Slow Cooker Spicy Fruit and Nut Chicken Pilaf

Name: Slow Cooker Spicy Fruit and Nut Chicken Pilaf
Total time: 14400 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 skinless chicken thighs; 1 onion, red or white, thinly sliced; 2 tbsp oil, olive or vegetable; 1 tsp turmeric; 350 grams long grain rice (I use easy-cook); 100 grams sultanas or raisins; 1 liter chicken stock, from cube is fine; to taste salt & pepper; 100 grams macademia or cashew nuts or almonds

Panda.s @cook_3715208

London/ Essex Border. U.K.

Fruity, spicy & nutty (Bit like me!!, wife says one out of three ain't bad...)

Panda.s @cook_3715208

London/ Essex Border. U.K.

Fruity, spicy & nutty (Bit like me!!, wife says one out of three ain't bad...)

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Ingredients

240 mins

4 servings

8skinless chicken thighs
1onion, red or white, thinly sliced
2 tbspoil, olive or vegetable
1 tspturmeric
350 gramslong grain rice (I use easy-cook)
100 gramssultanas or raisins
1 literchicken stock, from cube is fine
to tastesalt & pepper
100 gramsmacademia or cashew nuts or almonds

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Steps

240 mins

1

Heat oil in frying pan, add onion and fry, without colouring, until soft, drain and place in slow cooker.
2

Place rice, sultanas, turmeric and stock in slow cooker, stir gently.
3

Fry chicken in frying pan until sealed and lightly coloured, add to slow cooker. You can use boneless thighs if you prefer.
4

Cook on low for 3-4 hours, high for 1 1/2 - 2 hours. Add more stock if required during cooking, check chicken is cooked through. Check rice is cooked too.
5

Dry-fry the nuts in a frying pan until golden.
6

Check seasoning of chicken, add salt & pepper to taste. Remove chicken, gently fork through rice to fluff up.
7

Place rice on plate, put chicken on top, and sprinkle nuts over. You can stir nuts into rice at step 6 if you like.
8

You can substitute pine nuts

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Panda.s @cook_3715208

on September 29, 2015 17:30

London/ Essex Border. U.K.

When I left school I trained as a chef,worked in 5*London hotel for a few years.Drifted into transport planning,retired, do most of the cooking at home.Now have more time to play (experiment) in the kitchen, like to add my own twist to recipes ( my wife calls it 'tampering'!) bake bread and make / decorate novelty cakes for family and close friends.Two daughters and three grandchildren. Celebrated Ruby wedding anniversary with wife Pam 2014.