Chicken and greens pilaf
Use leftover chicken in this quick and easy pilaf recipe made with brown rice, savoy cabbage, peas and almonds.
Any leftover vegetables would work well in the pilaf. Instead of savoy cabbage and petits pois, try sprouts, kale or spinach.
Want to find more ways to use up leftovers? Take a look at all of our leftover chicken recipes.
-
Serves 4
-
Hands-on time 15 min, simmering time 25 min
Advertisement
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 large onion, roughly chopped
- Knob of butter
- 250g brown basmati rice
- 75g sultanas
- 750ml chicken stock
- ½ savoy cabbage, shredded
- 200g frozen petits pois
- 300g cooked chicken, shredded
- 60g blanched almonds, toasted in a dry pan, then roughly chopped
- Small handful fresh tarragon, roughly chopped
- Finely grated zest and juice ½ lemon
Advertisement
Sticky screen? No thanks! Tap to prevent your screen from going off while cooking.
Method
- Heat the oil in a deep frying or sauté pan (one with a lid) set over
a low-medium heat, then add the onion. Cook gently, without colouring, for 10 minutes or so until softened and translucent. Add the butter, rice and sultanas, stir to coat thoroughly in the oil, then pour in the poaching broth (or stock), along with a generous pinch of salt. Bring to a gentle simmer, then turn the heat down to low, cover with the lid and cook for 20 minutes until the rice is plump and tender and the liquid has nearly all been absorbed. - Remove the lid, stir in the cabbage, peas and chicken, then cook, covered, for 5 minutes more until piping hot throughout.
- Mix the almonds, tarragon, lemon zest and juice with sea salt and ground black pepper, then sprinkle over the pilaf to serve.
Recipe continues after advertising
Advertisement
- Recipe from March 2019 Issue
Nutrition
Nutrition: per serving
- Calories
- 613kcals
- Fat
- 19.7g (4g saturated)
- Protein
- 32.8g
- Carbohydrates
- 71.9g (22.4g sugars)
- Fibre
- 8.5g
- Salt
- 0.4g
Buy ingredients online
Rate & review
Rate
Reviews
Save recipe
-
Easy
Save recipe
Healthy chicken recipes
Summer chicken pilaf
A light, fresh-tasting dish that’s made for al fresco dining...
-
Easy
Save recipe
Friday night dinners
Spiced chicken pilaf with mint yogurt
A fragrant one-pot recipe using leftover chicken, rice and Moroccan...
-
Easy
Subscribe to our magazine
Food stories, skills and tested recipes, straight to your door... Enjoy 5 issues for just £5 with our special introductory offer.
Subscribe
Unleash your inner chef
Looking for inspiration? Receive the latest recipes with our newsletter