Middle Eastern-style Chicken Pilaf Recipe | Waitrose & Partners (2024)

Transform a simple chicken and rice dish into something special with the addition of Lebanese 7 Spice, a delicious blend with warm, peppery flavours

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Healthy

Serves4
CourseMain meal
Prepare15 mins
Cook35 mins
Total time50 mins

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Ingredients

200g Essential Brown Basmati Rice
125g Essential Greek Style Yogurt
1 Essential Lemon, scrubbed then zested, plus 1 tsp juice
4 cloves crushed garlic
1 tbsp Essential Olive Oil
2 Essential Onions, chopped
500g Essential British Chicken Thigh Fillets, cut into small pieces
1 tbsp Cooks’ Ingredients Lebanese 7-Spice Style Blend
260g pack Essential Spinach, washed
40g raisins or sultanas
½ x 25g pack mint, leaves only, chopped

Method

Cook the rice in boiling, lightly salted waterfor 30 minutes, or until just tender. Combinethe yogurt, lemon juice, ¼ of the garlic andplenty of black pepper in a small bowl.
Heat the oil in a large frying pan orflameproof casserole, then add the onionsand chicken. Fry gently, turning the ingredientsfrequently for 10 minutes, or until the chickenis pale golden and the juices run clear with nopink meat. Stir in the spice blend and remaininggarlic, then continue to stir over a gentle heatfor 2 minutes. Pile the spinach on top, coverwith a lid and cook gently for 2-3 minutes, untilthe spinach has wilted.
Thoroughly drain the rice and add to thechicken with the raisins. Heat through briefly,until any moisture from the spinach hasevaporated. Season to taste. Scatter withthe mint and lemon zest, then serve with thegarlic yogurt.

Cook’s tip

The sweetness of the raisins balances and enhances other ingredients in this recipe. If you’re not keen on them, use other dried fruit such as apricots, dates or figs, chopped into small pieces. Or leave out altogether.

Nutritional

Typical values per serving when made using specific products in recipe

Energy	1,994kJ/ 475kcals
Fat	17g
Saturated Fat	5.3g
Carbohydrates	40g
Sugars	14g
Fibre	4.9g
Protein	39g
Salt	0.3g

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