Turkish Chicken and Rice (tavuk kapama)

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 02:45:34 GMT

Step 1

Preheat your oven to 210C Fan / 230C conventional / 450F / Gas Mark 8 Wash the rice under cold running water until the water runs clear, then leave to one side to drain

Step 2

In a small bowl, mix together the olive oil, black pepper, sea salt flakes, Turkish red pepper flakes/ crushed red chillies, smoked paprika, oregano, cumin and just 1 tbsp of the Turkish sweet red pepper paste or tomato puree and leave to one side.

Step 3

Add the peeled, quartered onions into your roasting tray.

Step 4

Peel and bash the garlic cloves and add them to the tray also.

Step 5

Coat the onion and garlic in 1 tablespoon of the spice paste.

Step 6

Coat the chicken thighs in the remaining spice paste and add to the tray - evenly spreading out the chicken, onions and garlic for optimal cooking.

Step 7

Pop the tray in the preheated oven on the middle shelf for 30-35 minutes so that the chicken really starts to brown and crisp up.

Step 8

While the chicken thighs are roasting in the oven, prepare the rest of the ingredients. Halve and thickly slice the tomatoes and thinly slice the half lemon.

Step 9

Dissolve the stock cube in the boiling water and stir t,he remaining 1 tbsp of red pepper paste through the stock mixture. Make sure the stock cube and red pepper paste both fully dissolve.

Step 10

Once the chicken has browned and crisped up take the tray out of the oven, give the chicken thighs a little turn in all of the juices then remove them to a separate dish.

Step 11

Add the washed and drained Tropical Sun USA Easy Cook Rice to the tray and stir it into all the juices. Add the chicken thighs back to the tray, on top of the rice, skin side up. Carefully pour the 600ml stock mixture into the tray. Add in the bay leaves, lemon and tomato slices and chicken juices that collected from the dish into the tray, and pop the tray back into the oven, on the middle shelf, until the rice has cooked through, for roughly another 30-35 minutes.

Step 12

The dish should remain juicy and not be allowed to dry out. Once the dish is cooked to perfection, remove from the oven and rest for 10 minutes or so, so that the rice can soak up the remaining juices.

Step 13

Sprinkle with finely chopped fresh parsley and serve!

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Under 30 minutes