Spiced chicken with rice & crisp red onions

Spiced chicken with rice & crisp red onions

Low-cholesterol diets don't have to be boring as this curried chicken from Mary Cadogan proves

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 25 mins

Low-fat, Heart healthy

Low cholesterol, source of iron, 2 of 5-a-day

Method

  1. Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Brush the chicken with 1 tsp oil, then sprinkle with curry powder. Toss the onion in the remaining oil. Put the chicken and onions in one layer in a roasting tin. Bake for 25 mins until the meat is cooked and the onions are crisp, stirring the onions halfway through the cooking time.
  2. Rinse the rice, then put in a pan with the cinnamon, saffron, salt to taste and 300ml water. Bring to the boil, stir once, add the raisins, cover. Gently cook for 10-12 mins until the rice is tender, adding the peas halfway through. Spoon the rice onto two plates, top with the chicken and scatter over the onions. Stir the herbs into the yogurt and season, if you like, before serving on the side.

Per serving

495 kcalories, protein 45g, carbohydrate 63g, fat 9 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 5g, sugar 15g, salt 0.39 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2008.

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  • 2008-01-28 17:11:48.381555

    michelle rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    very tasty and easy to make!

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  • 2008-02-08 10:35:26.946822

    Irene commented on this recipe

    Fantastic recipe. So easy and so tasty!

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  • 2008-02-13 17:16:14.451178

    DomesticLou rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was lovely, we are all trying to lose weight so appreciate any flavoursome low fat recipe. I replaced the raisins with chopped dates & didn't have any mint so just chopped all the corriander into a pot of fat free yog & served on the side. I wasn't sure how the crispy onions would be but they really bring the whole thing together.

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  • 2008-02-14 18:03:22.698311

    Annie Murch rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really tasty. I didn't have curry powder so I made up a morrocan spice mix and it worked well with that.

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  • 2008-02-22 17:28:04.437645

    Hiyamod commented on this recipe

    Nice, simple, quick.. great fast dinner with simple ingredients

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  • 2008-02-26 19:59:56.527277

    Heather rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    We loved this recipe, I wasn't sure about the onions but they were really tasty and made the meal. Its definitely something I will make again.

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  • 2008-03-10 15:33:06.114586

    Katiekoo rated and commented on this recipe

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    Quick meal for mid-week and low fat great

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  • 2008-03-20 12:29:45.541577

    tastytash rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious - all the flavours went so well together. Especially the curry falvour of the chicken with the minty yoghurt. Easy to make and very satisfying for a mid-week meal. I would also make this for a small dinner party because it was so impressive! Will be making again!

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  • 2008-03-28 23:08:27.202012

    Littlemoose rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Gorgeous! You would never guess this is actually good for you. The onions make this really tasty.

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  • 2008-04-02 19:08:00.313712

    Tony Culleton commented on this recipe

    Very nice but the herbs and yogurt were too runny for me

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  • 2008-04-04 21:22:08.870357

    Penny rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This was great, but I found the chicken too dry so I may cook in stock next time seperately to the onions, and I didn't have saffron but used turmerick instead

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  • 2008-04-30 23:34:57.705606

    sazyb rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    great recipe, I reduced the weightwatchers points by cutting out some of the oil, only doing a smaller portion of rice, didn't need the raisins or yogurt. The version I cooked worked out to be 6pts pp on weightwatchers.

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    2008-06-25 23:22:30.938383

    jca rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    great recipe, simple and easy and very tasty. This could become one of those midweek regulars as it relies on store cupboard ingredients always in the house.

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  • 2008-11-14 18:49:05.878073

    CharlyRed rated this recipe

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  • 2009-01-10 17:16:31.097259

    JimJimJim123 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I made this last night and doubled the ingredients. We all loved it,rice excellent and red onion went down a storm. Do try it with a glass of chilled white wine.

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  • 2009-02-08 19:19:06.256988

    redhot rated and commented on this recipe

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    What a delight to have somethling so healthy and tasty. The rice was absolutely delicious, who would have thought a simple cinnamon stick alone could transform a dish so easily.

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  • 2009-02-20 10:27:47.278774

    MISCHEF rated and commented on this recipe

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    mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm says it all.. so quick and simple even my new to cooking Fiancé can throw this together.. The yogurt makes it for me. This dish has become a regular in our house now.

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  • 2009-03-03 16:02:40.606682

    Bubs rated and commented on this recipe

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    Really nice, first time I have used saffron and amazed at the impact on flavour.

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  • 2009-07-04 10:22:29.891784

    merylou rated and commented on this recipe

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    This is a great recipe, really quick and easy and very tasty. This is a favourite in our house.

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  • 2009-07-10 20:48:41.050715

    Jean rated and commented on this recipe

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    yum, yum. We really enjoyed this ever so simple dish. Top tip do more onions than recipe states as they are so gorgeous. Thought it might be too dry but the chicken was moist and the raita made it. Will definitely do this again soon.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 25 mins

Low-fat, Heart healthy

Low cholesterol, source of iron, 2 of 5-a-day

Great curry flavours without the calories

Ingredients

  • 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, about 140g/5oz each
  • 1 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 2 tsp curry powder
  • 1 large red onion , thinly sliced
  • 100g basmati rice
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • pinch saffron
  • 1 tbsp raisins
  • 85g frozen peas
  • 1 tbsp chopped mint and coriander
  • 4 rounded tbsp low-fat natural yogurt
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Per serving

495 kcalories, protein 45g, carbohydrate 63g, fat 9 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 5g, sugar 15g, salt 0.39 g

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