Cooking fail.

Literally.
After spending a half an hour trying to find out how to cook chicken, I'm told that I could just stir-fry it in a pan. -_-
THEN I get some rice and rinse it in cold water. As I do so, I think that it doesn't look much and that maybe I should open a new packet. I do.
Few minor setbacks, no biggie.
I boil the rice, leave it "to simmer for 15 minutes" . Great.
Read the instructions on the sauce..."Pour over chicken after it has browned. Simmer for 15 minutes". Perfectly timed.
With both things simmering nicely, I turn on the oven to heat the bread. It's done heating when there's about 6 minutes to go for the other two. Great. The bread heats in 5.
4 minutes later...
Now let's sieve and rinse the rice in boiling water...there's an awful lot of it. I don't need this much, surely?
Things start to go downhill.
No matter, I'll just have some spare, is all.
Now, the chicken, looking great. Smelling appalling. Whatever, it's probably supposed to.
CRAP I've left the bread in too long. Ah, there, I've snatched it out. Seems okay.
Now, for the tasting...
Ew. Soggy rice. Overcooked.
Chicken: tough, still smells like dirty socks.
Bread: burnt.

Dinner: ruined.