Coriander chicken pilaf recipe
Cooked in a coriander and cumin-spiced broth, this delicious pilaf recipe gives flavour-packed rice with wonderfully tender chicken. Finished with curly kale, flaked almonds and fresh lime, it's a real festival of flavour and so easy to throw together. Serve up in under an hour on a busy weeknight, or make ahead and freeze for another day.
Coriander Chicken Pilaf Recipe
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Servings
4
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
35 minutes
Calories
449
Cooked in a coriander and cumin-spiced broth, this delicious pilaf recipe gives flavour-packed rice with wonderfully tender chicken. Finished with curly kale, flaked almonds and fresh lime, it's a real festival of flavour and so easy to throw together. Serve up in under an hour on a busy weeknight, or make ahead and freeze for another day.
Ingredients
2 tbsp olive oil
2 garlic cloves
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5cm piece ginger, peeled
1 red chili, deseeded
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20g fresh coriander, roughly chopped
365g pack mini chicken fillets, chopped into chunks
1 onion, finely chopped
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1½ tsp ground coriander
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1½ tsp ground cumin
300g long-grain rice
1 vegetable stock cube, made up to 750ml
150g curly kale, sliced
2 tbsp toasted flaked almonds (optional)
1 lime, cut into wedges (optional)
Directions
Blitz 1 tbsp oil, the garlic, ginger, chili and three-quarters of the fresh coriander in a food processor. Slash the chicken pieces, then rub in the paste.
Place a large, deep, lidded nonstick frying pan over a medium-high heat and fry the chicken for 1 min each side until lightly golden. Remove from the pan; set aside. Wipe out the pan and add 1 tbsp oil. Fry the onion over a medium heat for 5 mins until starting to colour. Sprinkle over the ground spices, add the rice and stir to coat.
Pour over the stock, stir through the kale and return the chicken to the pan. Cover and simmer for 25 mins until the chicken is tender and the rice is fluffy.
Scatter with the remaining coriander and the flaked almonds. Serve with the lime wedges, if using.
Nutrition
Nutrition
- per serving
- Calories
- 449
- Fat
- 9 grams
- 13%
- Saturated Fat
- 2 grams
- 9%
- Sugar
- 3 grams
- 4%
- Salt
- 1.1 grams
- 19%
- Carbs
- 68.5 grams
- Protein
- 29.5 grams
- Fiber
- 2.4 grams