Lime Chicken Pilaf

[Shaheen]

Lime Chicken Pilaf- a colorful dish that can be served with chicken, or even by itself. The piquant flavors blend into the rice perfectly. A delicious and delightful dish, meant for one and all! you can increase or decrease the chillies according to your taste. happy cooking!

• Marinade
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• salt to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 (4 ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast half - cut into bite-size pieces
• Rice
• 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 fresh jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
• 2 tomatoes - peeled, seeded, and coarsely chopped
• salt to taste
• 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 cup uncooked white rice
• 1 lime, juiced
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 3 tablespoons chopped cilantro

Mix olive oil, garlic, basil, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Toss chicken in marinade, cover and refrigerate for half an hour. if you've got the time then marinating overnight is also a good idea.

Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat; cook chicken and set aside. Heat remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil, and cook garlic and onion until translucent. Stir in jalapeno, chopped tomatoes, salt, and turmeric; cook for 2 minutes to soften tomato. Stir in the rice, mixing thoroughly. Stir in half of the lime juice, bay leaves, chicken stock, water, and cooked chicken. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, then cover and simmer 25 minutes, stirring occasionally until the rice has cooked. Remove from heat, discard the bay leaves; stir in the remaining lime juice and cilantro.

guys give me your feedback after you've tried it!

[Shaheen]

Instead of the dried basil you could also use the dried herb mix for the marinade.

[corazon]

yum, that looks good!