Pesto & Chicken Pilaf

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1/2 brown onion, sliced
• 1/3 cup rice
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
• 1 teaspoon chicken stock powder
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 1 small chicken breast fillet
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sun-dried tomato pesto

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in saucepan.
• 2 add onion, rice and spices and cook for 1 - 2 minutes, stirring continuously (the rice will become a chalky in color).
• 3 add crumbled stock powder to the water and then add to the saucepan. gently stir to mix through.
• 4 spread chicken with pesto and lay on top of rice mixture (pesto side up).
• 5 cover and reduce heat and simmer, for 20 to 25 minutes or until rice and chicken are cooked.
• 6 serve with steamed vegetables.
• 7 (note make sure the temperature is not too high or the rice will catch on the bottom of the saucepan).