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    Chicken in a flash

    Sep 11, 2020 5 minutes
    BY CARMEN NIEHAUS
    PICTURES: JACQUES STANDER

    ONE-POT CHICKEN-AND-RICE CASSEROLE

    This tasty one-pot dish is made with chicken breasts with the skin on.

    SERVES 4-6 PREPARATION: 15 MIN COOKING: 20-30 MIN

    4 chicken breasts, skin on and deboned, cut into large chunks
    salt and freshly ground pepper (or Sichuan pepper)
    5 cardamom seeds, shelled
    10ml (2t) whole cumin seeds
    3 cinnamon sticks
    olive oil
    2 onions, sliced into rings
    250g basmati rice
    80ml ( c) raisins
    750ml (3c) chicken stock
    10g each fresh parsley and coriander, chopped
    handful toasted hazelnuts, chopped

    TO SERVE

    125ml (½c) full-cream plain yoghurt
    30ml (2T) olive oil

    1 Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Place in a large bowl and add the spices and a generous splash of olive oil. Mix thoroughly.

    Heat 30ml (2T) oil in a saucepan or pot and fry the onions slowly until caramelised. Remove from the saucepan.

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