Spiced chicken & cauliflower pilaf

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• Nicola

  19 December 2007

  Nicola commented on this recipe

  A really quick and tasty mid week meal. Easy to make with minimum preparation needed.

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• kathryn anna

  18 January 2008

  kathryn anna rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I've made this twice, each time it really bitter. Any ideas where I'm going wrong ?

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• inspiration

  03 February 2008

  inspiration rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I agree with Kathryn Anna. Didn't like this dish at all. Very bitter.

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• Nicola

  05 February 2008

  Nicola rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I made this dish and had to throw it away, not a good taste at all, we ended up having baked potatoes instead. Very frustrating after preparing it all.

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• Belkey

  07 April 2008

  Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I love this, even though no-one else seems to. A really good alternative way to use cauliflower.

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• Marieken

  19 May 2008

  Marieken commented on this recipe

  I think the bitterness comes from the lemons. When you cook lemon with the skin the bitterness (which comes from the white of the lemon-skin) can come out. I experienced it a couple of times with a pasta sauce in which lemons were cooked along for 10 minutes, and I solved it by just adding lemon at the end of the cooking time. Alternatively I would suggest grating just the yellow peel in and the juice. I am going to try that tonight to see if it works! Btw, i think some lemons (thicker skin??) do give bitter taste, while some other varieties dont, which might cause the difference in opinion about this dish...

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• Marieken

  19 May 2008

  Marieken rated and commented on this recipe

  

  It was okay, but I probably wont make it again. Bit too bland, just not the one for me. Next time its my favorite cauliflower-potato-tomato curry again!

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• Jenni

  04 April 2009

  Jenni commented on this recipe

  This was fantastic! I left out the lemon (I'm so keen on lemon in food so it's no reflection on the recipe) I've been looking for One of my favourite dishes uses half a cauliflower and the other half always goes in the bin...

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• Jenni

  04 April 2009

  Jenni commented on this recipe

  This was fantastic! I left out the lemon (I'm so keen on lemon in food so it's no reflection on the recipe) I've been looking for a good cauliflower recipe for ages as one of my favourite dishes uses half a cauliflower and the other half always goes in the bin...I don't feel bad for wasting food now, thanks ;) also still tastes as good after a night in the fridge.

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• Mrs Torode

  26 July 2009

  Mrs Torode rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This is great either with or without lemon and you only really need to use the lemon juice. You can also substitute beans for peas or any other green veg you might have in your fridge. Very easy to make.

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• Kym1706

  08 September 2010

  Kym1706 commented on this recipe

  I always omit the cauliflower and swap it for broccoli, really nice!

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• Kym1706

  08 September 2010

  Kym1706 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I always omit the cauliflower and swap it for broccoli, really nice!

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• Mariam

  14 June 2011

  Mariam rated and commented on this recipe

  

  I tried it with potatoes, couldn't get the cauliflower, and it was very good.. I used lime instead of lemon and it was great, I even added a little of the lime juice to the marinade of the chiken

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• StaceyB85

  16 March 2012

  StaceyB85 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Made this for my dinner tonight, it smelled really nice and I was looking forward to it. However it had no taste at all, really bland, the chicken was dry and the beans went a bit soggy. I had to throw it away :-(

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Ingredients

• 4 chicken breasts , skin on
• 1 tbsp medium curry powder (one with turmeric in it)
• 200g basmati rice
• 500ml chicken stock
• 200g cauliflower florets
• 200g frozen green beans
• 1 lemon , halved lengthways and sliced
• small bunch coriander , leaves and stalks separated and roughly chopped

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Serves 4

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Prep 5 mins

Cook 15 mins

Low-fat, Super healthy

Ingredients

• 4 chicken breasts , skin on
• 1 tbsp medium curry powder (one with turmeric in it)
• 200g basmati rice
• 500ml chicken stock
• 200g cauliflower florets
• 200g frozen green beans
• 1 lemon , halved lengthways and sliced
• small bunch coriander , leaves and stalks separated and roughly chopped

Per serving

360 kcalories, protein 41g, carbohydrate 45g, fat 3 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 3g, sugar 3g, salt 0.77 g

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