Peri Peri Chicken with Spicy Rice
Nice quick and simple thing to cook when you don’t have any ideas. I’ll usually have chicken marinated in peri peri sauce ready to go for a quick snack or for lunch with 48.4g protein, 5g fibre
Equipment
- 1 Airfryer
- 1 Gas Burners
Ingredients
- Low Calorie Oil Spray
- 1 Onion Diced
- 2 Red or Yellow Bell Pepper Diced
- 0.5 tspn Chilli Flakes
- 1 tspn Turmeric
- 1 tspn Smoked Paprika
- 300 g Long Grain Rice
- 300 ml Chicken Stock Make up from 3 chicken stock cubes or stock pot
- Salt & Pepper to Taste
- 100 g Frozen Pease
- 1 Medium Chicken Breast
- Peri Peri Marinade Dry rub or Nando's Sauce
Instructions
Preparation
- Marinate chicken breast in your choice of peri peri marinate, I prefer the dry rub as it soaks into the chicken better but Nando’s sauce is fine to use. (I’ll usually marinate a few breasts at once in some Tupperware and use as needed through the week)
- Dice onions and peppers
- Make up 600ml of chicken stock (how ever much rice you plan to use you need twice the volume of chicken stock, 1 cup of rice= make 2 cups of stock)
- Preheat the airfyer to 180 degrees C and set timer for 20 minutes
Cooking Instructions
- Spray oil in pan and place diced onion and pepper in a reasonably large saucepan. Fry up at a medium to high heat until the onions start to brown (about 3-5 mins)
- Add the chilli flakes, turmeric and smoked paprika. Cook for 2 more minutes. Add a splash of water if it starts to get a little dry.
- Add the marinated chicken to the air fryer, cook on one side for 10 minutes, flip over and cook on the other side for another 5-10 minutes (depending how crispy you like it)
- While the chicken is cooking Add the rice, chicken stock, salt and pepper. Turn the heat up and bring to the boil. Then cover with a lid and turn the heat down. Cook for 10 minutes, or until the rice is nearly cooked.
- After 7 minutes add the peas and stir. Re-cover with the lid and cook for 3 more minutes or until the rice is done to your liking and the peas are hot.
- Serve the rice and chicken together and any other sides you want. (For the ingredients stated I’d usually get 4 portions out of the rice so adjust to suit)
Notes
I like to serve with some sort of salad or a low fat coleslaw, and I use medium spice Nando’s because I’m a spice wimp.