Photo: AI-generated illustration of the dish.
You'll need
- 8 chicken drumsticks (skin on)
- 4 chicken thighs (skin on)
- 300g long grain rice
- 300g frozen peas
- 600ml hot chicken stock (1 cube)
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp dried mixed herbs
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Chicken legs in the oven, rice and peas on the hob. Serves 4, about 60 minutes.
Photo: AI-generated illustration of the dish.
Method
Heat the oven to 200C (180C fan, gas 6).
Rub the chicken with the oil, herbs, salt and pepper in a roasting tin, skin side up. Wash your hands after touching raw chicken.
Roast for 40 to 45 minutes, until the skin is golden and the chicken is cooked through: no pink at the bone and the juices run clear.
About 20 minutes before the chicken is ready, rinse the rice, put it in a pan with the hot stock, bring it to the boil, cover and simmer on a low heat for 10 minutes.
Stir in the frozen peas, cover again and cook for 3 to 4 minutes more, until the peas are hot and the stock has soaked in. Fluff it up with a fork.
Rest the chicken for 5 minutes, then serve 2 drumsticks and 1 thigh each with the pea rice.
Cook the chicken until there is no pink meat at the bone and the juices run clear. If you have rice left over, cool it within an hour, keep it in the fridge and eat it within 1 day. Reheat it once only, until steaming hot. Leftover chicken: fridge within 2 hours, eat within 2 days.
Every figure is an estimate per portion, worked out from UK government food-composition data (CoFID). Your portions and brands will differ, so treat these as a guide. Salt not measured. Stock cube and dried herbs are not included in the figures (not measured). How our recipes are made.
Check the label on: stock cube (often celery; some contain wheat or barley).
Always check the label on anything packaged — recipes and brands vary, and we cannot see your packet.
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