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Easy Chicken and Rice Pilaf Recipe For Chicken Traybake

Healthy chicken pilaf traybake

Name: Healthy chicken pilaf traybake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 1 onion thinly sliced; 1 clove garlic crushed; 1 tsp ground turmeric; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 lemon juiced; olive oil; 4 whole chicken thighs; 250g cooked basmati rice (use a pouch or leftovers); a handful dill chopped

Janine Ratcliffe

Published: August 8, 2019 at 4:01 PM

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Serves 2

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 50 mins

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Add a bit of spice to your chicken traybake with cinnamon, cumin and turmeric. This simple pilaf with chicken thighs makes for an easy, nutritious midweek dinner

Gluten free

Healthy

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Try this recipe for healthy chicken and rice, then check out our healthy chicken curry, healthy chicken korma, healthy 0ne-pan chicken and rice and more healthy chicken recipes.

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Ingredients

Nutrition

1 onion

thinly sliced
1 clove garlic

crushed
1 tsp ground turmeric
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 lemon

juiced
olive oil
4 whole chicken thighs
250g cooked basmati rice

(use a pouch or leftovers)
a handful dill

chopped

Nutrition: per serving

kcal496

low
fat22.6g
saturates5.4g
carbs42.8g
sugars4.8g
fibre3.7g
protein28.4g
salt0.3g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Put the onion, garlic, spices and lemon juice in an ovenproof dish that the chicken thighs will fit in snugly, with just a little space between them.
step 2

Add 1 tbsp oil and some seasoning, then stir everything together. Sit the chicken thighs on top of the onion mix and season. Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes.
step 3

Remove the foil and bake for another 20 minutes. Take out the chicken pieces then stir the rice and most of the dill into the roasted onion mix.
step 4

Sit the chicken back on top and bake for another 10 minutes. Serve with a little extra dill sprinkled on top.

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