 c. homemade chicken stock or use canned
    1 bay leaf
    salt and pepper to taste
Preparation
    Heat a deep stove-top casserole and add the oil and chicken. Brown the pieces well and then remove to a platter.
    Leave the oil in the pan.
    Add to the pan the garlic, yellow onion and green pepper.
    Saute until the onion is clear and then deglaze the pan with 1/4 cup water.
    Return the chicken to the pot and add the remaining ingredients.
    Bring to a boil, cover the pot and turn to a simmer.
    Cook for 25 minutes or until the rice is just tender. This is a basque recipe.
    Serves 8. Preparation time:
    25 minutes.

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