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Chicken and Rice Bake

A super-easy one-tin chicken bake recipe from Nadiya's Family Favourites, this dish of chicken and spiced rice is sure to be a hit with the whole family.

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Introduction

This savoury traybake recipe gives me so much joy. All the magic happens in the oven, leaving no mess to clear up on the stove. Because the rice is cooked in the tray, you end up with lovely toasted bits as well as fluffy grains. And the chicken, rubbed with spices, is cooked right on top. All it needs is the family to eat it, and they are never too far away.

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Ingredients

For the rice:
oil, for greasing
1 large onion, finely diced
3 cloves of garlic, chopped
50g clarified butter, melted (or butter)
270g basmati rice
2 cardamom pods, seeds only
650ml hot chicken stock (or boiling water)
200g frozen peas
1 large handful of fresh coriander, chopped
For the chicken:
8 chicken drumsticks, with skin on
2 tbsp oil
1 tsp salt
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp cayenne pepper

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas mark 6. Lightly grease a large roasting tray and put in the onion and garlic. Drizzle over the melted butter and give the onion a stir. Bake for 10–15 minutes, making sure it doesn’t begin to burn. Keep an eye on it – if the edges are catching too quickly, take the tray out and give it all another stir before putting it back in.

While the onion is cooking, rub the drumsticks with the oil and mix the salt, garlic, onion and cayenne in a bowl. Cover the drumsticks all over with the spicy rub.

Take out the tray of onion and add the rice and cardamom seeds. Stir the rice into the onion mix and put the drumsticks on top. Pour in the stock. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.

Take out of the oven, lift the chicken drumsticks on to a side plate, then add the peas to the rice and lightly stir them through. Replace the chicken pieces and bake without the foil for another 15 minutes.

Stir in the chopped coriander and serve.

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2 Comments

    default user avatar SuziQ

    Great all in one pan. Super tasty.

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    default user avatar Robert

    I’ve done this many times, my lot prefer diced breast instead of drumsticks, but always goes down a treat. So easy to cook even for a novice like me.

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From the book: Nadiya’s Family Favourites

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