Chicken and Broad Bean Pilaf Recipe

Chicken and broad bean pilaf

Name: Chicken and broad bean pilaf
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 1 onion finely sliced; olive oil; 2 skinless chicken thigh fillets sliced into strips; 100g basmati rice; 250ml chicken stock; 100g (shelled weight) broad beans double podded if you like; ½ bunch dill chopped; 2 tbsp toasted flaked almonds

Janine Ratcliffe

Published: December 19, 2014 at 2:33 PM

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Serves 2

Easy

Total time: 30 mins

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Pilaf makes the best fast rice dish. This healthy chicken recipe serves 2 and can be whipped up in half an hour. Add broad beans and flaked almonds, then serve

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Ingredients

Nutrition

1 onion

finely sliced
olive oil
2 skinless chicken thigh fillets

sliced into strips
100g basmati rice
250ml chicken stock
100g (shelled weight) broad beans

double podded if you like
½ bunch dill

chopped
2 tbsp toasted flaked almonds

Nutrition: per serving

kcal493

low
fat12.2g
carbs47.5g
fibre5.9g
protein45.4g
salt0.6g

Method

step 1

Fry the onion for a minute in a little oil in a medium saucepan, then add the chicken and season well. Stir until browned, then add the rice, fold it through, add the stock and bring to a simmer. Put a lid on the pan and cook for 8 minutes, then add the broad beans and cook for another 4 minutes. Stir through the dill and sprinkle over the almonds.

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Janine RatcliffeFood director

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