Will Stewart shares his One Pot Chicken with tomatoes and turmeric recipe, the perfect comfort meal

Will Stewart is a previous MKR winner, cook and food writer. Today, he will be cooking his One Pot Chicken with tomatoes and turmeric recipe. Turmeric, onions and tomatoes are a delicious flavour combination and used a lot in the middle east.

Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Cooking the chicken first before adding everything else helps render the fat out that can be saved and used for roasting potatoes! However, you can use chicken breast for this dish frying for less time to prevent it drying out. The risoni is a great way to create a single meal in one pot but you can leave it out altogether and serve this with mashed potatoes, rice or even a baked potato. Recipe below: INGREDIENTS One pot chicken with tomatoes and turmeric: 4 Chicken Maryland’s 1 large carrot, diced 1 celery stick, diced 1 brown onion, diced 4 cloves of garlic, minced 1 tsp of turmeric 3 truss tomatoes or 1 tin of plum tomatoes 1 tbsp of tomato paste 1 cup risoni 750ml chicken stock Vegetable oil Salt and pepper 1⁄4 bunch fresh parsley METHOD 1.



Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius 2. In a large oven proof pot, heat some vegetable oil over a medium-high heat and fry the chicken skin side down until golden. 3.

Turn the chicken then add in the carrot, celery and onion. Cook for a couple of minutes before adding the garlic and cook for another minute. 4.

Sprinkle over the turmeric then add the tomato paste and cook for a minute before adding the stock. 5. Add the risoni, season generously with salt pepper then transfer to the oven and cook for 15-20 minutes until the risoni is cooked.

Then serve with a garnish of freshly chopped parsley..