Finally last weekend I got the required to chance to attempt to cook something new. A roasted chicken is always a good thing. But I didn't wash mash, as sausages and mashages were slated for the next day. So, variety being the spice of life and all I tried for a rice-y roast.
Ingredients:
- 1 Biggish chicken
- Rice
- 2 medium onions
- 2 courgettes
- 3 peppers
- Spices: Saffron, garlic, chilli and paprika
- Wipe chicken with olive oil (so the spices stick) and dust with chilli flakes, paprika and salt and pepper. Dusting the cavity also. Into the oven at 180c until cooked ~ 1 hour 3/4s in my case
- Have a cup of tea and an episode of Pointless, after which there was about an hour to go for the Chicken
- Return: baste the chicken
- Stick the peppers on a tray at the bottom of the oven and roast them. Then shortly afterwards add the courgettes.
- Chop the onions and set onto a slow fry. Likewise chop the garlic
- Getting towards the end now, set the rice on to cook - adding a pinch of Saffron.
- Cook a cup full of peas
- I wanted both crispy chicken and some colour on the courgettes, so out with the chicken to rest and then vegetables moved up to the top of the oven and the oven up to 220 (only for the last ten minutes or so; otherwise it would all burn to a cinder)
- Drain rice, stir through veggies. Serve. Grab myself a leg and a wing.
- Happy days
Once again, I'd failed to use enough saffron to make the taste noticeable. I had though used enough garlic, chilli and paprika to give plenty of taste to the chicken.
I enjoyed it hot on the night and it was just as nice the next day having it as a cold rice salad; I think it helped that I'd roasted instead of fried the peppers and courgettes.
Left to my own devices I'd have put mushrooms in this; which I think would have been an improvement. However I was out-voted on the mushroom front 3 v 1. Shame that.
Happy Easter y'all. xxx
who doesn't like mushrooms...? leave them... and bring your chicken to me!
ReplyDeleteRight I am going to try again to leave a comment here. It didn't work last time.
ReplyDeleteJust to say good luck for this weekend. I hope the rain clears in time. Will be thinking of you as I sit watching it on the telly stuffing my face with food.
Cheers Kath - very nice of you to think of me. I'm wavering wildy between excitement and panic stations at the minute.
ReplyDeleteKeep them feet up and have an extra slice of cake for me!
How did you get on?
ReplyDeleteSorry for slow reply; I'm only just back online. It went slow, slow - very very slow. But I'm currently sitting wearing my finisher's T-shirt and nothing could wipe the smile form my face. It's a really lovely day....well apart from the pain of the running.
ReplyDeleteTempted to give it a go?
Well done, that's ace!
ReplyDeleteTempted to give it a go - eerrrr no!