Welcome to my first post of 2018! I really hope you had an amazing Christmas or, if you don’t celebrate Christmas, I hope you had an amazing time as well. Also, I hope that this new year will bring all the good things you whished to happen.

Moving on to the post I decided to give you a recipe that involves cooking chicken. Yes, I know that, put like that, it sounds utterly boring, but that is why I am going to show this because it is exactly the opposite of boring. Like most of you, I was beyond tired of eating the same boring chicken breasts all the time, so I came up with an amazing recipe that brings this boring food back to life with a lot of enticing flavours and it has a plus! It can be made in two entirely different ways!

What you will need:

Four chicken breasts

Half a large onion (or a full medium one)

One large carrot

A third of a pepper (I prefer to use the red ones, but you can use whatever colour you like)

A medium size can of pre-cooked sweetcorn

Olive oil

Honey

Soy sauce

Powdered garlic

Sea salt

Saffron

Chives

Paprika

Powdered ginger

Plain white rice (again, you can use whatever kind of rice you prefer)

Pita bread

Oregano

Step 1:

Chop the onion and the carrot (peeled) in small pieces and put them in a large frying pan with two tablespoons of olive oil. Wait for them to soften.

Step 2:

Cut the chicken breasts in small cubes and add them to the pan when the olive oil has started to sizzle.

Step 3:

You must keep turning the chicken to make sure it gets cooked on all sides. Add the seasoning. Add two teaspoons of saffron, one teaspoon of paprika, three teaspoons of powdered garlic, half a teaspoon of powdered ginger and three teaspoons of chives. Stir it all together

Step 4:

Cook the rice in another pan while the chicken is frying.

Step 5:

Add the sweetcorn to the chicken alongside with the chopped pepper. Now it’s time to add one tablespoon of honey and one teaspoon of soysauce. If you think it is necessary, add a pinch of sea salt to the chicken and stir it.

Step 6:

In the end, reduce the heat of the frying pan to a low and add the already cooked rice to it. Blend it all together and, while doing this, watch the rice slightly change colour due to the seasoning. And it’s ready to serve!

This was the first version of this recipe, but if you are not a big fan of rice, or if you just want to have something even more different, then here it is an alternative choice for you. This time, the chicken will be served in pita bread.

Step 1:

Cook the chicken in the exact same way except for the carrot. For this choice I’d rather use grated carrot instead of it being cut in small pieces. The reason for this is simple: it will prevent from constantly falling from the bread.

Step 2:

In a small frying pan, put a very small drizzle of olive oil and a pinch of powdered garlic and oregano. Put the pita bread in the frying pan and turn it four or five times until it is slightly swelled and toasted. Repeat this process for as many pita breads or going to need.

Step 3:

Open the pita bread almost until the end and pour inside the mixture with the chicken and, guess what? It’s ready to serve!

I guarantee that if you try at least one of these recipes will be immediately surrendered and add this to your list of comfort foods.