Winter pilaf

Winter pilaf

A quick midweek meal that will help you use up leftover turkey, goose or duck, nuts and even a dollop of cranberry sauce

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 35 mins

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a pan and gently fry the onions and garlic until softened, about 5 mins. Add the spices and rice, then stir-fry for 1-2 mins. Pour in the hot stock and simmer until the stock is nearly all absorbed, about 20-25 mins. Stir in the turkey, add seasoning, then continue cooking until warmed through. Scatter over the nuts and coriander. Divide between two bowls and serve with a dollop of cranberry sauce.
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Just grab a pouch of ready-cooked basmati or wild rice and heat through with the spices, cooked onions and shredded turkey.

PER SERVING

394 kcalories, protein 14g, carbohydrate 46g, fat 18 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 2g, sugar 5g, salt 0.46 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2011.

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  • 2010-12-26 19:12:04.425576

    SPinchin rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Great and so easy, doubled it for 4, great with mango chutney!

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  • 2010-12-26 20:21:48.072263

    silverspoon rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    giving this a thumbs down, very bland and tasteless

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  • 2010-12-27 21:36:59.331486

    alcno1 rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Very nice plate of food and great for using up the festive leftovers.

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  • 2010-12-28 01:31:01.108403

    waxbud rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Great for the turkey leftovers. I added garam masala, and used brown basmati and turkey stock, right at the end I stirred in some golden raisins for interest - pretty tasty!

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  • 2010-12-30 16:21:56.198385

    Juliet commented on this recipe

    We loved this and both my husband (chef) and 13 year old son asked for seconds! We used the left over Moroccan Chicken I made for Boxing day and my husbands Cranberry and Orange Chutney provided the topping - huge success!!

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  • 2010-12-31 19:09:21.506406

    Steph rated this recipe

    5 stars

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  • 2011-01-05 17:24:09.817693

    VictoriaC rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    Horrid. Managed to be both bland and taste of too much cumin.

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  • 2011-01-08 14:03:48.466468

    ladysaturn rated and commented on this recipe

    1 stars

    A rather poor turkey pilaf recipe. There are others. I shall try again with a different rice mix.

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  • 2012-01-01 16:45:21.222429

    skacore_princess commented on this recipe

    Great recipe for leftovers. Doubled it for four and despite all of us have second helpings there was still plenty left for lunch the next day. Tasty cold as well. Did add extra cumin for more flavour.

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  • 2012-05-08 17:23:07.37943

    Ruth J commented on this recipe

    My family love this! Very quick and easy - often just use chicken breast cooked on griddle.

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  • 2012-10-19 23:24:24.479496

    oddspod rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Fairly tasty recipe, though could do with a little more flavour. Still a very quick and easy recipe from leftovers. Not sure about the proportions - I made this for only myself, and it was just enough!

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  • 2013-04-10 18:21:53.898381

    felicitycornish rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I took on board the comments here and made a few alterations. Used cardamoms, ground coriander, ground cumin and curry powder. Fried the spices for a few mins before adding the rice to bring out the flavours. Then I used a homemade chicken stock, nice and concentrated. I also added the fresh coriander at the end with the turkey and stirred it in. Served with toasted flakes almonds. It was nice and tasty.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 35 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • 1 red or white onion , chopped
  • 1 garlic clove , crushed
  • 4 cardamom pods , bashed
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 100g mixed brown and wild rice (or basmati)
  • 300ml vegetable stock
  • handful leftover cooked turkey , goose or duck, shredded
  • handful toasted nuts
  • handful coriander , roughly chopped
  • leftover cranberry sauce, to serve
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PER SERVING

394 kcalories, protein 14g, carbohydrate 46g, fat 18 g, saturated fat 3g, fibre 2g, sugar 5g, salt 0.46 g

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