Portuguese Chicken Piri-piri

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 -6 chicken breast halves, skinless if desired
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 2 carrots, cut into thin strips
• 2 parsnips, cut into thin strips
• 1 red bell pepper, cored, seeded, and cut into thin strips
• 1 green bell pepper, cored, seeded, and cut into thin strips
• 4 cups chicken or 4 cups vegetable stock
• 3 -4 tomatoes, cored and quartered
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 sprig fresh thyme
• piri-piri, sauce (or other hot sauce)
• 1 1/2 cups long-grain rice
• 1 tablespoon lime (or lemon juice)

Recipe

• 1 heat the oil in a large skillet over moderate heat. season the chicken generously with salt and pepper and brown on all sides. add the onion and saute for about 3 minutes. add the remaining vegetables and saute until tender but not brown, about 5 minutes.
• 2 add the stock, tomatoes, tomato paste, cinnamon stick, bay leaves, thyme, and piri-piri sauce and bring to a boil. ladle about 1 1/2 cups of the cooking liquid into a small pot and set aside. place the rice in the bottom of a large baking dish. transfer the chicken and vegetables to the baking dish and add the liquid from the skillet.
• 3 bake tightly covered in a preheated 350f oven until the rice is cooked, about 30 minutes. meanwhile, heat the reserved liquid and add the lime juice and additional piri-piri sauce to taste. serve the chicken and vegetables on top of the rice, and serve the additional sauce separately.