Recipe: Tasty Vickys Chicken & Apricot Pilaf, GF DF EF SF NF

Vickys Chicken & Apricot Pilaf, GF DF EF SF NF.

You can have Vickys Chicken & Apricot Pilaf, GF DF EF SF NF using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Vickys Chicken & Apricot Pilaf, GF DF EF SF NF

1. It's 4 tbsp of sunflower spread / butter or oil, divided.
2. You need 900 grams of chicken, chopped into bitesize pieces.
3. It's 2 of onions, finely sliced.
4. Prepare 1 clove of garlic, crushed.
5. Prepare 1 tsp of ground cumin.
6. It's 1 tsp of ground coriander.
7. It's 1/2 tsp of ground turmeric.
8. You need 400 grams of dry basmati rice.
9. You need 75 grams of dried apricots, chopped.
10. You need 960 ml of chicken stock.
11. Prepare 80 grams of frozen peas.
12. It's 80 grams of toasted pine nuts or almonds (optional).
13. It's 60 grams of raisins.

Vickys Chicken & Apricot Pilaf, GF DF EF SF NF instructions

1. Melt 2 tbsp of the fat in a large pan and batch cook the chicken through.
2. Remove, drain and set aside then melt the rest of the fat and cook off the onion, garlic and spices until the onion is soft.
3. Add in the apricots and rice and toss to coat in the spice.
4. Pour in the stock, cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
5. Remove from the heat, stir in the chicken then let stand, covered for a further 15 minutes.
6. Stir in the nuts, peas & raisins and let stand again for 5 minutes before serving.