Piri piri chicken with Spanish-style rice

Ingredients

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Units: Metric Imperial (US)

Measurements explained

• 4 x 125g chicken breasts
  
• ½ cup piri piri marinade
  
• 3 large courgettezucchiniXszucchini, summer squashX, thinly sliced lengthways
  
• 1 red onion, finely chopped
  
• 2 large capsicums (1 red, 1 yellow), finely chopped
  
• 2 x 250g pouches microwaveable brown rice
  
• 2 teaspoons paprika
  
• ½ cup chopped fresh coriandercilantroX

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Instructions

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1. Cut each chicken breast in half horizontally to form 2 small fillets. Place in a large bowl with marinade and turn to coat. Set aside.
2. Preheat a barbecue hotplate or spray a grill pan with olive oil and set over a high heat. Cook courgette for 1–2 minutes, or until charred and tender. Transfer to serving plates.
3. Reheat barbecue or same grill pan over a medium-high heat. Cook chicken for 3–4 minutes on each side, or until browned and cooked through.
4. Meanwhile, spray a medium non-stick frying pan with oil and set over a medium-high heat. Cook onion and capsicum, stirring, for 5 minutes, or until golden and tender. Add brown rice and paprika and cook, stirring, for 2–3 minutes, or until heated through. Stir in coriander. Serve chicken with rice and courgette.

Variations

Make it gluten free: Check paprika and peri peri marinade are gluten free.

HFG tip

Marinated chicken is suitable to freeze.

Nutrition info (per serve)

Calories 482 cal

Kilojoules 2020 kJ

Total fat 12 g

Saturated fat 2 g

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First published: Oct 2017

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