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Fragrant Chicken Pilaf.

You can cook Fragrant Chicken Pilaf using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Fragrant Chicken Pilaf

1. You need 6 of chicken thighs.
2. You need 1 of onion, diced.
3. Prepare 2 cloves of garlic, crushed.
4. Prepare 1 tsp of turmeric.
5. You need 1 tsp of cumin seeds.
6. You need 1/2 tsp of garam masala.
7. You need of Salt and pepper.
8. Prepare 1 pack of microwave brown rice (or 250g cooked rice).
9. Prepare 1 tbsp of olive oil.
10. It's 1 of lemon, juiced.
11. It's of Fresh dill and flaked almonds to garnish.

Fragrant Chicken Pilaf instructions

1. Put the onions, garlic, lemon juice, turmeric and cumin seeds in an ovenproof dish. Add the olive oil and mix together..
2. Place your chicken in the dish, turn it over in the onion and spice mixture to get some of the spices on the chicken then turn it skin side up, brush off any onions on the skin, season with salt, pepper and the garam masala, then cover the whole dish with foil..
3. Bake for 20 minutes then remove the foil and bake for a further 20 minutes uncovered..
4. Remove from the oven and take the chicken out, then add your cold microwave rice. Give it all a good stir so the rice is coated in the spiced onion mixture. Put the chicken back on top and bake for a further 15 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through. Sprinkle with dill and flaked almonds before serving..