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Chicken pilaf traybake

This simple, all-in-one rice dish has a delicious lemony zing and tasty pomegranate crunch

This simple, all-in-one rice dish has a delicious lemony zing and tasty pomegranate crunch

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Cooking Time

Cook: 1 Hour

Cooking Time

Serves: 4

Cooking Time

Price: 84p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 381g serving contains

Energy
1802kj
431kcal
22%
Fat
13.3g
Med
19%
Saturates
4.2g
Med
21%
Sugars
4.6g
Low
5%
Salt
0.50g
Med
8%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
473kj/113kcal

Ingredients

700g Butcher's Selection British Chicken Thighs

2tsp rapeseed oil

1 large onion, sliced

1 clove garlic, sliced

2 x 250g pouches Asda Micro Basmati Rice

1 lemon, ½ juiced and zested, ½ cut into wedges to serve

1 pomegranate, seeds only

10g coriander, torn

Method

1
Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.
2
Put the chicken thighs in an ovenproof dish, rub over 1tsp of the oil and season with black pepper. Cook in the oven for 30 mins until the chicken skin is turning crisp and golden.
3
Put the onion and garlic in a bowl and mix with the remaining oil.
4
Remove the dish from the oven and stir in the onion mixture. Return to the oven for 10 mins.
5
Tip the rice into the dish with the lemon juice and 200ml water, and stir together. Return to the oven for 15 mins until the chicken is cooked through.
6
Sprinkle over the zest and pomegranate seeds, then serve with the lemon wedges and coriander.