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Best Recipes: Chicken with Apples


Ingredients
  • 1½ cups quick-cooking rice
  • 2 large onions, thinly sliced
  • 250g snow peas, trimmed
  • 1 large red cooking apple, cored and coarsely chopped, not peeled
  • 2 tbsp curry powder
  • 1 tbsp plain flour
  • ¼ tspn salt
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • ¼ tspn black pepper
  • 2 cups diced cooked chicken
  • ½ cup unsalted dry-roasted peanuts

1. Cook the rice according to instructions. Transfer to a large bowl, cover with foil, and keep warm.
2. Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a large frying pan over moderate high heat for 1 minute. Add the onions and sauté, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until they are soft. Add the snow peas and apple and cook, uncovered, stirring now and then, for 2 to 3 minutes or until the apple is golden brown. Add to the rice.
3. Heat the remaining 2 tbsp of oil in the pan for 1 minute. Blend in the curry powder, flour and salt, and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Gradually whisk in the stock and milk and cook, stirring constantly, for 3 to 5 minutes or until thickened.
4. Mix in the lemon juice, pepper, chicken and rice mixture. Cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 2 to 3 minutes more - just until steaming hot.
Sprinkle some of the peanuts over each portion.

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