The Best Chicken and Rice

30m
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Add tomato paste, smoked paprika, ground chili, lemon juice, and olive oil to a bowl and mix.
  2. 2Add chicken thighs to the mixture and mix to coat.
  3. 3Add olive oil to a pan on medium heat.
  4. 4Place chicken in the pan, skin side down.
  5. 5While chicken is browning, add rice to some water.
  6. 6Dice a red onion and a carrot.
  7. 7Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside, it will not be fully cooked yet.
  8. 8Add the carrots and onions to the pan and sweat down for a couple of minutes.
  9. 9Deglaze the pan with a little bit of stock.
  10. 10Add the cinnamon stick, ground cumin, big pinch of salt, and the drained rice to the pan.
  11. 11Stir through the vegetables.
  12. 12Add the rest of the stock and place the chicken back in the pan.
  13. 13Bring to a simmer.
  14. 14Put a lid on and turn the heat down as low as it will go and leave for 15 minutes.
  15. 15Remove the chicken and cinnamon stick from the pan.
  16. 16Stir the rice.
  17. 17Add the spinach, put the lid back on, turn the heat off, and leave for two more minutes.
  18. 18Stir the spinach through the rice.
  19. 19Taste and enjoy.

Ingredients

  • tomato paste
  • smoked paprika
  • ground chili
  • lemon juice
  • olive oil
  • chicken thighs
  • rice
  • water
  • red onion, diced
  • carrot, diced
  • stock
  • cinnamon stick
  • ground cumin
  • big pinch salt
  • spinach

Equipment

panlid