Chicken with saffron, raisins & pine nuts
A Spanish dinner. Ready in about 1 hour 10 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 15 minPrep (about)
- 55 minCook (about)
- 1 hr 10 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 2.8 lb chicken
Fresh & other
- 3 cloves garlic
- ½ cup + 1 ½ tsp dry sherry
- ¾ cup + 1 tbsp chicken stock Shopping tip: Chicken broth (carton or can), or a chicken bouillon cube in hot water.
- 1 ¾ oz raisins
- 2 tbsp pine nuts
- Handful parsley Shopping tip: Fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley. Curly works too.
Sauces & oils
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Spices & seasonings (2): saffron, thyme
- Pinch saffron
- 1 tbsp thyme Shopping tip: Fresh sprigs or dried both work (1 tsp dried = 1 tbsp fresh).
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Heat a big frying pan on a high heat.
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Season the chicken.
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Add the olive oil to the pan, the chicken.
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Brown for around 5 mins on each side.
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Remove onto a plate.
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Set aside.
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Lower the heat to medium.
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Fry the onions for 3 mins in the remaining fat.
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Add the garlic and saffron.
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Cook for 3-4 mins more.
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Add the sherry.
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Simmer for 3-5 mins until syrupy.
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Put the chicken leg bits back into the pan, tip in raisins, thyme and the stock.
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Cover.
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Heat on a low heat for 20 mins.
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Add your breast meat plus any juices left on the plate.
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Simmer for 10 mins more till cooked through plus the sauce in the pan has reduced.
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While your chicken is cooking, heat oven.
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Do it to 400°F (350°F for a fan oven).
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Scatter the pine nuts over a sheet pan.
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Roast for 10 mins till golden and toasted.
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Wait until the chicken has cooked through.
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Season as you like, scatter with pine nuts and parsley.
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Serve with rice.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.