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The Best Chicken and Rice
30m
Serves 1
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30m
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Directions
1
Add tomato paste, smoked paprika, ground chili, lemon juice, and olive oil to a bowl and mix.
2
Add chicken thighs to the mixture and mix to coat.
3
Add olive oil to a pan on medium heat.
4
Place chicken in the pan, skin side down.
5
While chicken is browning, add rice to some water.
6
Dice a red onion and a carrot.
7
Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside, it will not be fully cooked yet.
8
Add the carrots and onions to the pan and sweat down for a couple of minutes.
9
Deglaze the pan with a little bit of stock.
10
Add the cinnamon stick, ground cumin, big pinch of salt, and the drained rice to the pan.
11
Stir through the vegetables.
12
Add the rest of the stock and place the chicken back in the pan.
13
Bring to a simmer.
14
Put a lid on and turn the heat down as low as it will go and leave for 15 minutes.
15
Remove the chicken and cinnamon stick from the pan.
16
Stir the rice.
17
Add the spinach, put the lid back on, turn the heat off, and leave for two more minutes.
18
Stir the spinach through the rice.
19
Taste 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
pan
lid
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