All in one chicken dish

4 portions

187 ml (¾ c) uncooked rice

8 chicken portions

7.5 ml (1½ t) chicken spices

black pepper to taste

salt to taste

some oil

250 g (1 packet) bacon, cubed

VEGETABLES

20 baby potatoes with skin, halved

12 small onions, halved

250 g (1 container) mushrooms, halved

820 g (2 x 410 g tin) chopped tomatoes

500 ml (2 c) boiled water

1 cube chicken stock

2.5 ml (½ t) dried parsley

10 ml (2 t) sugar

60 ml (4 T) chutney

1 ml salt

pinch of black pepper

Preheat oven to 180 °C.

1 Put uncooked rice in fairly deep greased baking dish of 36 cm x 24 cm.

2 Rub chicken spices, salt and pepper well into chicken portions.

3 Heat some oil in frying pan and fry chicken pieces till golden brown. Place on rice in baking dish.

4 Fry bacon in the same frying pan until cooked and place on rice and chicken in baking dish.

5 Vegetables Place potatoes, onions and mushrooms around and on chicken pieces.

6 Mix remaining ingredients in mixing bowl. Pour slowly over rice and chicken.

7 Cover baking dish with foil and bake for 75 minutes. Switch off and leave dish in warm oven for another 60 minutes with closed door to allow rice to swell out completely.

8 Serve warm.