Wednesday 6 March 2013

Spiced Chicken and Raisin Pilaf



This recipe comes from the foodiemum.com and is now a family favourite. This is a great meal to cook on Sunday afternoon so that dinner is ready to heat & eat when you get home from work on Monday night....always a sanity saver on a "Too Tired to Cook Monday"!

1 Chicken breast fillet
40g olive oil
1 onion
1 clove of garlic
2 tp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
300g Basmati rice (I used Brown rice)
1/2 cup raisins or sultanas
1 Litre water
1 Tbsp Vegetable stock
2 tomatoes
1 capsicum, finely diced
1 bunch of broccoli
1 handful of parsley, finely chopped
Cubed pumpkin

Add onion, garlic and chop
3 sec /Sp 6


Add 20g of oil, half cumin seeds (1 tsp) and cinnamon and saute
2 mins / 100 C / Sp 1 with MC off
SET ASIDE and add raisins

Using a frypan add oil, remaining cumin seeds and Chicken and cook until cooked through

Meanwhile, add rice to TM basket and rinse. Add water and stock to the bowl and place the basket with rice into TM
Add pumpkin, capsicum and broccoli to varoma and continue cooking 

15 mins / Sp3 / Varoma temp
 (Note: If using Brown rice cook for 30 min and add vegetables in varoma in last 15 minutes
Transfer vegetables and rice to a large bowl, mix through onion/raisin mixture and diced tomatoes.

Slice or shred cooked chicken and add to rice. Season with pepper.

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