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Southern-Style Chicken and Rice

SK A PROFESSIONAL chef about the foods they crave and 99 percent of the time their answer will be something surprisingly simple and comforting. My favorite meal to make at home is chicken and rice. The version I grew up eating in North Carolina featured white rice that was softened and plumped with chicken stock and then tossed with tender pieces of shredded chicken. I remember it as

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