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30 Minutes
Chicken
Mild

Portuguese Chicken Rice Bowls

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Brighten up your week with this colourful one-bowl chicken dinner. Toss in some pan-charred corn, moreish black beans, tomato and a flourish of coriander, mix it right up, then add some home-style Portuguese chicken on top. You've got fresh, you've got flavourful and you've got this!

Recipe

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1

Cook Rice

Place rice in a saucepan with 310ml (1¼ cups) cold water over medium heat and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low, cover with a lid and cook for 15 minutes or until cooked through. Set aside, covered, until ready to serve. While rice is cooking, continue with step 2.

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2

Make Marinade

Zest and juice lemon. Peel and crush garlic. Place sweet chilli sauce, garlic, lemon zest and juice, ½ the paprika, salt and pepper in a bowl and mix to combine.

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3

Char Corn

Carefully cut kernels from corn. Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a frypan over medium-high heat. Add corn and cook, stirring occasionally, for 1–2 minutes or until caramelised. Remove from pan and set aside.

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4

Cook Chicken

Combine remaining paprika, flour, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add chicken and toss until well coated. Add remaining oil to frypan and return to medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook, turning occasionally, for 10–12 minutes or until cooked through. Add marinade and cook for a further 1–2 minutes, turning chicken to coat, until marinade is reduced slightly. While chicken is cooking, continue with step 5.

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5

Prepare Ingredients

Drain and rinse black beans. Cut tomato into 1cm pieces. Rinse and roughly chop coriander.

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6

Plate Up

Place beans, rice, coriander, tomatoes, corn, salt and pepper in a large bowl mix until well combined. Slice chicken. Divide rice and chicken between bowls and spoon over sweet chilli pan sauce.

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