Saffron Kefir Chicken Pilaf
4
servings20
minutes35
minutesBabushka’s creamy Organic Kefir is a delicious probiotic superfood. Power up your diet by adding highly potent probiotics when you cook, bake, drink and blend. Packed full of good bacteria and nutrient-dense, Babushka’s is amazing for your gut health and has immunity-boosting benefits. Taste the difference!
Ingredients
200 ml 200 Babushkas Organic Natural Kefir
2 2 chicken breasts (cut into approx. 2cm / ¾ inch chunks)
Juice of ½ lemon
¼ tsp ¼ ground cinnamon
½ tsp ½ saffron strands
1 litre 1 chicken stock
15 g 15 unsalted butter
¼ cup ¼ vegetable oil
2 2 whole cinnamon sticks
4 4 cardamom pods (bruised)
1 1 lemon, rind peeled into strips
2 cups 2 Basmati rice, well rinsed
1/3 cup 1/3 raw cashew nuts
½ cup ½ flaked almonds
1-2 tbsp 1-2 pinenuts
1/3 cup 1/3 pistachio kernels
2/3 cup 2/3 fresh parsley (chopped)
Method
- Whisk Babushka’s Kefir in a ceramic or glass bowl lightly to ensure a smooth texture. Stir in lemon juice and cinnamon. Add the chicken. Stir to coat. Refrigerate for about an hour to marinate. Soak the saffron threads in the chicken stock.
- Ensure the kefir chicken mixture is at room temperature.
- Over medium heat, in a large pan with a lid, melt the butter and oil. Add kefir chicken with all the kefir sauce, cinnamon sticks, cardamon, lemon peel into the pan.
- Simmer gently until chicken is half-cooked. (High heat may result in curdling of mixture. This will not affect taste or look of the dish when finished.)
- Add the rice, stirring until coated in the liquid. Pour in the saffron and kefir chicken stock mixture and bring to a simmer. Place lid on pan and turn the heat down to very low. Cook for about 10-15 minutes until the rice has absorbed the liquid and is cooked through. Remove the whole spices.
- Place all nuts in a frying pan and dry roast on low heat until they colour and begin to give off their waxy scent, and then add them to the pilaf along with the chopped parsley.
- Serve with an optional drizzle of Organic kefir and green salad on the side.
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