Baked Mediterranean Chicken And Rice Recipes

Steps:

• Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper on all sides and place in a bowl or lidded container. Combine olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, oregano, and thyme in a small bowl and pour marinade over chicken breasts. Marinate for 10 minutes at room temperature.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Set one oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source.
• Place chicken breasts into a baking dish and pour marinade on top.
• Bake chicken on the middle rack of the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, 35 to 45 minutes, depending upon thickness. Move baking dish to the top rack and broil chicken until well browned, about 5 minutes.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix the water, tomato paste, lemon juice, salt, chili powder, garlic powder, ginger, fennel, turmeric and, if desired, coriander until smooth., In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onions; cook and stir until tender. Stir in chicken; brown 3-4 minutes. Pour water mixture into pan., Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until chicken is no longer pink, 8-10 minutes. Serve with rice. If desired, top with parsley.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180*C.
• Season the chicken with salt and freshly ground pepper.
• Heat the olive oil in a flameproof casserole (You'll need one with a lid) and brown the chicken all over.
• Transfer to a plate.
• Fry the onion and red pepper in the casserole for a couple of minutes, then stir in the garlic and rice.
• Pour in the wine and passata and add the olives, sun dried tomatoes and basil.
• Season, stir well and bring to a simmer.
• REturn the chicken to the pan, push it into the liquid.
• Cover and bake for 45 minutes.
• Scatter with basil leaves, Parmesan and a grinding of pepper to serve.