This healthy lower GI Persian rice recipe is proudly brought to you by wowfood.guru and SunRice.
- Preheat oven to 180C. Heat the oil in a large casserole pan over high heat. Add half the chicken; cook, turning, for 5 minutes or until brown all over. Transfer to a bowl. Repeat with remaining chicken.
- Add the onion and ginger; cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until onion softens. Add the cumin, paprika, cardamom, cinnamon and saffron; cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until fragrant. Return the chicken with the Sunrice low GI white rice and kumara and stir to combine. Pour over chicken stock and add pomegranate; stir to combine. Bring to the boil. Remove from heat.
- Bake, covered, in preheated oven for 30 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender. Arrange broccolini over rice. Bake, covered, for 5 minutes or until broccolini is tender. Set aside for 5 minutes to rest.
- Use a fork to lightly fluff the rice. Sprinkle with pistachios and mint leaves. Serve immediately with yoghurt and lemon wedges, if desired.
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