Even fast food should be super tasty especially when you are tired after a long day and this creamy and succulent chicken pilaf comes together in a matter of minutes, tastes delicious and is all made in one pan too.
Chicken Pilaf
This is such a busy week for me what with zapping back and forth into Glasgow each day to do my talks and demos at the Country Living Magazine Christmas fair. It is all go, go, go and I sometimes feel like I’m chasing my tail.
I have to have meals well organised when I’m busy like this. If I don’t there is the dreadful temptation to forgo all healthy living and hit the chip shop. No, I will not succumb!
Pulling together quick and easy meals is the way to go, being well prepared and knowing that you really can create good food fast helps to avoid temptation.
This Chicken Pilaf is so easy to make and is packed with flavour, it’s great comfort food after a long day and something you can knock up in half an hour.
Chicken and rice
This is a great way of using up leftover chicken from a roast dinner or if you don’t have a roast to hand you can just use a small package of cooked chicken from the supermarket.
Everything in this recipe is a case of using up little bits and pieces from the fridge and embracing the larder for all your spices and a little dried fruit.
I’ve used brown basmati rice, but feel free to use any long grain rice you like.
Toast your seeds in a dry pan for a few minutes till they start to release their wonderful aroma. Doing this makes them far more exciting and tasty and only takes a moment or two.
One-pot chicken
You only need one pan for this recipe so it saves on washing up too. Your chicken pilaf will come together in 30 minutes start to finish and in my book that’s pretty much good old-fashioned homemade fast food.
This Chicken Pilaf is quick easy comfort food and packed with feel-good ingredients too that all help to boost your mood.
Looking for more quick and easy chicken recipes to try? Then check these out before you go;
Quick and easy chicken traybake with chickpeas and lemon
Quick and easy hunter’s chicken
Basque chicken (poulet Basquese)
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Quick and easy one-pot Chicken Pilaf
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- pinch saffron
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 4 cardamom pods crushed
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 tbsp sultanas
- 1/2 courgette chopped
- 1/2 cup sweetcorn
- 1 cup brown basmati rice
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 175 g cooked chicken
- 2 large tomatoes chopped
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh mint
- 2 tbsp roasted pumpkin sunflower seeds and pine nuts
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large pan and cook all spices and chopped garlic for 5 minutes.
- Add the chopped courgette and corn kernals and cook for 5 minutes
- Add the rice and make sure it is well coated in the spiced oil before adding the chicken stock, cover and cook for 15 minutes.
- Add the chopped chicken and tomatoes and cook for another 5 minutes.
- Scatter with fresh mint and the roasted seeds and nuts just before serving.
Notes
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