Yogurt-spiced chicken with almond & coriander rice

Yogurt-spiced chicken with almond & coriander rice

Make a midweek chicken supper a stylish affair with this quick and easy dish

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 minutes

Method

  1. Mix the yogurt and curry paste and toss with the chicken breasts. Heat a knob of butter in a wide shallow pan with a lid. Cook the onion and cardamom for 5 minutes then tip in the rice and stock. Bring to a simmer, cover and cook until all the stock is absorbed and the rice is tender (you might need to add a little more stock).
  2. Griddle or grill the chicken breasts until golden and cooked through. Stir the almonds, chilli and coriander through the rice. Slice the breasts and sit on top of the rice.

Per serving

591 kcalories, protein 53.2g, carbohydrate 67.4g, fat 14.1 g, saturated fat 3.9g, fibre 3.5g, salt 1.7 g

Recipe from olive magazine, December 2008.

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  • 27 November 2008

    Tora rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This was easy and yummy - especially the rice was a hit! I doubled the cardamon pods and almonds, and instead of chilli I used some chopped red pepper for colour and some chilli oil for flavour. The yogurt/curry mix will coat at least 6 chicken breasts, so one could cut down on the yogurt at least. I cooked the chicken in the oven at 225 degrees for about 25 minutes and it came out nice and moist.

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  • 04 December 2008

    Annie rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Good - I think next time I will add some veg to the rice to make it a little more interesting - or serve with a vegetable curry.

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  • 18 January 2009

    Chris rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really good. I used a balti paste for the chicken but will use a spicier one next time - the rice was wonderful. And very easy.

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  • 24 January 2009

    Shirley rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Didn't change a thing, it was delicious!

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  • 27 January 2009

    CaroMac rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    What a great recipe! I cooked this for dinner this evening and couldn't believe that something so easy could taste and look so good. I used extra chicken breasts and doubled the rice ingredients to feed four of us. The one remaining chicken breast I shall have in a wrap for my lunch tomorrow with salad and raita!

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  • 30 January 2009

    Good Food Recipes rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This is a great recipe and the rice is very successful - for a cook who didnt have much success with rice in past this is a real success!!!

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  • 05 February 2009

    Lushious commented on this recipe

    A nice recipe - added more cardamom though

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  • 07 February 2009

    JosephAB commented on this recipe

    Excellent recipe. I changed the rice to cous cous and removed the chicken stock.

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  • 13 February 2009

    Louise rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I very rarely cook the same mealtwice but we've had this three times now. It is very tasty. If you haven't used brown rice before bear in mind that it takes much longer to cook than white rice(around forty minutes for tender rice). Also v nice with salmon

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  • 20 February 2009

    Suzanne rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this for dinner last night and it was absolutely delicious. I used Tikka Paste and baked the chicken in the oven. The chicken was so moist. Will definitely be a regular dinner in our house!

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  • 26 February 2009

    Jackie rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This was very tasty and very easy to but make but a little dry when you eat it, would be nice with sauce.

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  • 27 February 2009

    Kelven22 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This dish has become our new family favourite!! The flavours are incredible and the cooking couldn't be easirer!!

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  • 02 March 2009

    beena commented on this recipe

    This dish was dilicious, the comments and suggestions made my dish even better. IT WAS A WINNER!!! the rice was the best thing about it....

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  • 18 March 2009

    Laura rated this recipe

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  • 03 June 2009

    Siobhan rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Nice midweek dinner receipe but not for a special occasion. Agree with Annie in that adding more vegetables to the rice to make it more interesting. Didn't pack the flavour that I thought it would.

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  • 14 June 2009

    Linn rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Followed suggestions and used a few extra cardamom pods. Also added a star anise and tumeric for extra colour. Turned out great!

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  • 01 August 2009

    bugga22 rated this recipe

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  • 07 November 2009

    recipes rated and commented on this recipe

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    Was surprised at how much flavour this had given the few ingredients. Really nice chicken and the rice was lovely, will definitely be making again to go with a curry. Don't like brown rice so used white and added turmeric for colour

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  • 21 November 2009

    Natalie rated this recipe

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  • 27 December 2009

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 150ml natural yogurt
  • 1 tbsp Madras or other Indian curry paste
  • 2 chicken breasts
  • butter
  • 1 onion , halved and sliced
  • 3 cardamom pods , squashed
  • 150g brown basmati rice
  • 350ml chicken stock
  • 1 tbsp flaked almonds , toasted
  • 1 red chilli , finely chopped (optional)
  • ½ bunch coriander , chopped
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Per serving

591 kcalories, protein 53.2g, carbohydrate 67.4g, fat 14.1 g, saturated fat 3.9g, fibre 3.5g, salt 1.7 g

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