Better sleep Chicken & freekeh pilaf with pistachios
A one-pot pilaf of chicken thighs, smoky freekeh, currants and pistachios.
Chicken, leek & cannellini filo pie
A lighter chicken pie: leeks, beans and tarragon under crisp scrunched filo.
Ingredients
Servings 4
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Method
- Step 1
Brown the chicken in half the oil; remove.
- Step 2
Soften the leeks; add garlic.
- Step 3
Return the chicken with beans, stock, creme fraiche, mustard and tarragon; simmer 10 minutes. Tip into a pie dish.
- Step 4
Scrunch the filo sheets over, brushed with remaining oil.
- Step 5
Bake at 190C fan for 25 to 30 minutes until shattering. Serve with greens.
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Nutrition per serving
| Calories | 520 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 38g |
| Carbohydrates | 40g |
| – of which sugars | 5g |
| Fibre | 8g |
| Fat | 23g |
| – of which saturates | 8g |
| – of which omega-3 | 0.3g |
| Calcium | 120mg |
| Iron | 3.4mg |
| Salt | 1g |
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