Cape Chicken Braai with Geelrys (spiced rice)

AUTHOR
Valentine Lee
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
3 4
COOK TIME
75 mins
TOTAL TIME
75 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 4 Chicken legs (approx. 150 g each)
  • 1 Chicken breast (on bone, with skin; approx. 600 g)
  • 2 Onions
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 200 g Apricot Jam
  • 150 ml dry white wine
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Worcester sauce
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Oil
  • 1 TABLESPOON Tabasco
  • 1 TABLESPOON dried marjoram
  • 1 TABLESPOON dried thyme
  • 300 g Basmati rice
  • 1 TABLESPOON demerara sugar
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • 1 TABLESPOON Turmeric
  • 100 g Raisins
  • 50 g Butter

Directions

  1. 1

    Wash chicken legs and breast, dab dry. For the marinade, peel and finely dice onions. Peel garlic and chop very finely. Mix onions, garlic, jam, wine, Worcester sauce, oil, tabasco, marjoram and thyme in a large bowl.

  2. 2

    Place the legs and breast in the marinade, spread with the marinade and cover and chill for approx. 45 minutes.

  3. 3

    Preheat oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/circulating air: 150 °C/gas: see manufacturer). Heat a roaster without fat. Let chicken parts drip off a little. Collect the marinade. Briefly roast the chicken parts on the skin side in the roaster at high heat.

  4. 4

    Admit marinade. Fry at low to medium heat for approx. 15 minutes. Turn the chicken parts. Bake in a hot oven for about 45 minutes.

  5. 5

    For the spiced rice, boil 600 ml water, rice, 1 teaspoon salt, sugar, cinnamon stick and turmeric and simmer for about 15 minutes. Add the raisins, turn off the heat, cover the rice and let it swell for another 10 minutes.

  6. 6

    Add butter.

  7. 7

    Remove the chicken breast from the bone and cut into smaller pieces. Arrange meat, legs with marinade and rice.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
1040 kcal
CARBS
115 g
FATS
31 g
PROTEINS
62 g