Turmeric Chicken and Rice
An all in one chicken and rice dish with beautiful turmeric flavours.
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Arborio Rice
- 1 kg Chicken, Thighs, Tenderloins or Breast
- 1-2 Cups Sweet Potato or Pumpkin, Peeled and Diced
- 3 tsp Garlic, crushed
- 3 tsp Ginger, finely chopped or grated
- 1/2 tsp Chilli paste
- 2 tsp Turmeric
- 1 tsp Paprika
- 300 gm Can Coconut cream
- 300 ml Chicken Stock
- 100 gm Butter
- 1 Lemon, juiced
- 1/4 Cup Chopped parsley
- 100 gm Baby spinach
- Pinch Salt
- Pinch Pepper
- 1 Cup Tzatziki to serve
Instructions
- Preheat the oven 180 C
- Grease a large oven dish (lasagne tray)
- Sprinkle raw rice over the base of the dish.
- In a medium saucepan heat the stock, butter, coconut cream, lemon juice. garlic, ginger, chilli, turmeric, paprika and spinach, cook 20 minutes or Thermomix 20min/80C/Sp2 Reverse.
- Place chicken and sweet potato over rice sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Add chopped parsley to sauce and pour over chicken.
- Bake uncovered for 45 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.
- Serve with a dollop of Tzatziki.
