Roast Chicken With Herbed Tomato Rice
- Ready In:
- 1hr 17mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 4 chicken thighs, skin on, bone in
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 large red onion, diced
- 8 sprigs thyme
- 1⁄4 cup flat leaf parsley
- 2 tablespoons basil leaves, chopped
- 2 cups long grain rice, well rinsed
- 2 cups tomato puree
- 4 cups chicken stock
- 4 cups vegetables, steamed
directions
- preheat oven to 200c.season chicken with salt and pepper. Heat oil in deep,heavy based frying pan over high heat.Add chicken and cook,skin side down for 5-6 minutes or untill skin is golden.Turn and cook a further 3 minutes.Transfer to a plate.
- Add onion and thyme to frying pan.Cook,stirring occasionaly,for 2 minutes or untill soft.Add parsely,basil,ricetomatopuree and stock.Bring to boil.Remove from heat.Transfer mixture to an ovenproof dish.
- Place chicken,skin side up,on rice mixture season with salt and pepper.Roast,uncovered for 35 minutes or untill rice is soft and chicken is cooked.Serve with steamed vegetables.
- Note you could use chicken breast fillets(on bone) or drumsticks instead of thighs.
- Variation If you like olives,add 1 cup of pitted kalalata olives to the rice at the end of step 2,before topping with chicken.
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