quick dinners
Roast chicken & spiced rice
Different types of rice will absorb liquid at different rates, so use the liquid quantities here as a guide, and top up with a little extra if needed.
SERVES 4 PREP 15 mins COOK 50 mins EASY
1 chicken stock cube
4 tbsp mild or medium curry paste (we used korma)
2 tbsp butter or oil, plus extra for frying
350g basmati rice
1 cinnamon stick
6-8 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
1 onion, halved and sliced
20g toasted almonds
350g green beans handful of coriander leaves mango chutney, to serve
Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/ gas 6. Pour 800ml just-boiled water into a heatproof jug, crumble in the stock cube and stir through along with half the curry paste and the butter or oil. Pour the mixture into a large baking dish or roasting tin (ours was 25
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