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Chicken Tropicano

Rowland Coping



Ok, so have you ever wondered what exactly to do with a pineapple?

Do you, like me, see them in the supermarket, think 'wow a pineapple', periodically buy them and then leave them in the cupboard to rot?

I hope so, otherwise there's no point in sharing.

Even if this hasn't happened to you, go out and buy one now, because right here is a recipe for fun, an explosion of fruity flavour, dynamite for your palate.

Cookery Corner cooks.... Chicken Tropicano!


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Ingredients

- 2 x chicken breasts

- 1/2 fresh pineapple

- 6 x tomatoes

- fresh coriander

- ground black pepper

- 3 x bird's-eye chillies

- 150g long grain rice

- 1 bag spinach

Preparation:

1) Chop 5 or 6 normal size tomatoes very fine. You can use a food processor if you like, but you don't want puree.

2) Finely chop a chilli. Use the little hot ones - how many depends on how spicy you like things. Strip the seeds out if you want it a little milder.

3) Chop the pineapple into chunks like you get on sticks with cheese.

4) Finely chop the coriander.


Cooking:

1) Get your rice in a pan and start boiling it. This won't take long. Put your spinach in another lidded pan, in a tablespoon of water. Don't turn it on though. It's not time yet.

2) Heat some oil/butter/whatever in a pan, then cook the chicken breasts on an average heat, turning now and then.

3) When the chicken is cooked, add the chilli to the hot pan, and fry for a bit to release the flavour. If you don't like it too spicy, wait until you add the tomatoes to do this.

4) Add the chopped tomatoes and pineapple.

5) Add black pepper to taste. How do you know? Taste it!

6) Cook until the tomatoes break down into a lovely rich sauce.

7) Stir in the coriander and turn down the heat.

8) Cook the spinach with the lid on very briefly - it should still have some bite.

9) Drain the rice, drain the spinach, then serve it on a plate with the chicken. Pour the sauce on top.


Summary

It doesn't get any easier than that, does it?

You can add stuff to this if you like, I also found it works with cod but cook the fish separately, or it falls apart.

If you're trying to impress this dish is great, because it takes seconds, looks impressive and tastes fabulous!



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