Ingredients

  • 4 Chicken breasts, with skin
  • 1 Lemon, juice
  • 2 tbsp Olive oil
  • 1 tbsp Schwartz season-all
  • 2 tbsp Schwartz no added salt chicken special blend sesoning
  • 1 tbsp Curry powder
  • 2 Onions, chopped
  • 3 Garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1 tbsp Chopped thyme leaves
  • 1 Red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
  • 1 Green chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
  • 1 Red pepper, deseeded and chopped
  • 1 Yellow pepper, deseeded and chopped
  • 1 Green pepper, deseeded and chopped
  • 3 tbsp Tomato puree
  • 1 handful Coriander, chopped
  • 1 Large ripe plantain
  • 1 tbsp Olive oil
  • 200 g (7.1oz) Basmati rice
  • 2 Cloves
  • 1 Bay leaf
  • 1 tsp Olive oil

Method

  • Wash the chicken breasts in lemon juice.
  • Add the olive oil, seasoning, and curry powder to a frying pan and fry over medium heat.
  • Allow the flavours to gently fuse together.
  • Add the onions, garlic, thyme, chilli peppers, and peppers and fry for a few minutes until soft.
  • Increase the heat to high, add the chicken and fry until browned.
  • Turn the heat down and add water to halfway up the chicken breasts.
  • Cover and simmer for 20 minutes, then add the tomato puree.
  • Cook for a further 10 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
  • Remove the chicken from the sauce and leave to rest.
  • Finish the sauce with the coriander.
  • Reheat to serve.
  • Cut the tips off both ends of the plantain.
  • Make 4 lengthways slices through the skin from one end to the other.
  • Peel the skin from the flesh sideways, cut the peeled plantain in thirds crossways, and then cut each half lengthways.
  • Heat the oil in a pan over medium heat, add the plantain, and cook until golden.
  • Wash the rice until the water runs clear.
  • Add the rice and 300ml (10fl oz) water to a pan with the cloves, bay leaf, and olive oil.
  • Bring to the boil, then cover, and reduce the heat to the lowest setting.
  • Cook for 10 minutes, then remove from the heat, leaving the lid on, for a further 10 minutes, then remove the cloves and bay leaf and fluff up the rice with a fork.
  • To serve, mound the rice on 4 warmed plates.
  • Top with 3 plantain slices.
  • Diagonally slice the chicken, and place on top.
  • To finish, spoon the sauce over, and serve immediately.