Chicken Jollof-Style Rice
A smoky, spiced chicken-and-rice that's spicy, tangy and flavor packed. One-pot comfort food with 405 calories and 29g protein per serving, designed to fit your macros.
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Ingredients
- 1 largered bell pepper, diced
- 1 largetomato, diced
- 2onions, diced and chopped
- 10garlic cloves, whole and chopped
- 4dried red chillies
- 500 gboneless chicken thighs
- 1 tbsplemon juice
- 2 tsphoney
- 1 tspchilli flakes
- 1 tsporegano
- 1 tspperi peri seasoning
- 0.25 tspturmeric powder
- 1 tspcoriander powder
- 0.5 tsppepper powder
- 2no-salt chicken stock cubes
- 1 tbsptomato paste or 2 tbsp tomato puree
- 1bay leaf
- 2 cupshot water
- 1 cupbasmati rice, soaked
- 1 handfulcoriander leaves, chopped
- salt to taste
- oil spray
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Method
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Heat a few sprays of oil in a pan over medium. Add the bell pepper, tomato, onion, whole garlic and drained chillies with a pinch of salt. Cook until brown and soft with some water. Cool, then blend with remaining spice paste ingredients and some water until smooth.
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Cook one-third of the paste with the chicken and a few sprays oil. Cook 12-15 minutes, turning occasionally, until the chicken is glossy, sticky and brown. Remove and set aside. 12-15 minutes
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3
In the same pan, add a few more sprays of oil. Add the chopped onion and garlic and saute 2 minutes until soft. Stir in the tomato paste and cook 1 minute, then add the remaining paste and cook a further 5 minutes to deepen the flavor. 2 minutes
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4
Add bay leaf, hot water and a little salt and the stock cube if using. Stir in rice. Bring to a simmer, cover, and cook on low for 15 mins until the rice is done. 15 mins
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5
Place the chicken pieces back over the rice, sprinkle coriander leaves, cover and cook 2 minutes and serve hot. 2 minutes
Nutrition per serving
Estimated from USDA data for 4 servings. Sodium 306mg, fiber 3.2g.
