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One-pot peri-peri chicken pilaf
Kick dull dinners to the kerb with this low-faff pilaf! Flavour-packed chicken thighs are fried with onions, peppers, tomatoes and chillies, with peri-peri bringing the party vibes. Then there’s the super-satisfying rice, soaking up all those vibrant flavours and letting them shine. Delicious!
SWK: Source of fibre
SWK: High protein
Plants 5
one pot
Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 onion
- 1 pepper
- 1 chilli
- 300g skinless & boneless chicken thighs (raw skinless boneless chicken thighs)
- 2 tsp peri-peri seasoning (Garlic Granules, Ground Paprika, Red Pepper, Crushed Chilies, Onion Granules, Rubbed Oregano, Lemon Peel, Birds Eye Chilli Powder, Cracked Black Pepper)
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 1 chicken stock cube (use half) (Celery) (sea salt, potato starch*, sustainable palm oil* , sugar*, chicken fat* 3.5%, yeast extract, natural flavour, chicken meat* 1%, herbs & spices* (turmeric*, black pepper*, parsley*, rosemary*), onion powder*. * Organic ingredient)
- 140g basmati rice
- 1 handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1 unwaxed lemon
- 100g Tomatoes Baby Seasonal Mix
Nutritional Information
Calories: 489
Protein: 41g
Carbs: 79g
Fat: 9.2g
Ingredients
- 600g skinless & boneless chicken thighs (raw skinless boneless chicken thighs)
- 2 onion
- 2 pepper
- 2 x chilli
- 4 tsp peri-peri seasoning (Garlic Granules, Ground Paprika, Red Pepper, Crushed Chilies, Onion Granules, Rubbed Oregano, Lemon Peel, Birds Eye Chilli Powder, Cracked Black Pepper)
- 4 tbsp tomato purée
- 1 chicken stock cube (Celery) (sea salt, potato starch*, sustainable palm oil* , sugar*, chicken fat* 3.5%, yeast extract, natural flavour, chicken meat* 1%, herbs & spices* (turmeric*, black pepper*, parsley*, rosemary*), onion powder*. * Organic ingredient)
- 280g basmati rice
- 1 handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1 unwaxed lemon
- 190g Tomatoes Baby Seasonal Mix
Nutritional Information
Calories: 480
Protein: 41g
Carbs: 77g
Fat: 9.2g
One-pot peri-peri chicken pilaf
Kick dull dinners to the kerb with this low-faff pilaf! Flavour-packed chicken thighs are fried with onions, peppers, tomatoes and chillies, with peri-peri bringing the party vibes. Then there’s the super-satisfying rice, soaking up all those vibrant flavours and letting them shine. Delicious!
Cook time:
35 mins
Cuisine:
European
Food group:
Poultry
Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- 1 large non stick pan with lid
Prep the chicken & veg
- On a clean board, trim any visible fat from the chicken, then cut into bite-size chunks.
- Peel and thinly slice the onions, then deseed and thinly slice the peppers. Finely dice the chillies (deseed for less heat).
Time to fry
- Spritz a large, deep non-stick frying pan with cooking spray and put it over a medium-high heat.
- Fry the chicken, onions, peppers, chillies and tomatoes for 6-7 mins until the chicken is browned all over.
Let it all bubble away nicely
- Add the peri-peri spice mix and tomato purée to the pan and cook for 1 minute. Crumble in half the stock cube, pour in 500ml boiled water (use all the stock and 700ml water for 4 portions), add the rice and stir well.
- Cover the pan with a lid and simmer for 10-12 minutes, until the rice and chicken are cooked through and the stock has reduced.
Add your finishing touches
- Finely chop the parsley.
- Stir the parsley and the juice of the lemon into the rice and serve.