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600 g boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into 3 cm pieces
300 g basmati rice (dry), rinsed
1 large onion, chopped (200 g)
200 g carrot, diced
150 g frozen peas
3 garlic cloves, chopped (15 g)
40 ml extra-virgin olive oil (36 g)
3 g ground cumin
3 g ground coriander
650 ml reduced-salt chicken stock, labelled gluten free (650 g)
15 g flat-leaf parsley, chopped
20 ml lemon juice (20 g)
2 g iodised table salt
Ground black pepper, to taste
Method
Warm half the oil in a wide heavy pan with a lid over medium-high heat and brown the chicken in two batches, 3-4 minutes a batch. Crowding the pan steams it and you lose the browning that flavours the whole dish. Set it aside.
Add the rest of the oil, then the onion and carrot, and cook 8 minutes over medium heat until softened. Stir in the garlic and spices for 1 minute.
Add the rinsed rice and stir it for a minute so every grain is coated in the fat.
Return the chicken, add the stock and salt, bring to a simmer, then cover and cook on the lowest heat for 15 minutes. Do not lift the lid: the steam trapped in there is what cooks the top layer of rice.
Stir the peas in for the last 3 minutes of the covered cook, then take the pan off the heat and leave it, still covered, for 10 minutes. The rice finishes in its own steam and the grains separate properly.
Fork it through with the lemon juice and parsley and season with pepper.
Tomorrow
Reheats well with a splash of water under a lid.
Safety and storage
Cook to
75°C / 167°F in the centre (poultry, including minced poultry)
Keeps
2 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 75°C
The Food Safety Information Council table gives poultry, whole or minced, as 75°C in the centre. Colour and clear juices are not a reliable test. Check the thickest part with a thermometer.
Cooked rice and pasta keep two days rather than three, so this dish takes the shorter time. Cool it fast: split large amounts into shallow containers as soon as it stops steaming, and have it in the fridge within two hours. Reheat once only, until steaming hot right through, at least 75°C in the centre.
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Everything cooked in one pan: chicken browned first, then rice toasted in the same fat and simmered with stock until the grains stand separate.
Ingredients
600 g boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into 3 cm pieces
300 g basmati rice (dry), rinsed
1 large onion, chopped (200 g)
200 g carrot, diced
150 g frozen peas
3 garlic cloves, chopped (15 g)
40 ml extra-virgin olive oil (36 g)
3 g ground cumin
3 g ground coriander
650 ml reduced-salt chicken stock, labelled gluten free (650 g)
15 g flat-leaf parsley, chopped
20 ml lemon juice (20 g)
2 g iodised table salt
Ground black pepper, to taste
Approximate per serving
2394 kJ / 572.1 kcal · protein 38.2 g · carbohydrate 66.1 g · fibre 7.1 g · fat 15.1 g · sodium 716.7 mg
Method
Warm half the oil in a wide heavy pan with a lid over medium-high heat and brown the chicken in two batches, 3-4 minutes a batch. Crowding the pan steams it and you lose the browning that flavours the whole dish. Set it aside.
Add the rest of the oil, then the onion and carrot, and cook 8 minutes over medium heat until softened. Stir in the garlic and spices for 1 minute.
Add the rinsed rice and stir it for a minute so every grain is coated in the fat.
Return the chicken, add the stock and salt, bring to a simmer, then cover and cook on the lowest heat for 15 minutes. Do not lift the lid: the steam trapped in there is what cooks the top layer of rice.
Stir the peas in for the last 3 minutes of the covered cook, then take the pan off the heat and leave it, still covered, for 10 minutes. The rice finishes in its own steam and the grains separate properly.
Fork it through with the lemon juice and parsley and season with pepper.
Tomorrow
Reheats well with a splash of water under a lid.
Safety and storage
Cook to
75°C / 167°F in the centre (poultry, including minced poultry)
Keeps
2 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 75°C
The Food Safety Information Council table gives poultry, whole or minced, as 75°C in the centre. Colour and clear juices are not a reliable test. Check the thickest part with a thermometer.
Cooked rice and pasta keep two days rather than three, so this dish takes the shorter time. Cool it fast: split large amounts into shallow containers as soon as it stops steaming, and have it in the fridge within two hours. Reheat once only, until steaming hot right through, at least 75°C in the centre.
Cooking for a diagnosed coeliac diet, where getting gluten out is the treatment and the rest is making that easy to live with. Diagnosis, testing and follow-up stay with your own team, and no recipe can vouch for your kitchen or a manufacturer’s production line.
