Easy chicken breyani

A quick, rice dish that requires minimum ingredients, but delivers maximum taste.
Recipe By:Nina Timm
Serves:4 to 6
Cooking Time:30 minutes
Prep Time:10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 4 chicken breasts, cut into small pieces
  • 250g rice
  • 1 onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 tbsp curry powder
  • 2 tsp turmeric, ground
  • 3 Tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 litre chicken/ vegetable stock
  • salt
  • 1.5 g pepper
  • 1 tin lentils (optional)
  • 1 sachet Spice Mecca Breyani Spice Mix
  • 2 Tbsp egg, whisked
  • 1 tomato, de-seeded and finely chopped
  • 3 coriander, finely chopped
  • 30 g almond slivers, toasted
  • 125ml sultanas or chopped dried apricots

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Cooking Instructions

  1. Heat the oil in a pot and add the onion and all the spices.
  2. Stir and brown slightly, and allow to soften.
  3. Add the chicken or lentils and just stir through.
  4. Add the rice and stock and simmer for about ½ hour until the rice is cooked and has absorbed all the liquid. Taste and adjust seasoning.
  5. Dish up and dress with the almonds, chopped tomato, boiled egg and chopped coriander.
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