Making a chicken rice recipe, I need to brown chicken in pan before baking? help!?

Question by mike: Making a chicken rice recipe, I need to brown chicken in pan before baking? help!?
fyi inexperienced cook here so bear with me. The recipe says to brown the chicken in a frying pan then bake it with the rice for 50 min. My question: is the purpose of frying the chicken to cook it entirely before baking? Or do you just brown the outside then let the chicken bake?

Best answer:

Answer by Gdain D
the browning is basically for texture

to get that extra little crunch on the outside, the oven is to insure its cooked all the way

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