Sage chicken & rice

Ingredients

13

Steps

4

Serves

4

Cook Time

45-50 Min

Ingredients

  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 2 celery sticks, sliced
  • 2 carrots, diced
  • 2 sprigs of fresh sage
  • 300ml/10fl oz chicken stock
  • 350g/12oz skinless chicken breast fillets, cut into 2.5cm/1in cubes
  • 225g/8oz wild rice
  • 400g/14oz canned chopped plum tomatoes
  • dash of Tabasco sauce
  • 2 courgettes, thinly sliced
  • 100g/4oz lean ham, diced
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Put the onion, garlic, celery, carrots and sage in a large saucepan, and pour in the stock. Bring to the boil, cover the pan and simmer for 5 minutes.
  • Stir the chicken into the pan with the vegetables. Cover the pan and continue to cook for a further 5 minutes. Stir in the rice and tomatoes.
  • Add the Tabasco sauce and season well with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 25 minutes.
  • Stir in the courgettes and ham, and continue to cook, uncovered, for a further 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the rice is just tender. Remove and discard the sage, and serve hot.
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