Chicken pilau rice
Ingredients
350g. Basmati rice
2tbsp. Oilve oil
4 Chicken breast fillets . Cut into 1cm pieces
2 onions chopped
750ml. cold chicken stock
1 small cinnamon stick or 1tsp. ground cinnamon
100g. sultanas
325g. frozen peas
50g. cleaned pistachio nuts
2tsp. fresh flat leaf parsley chopped
Method
1. Put rice in a sieve and rinse under cold running water. Leave to drain.
2. Heat 1tbsp oil in a pan and cook the onion untill soft. Add the rice and stir to coat the grains. Add the chicken and any juices, the stock and cinnamon, and heat untill simmering. Cover the pan and simmer for 7 minutes.~
3. Remove the lid and add the sultanas and peas. Cover again and cook for another 8-10 minutes.
4. Stir in the nuts and parsley , leave in the pan with the heat turned off and the lid on for another 5 minutes .
