Middle Eastern Chicken and Rice

Name: Middle Eastern Chicken and Rice
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps almonds, roughly chopped; 85 grams cups loosely packed baby spinach; 296 milliliters basmati rice; 59 milliliters dried apricots, roughly chopped; 59 milliliters fat-free plain Greek yogurt; 0 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground cumin; 1 Juice of lemon; 4 servings Kosher salt; 1 small onion, chopped; 4 servings Freshly ground pepper; 567 grams thin-cut skinless, boneless chicken breasts; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter

The recipe Middle Eastern Chicken and Rice could satisfy your middl eastern craving in approximately 40 minutes. This recipe serves 4. This main course has 512 calories, 38g of protein, and 14g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 32% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Only Head to the store and pick up almonds, juice of lemon, ground cumin, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the basmati rice you could follow this main course with the Basmati Rice Pudding with Toasted Coconut as a dessert. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free diet.

Instructions

Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.

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Butter

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Sauce Pan

Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until just softened, 3 minutes.

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Onion

Add the rice; cook, stirring, until slightly toasted, 2 minutes.

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Rice

Add 2 cups water, the apricots, cumin, cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Increase the heat to medium high; bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to low; stir, then cover and simmer until the rice is tender, about 15 minutes.

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Apricot

Cinnamon

Cumin

Water

Rice

Salt

Remove from the heat.

Add the spinach (do not stir).

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Spinach

Let sit, covered, until wilted, about 7 minutes.

Meanwhile, season the chicken with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Melt the remaining 1 tablespoon butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.

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Whole Chicken

Butter

Pepper

Salt

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Frying Pan

Add the chicken and cookuntil golden, about 3 minutes per side.

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Whole Chicken

Drizzle with the lemon juice.

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Lemon Juice

Fold the spinach into the rice and serve with the chicken. Divide the rice and chicken among plates. Thin the yogurt with 1 teaspoon water; drizzle over the chicken.

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Whole Chicken

Spinach

Yogurt