Baked rice, spiced frazzled chicken, chickpeas, mango yoghurt

Serves: 4
Course: Main Course
Cooking Time: 0 hr 50 mins
Ingredients
  • 500ml light chicken stock
  • 250g basmati rice
  • Peel of half a lemon
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 cooked chicken legs
  • 50g butter
  • 2 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 1 red onion, peeled and thinly sliced
  • 2 tsp garam masala
  • 1 tin of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
  • 2 tbsp mango chutney
  • 150g natural yoghurt
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1 Set your oven to 180 degrees.

2 Bring the chicken stock to a simmer, tip the rice in, add the lemon then season.

3 Put a lid on the rice then bake it for 20 minutes.

4 Meanwhile shred the chicken and its skin. Put on a small roasting tray and bake for 15-20 minutes until very crisp.

5 Melt the butter in the oil, add the onions and fry over a medium heat for 10 minutes until they start to caramelise.

6 Add the garam masala and cook for two minutes, then add the chickpeas and the chicken, then season. When it is heated through, it is ready.

7 Ripple the chutney through the yoghurt and serve with the rice and spiced chicken.

Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn

Paul Flynn is a chef, restaurateur and contributor to The Irish Times. He and his wife, Máire, run the Tannery restaurant and cookery school in Dungarvan, Co Waterford