Chicken with lemon, cardamom, accompanied with carrot noodles and white rice

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  • Average
  • 15 mins
  • 45 mins
  • Average budget

Ingredients

  • 1 onion
  • 1 lb. chicken breasts
  • 2 lemons
  • Salt
  • cayenne pepper
  • 6 cardamoms
  • turmeric
  • 1 cube of vegetable broth or homemade stock
  • 3 carrots
  • 8 oz white rice
  • 1 tsp cornstarch

Preparation

Step 1

Sauté the onion in a little olive oil.

Step 2

Cut the chicken breast into cubes, add to onion and brown.

Step 3

Add the lemon zest and juice of 1/2 lemon, salt, cayenne pepper, cardamom seeds (toasted) and sauté a few minutes. Lower heat and cook 20 minutes.

Step 4

Meanwhile, bring vegetable broth to boil, to cook carrot tagliatelle ( peel the carrots and cut into tagliatelle form using a peeler) a few minutes, they should remain slightly crunchy. Drain reserving broth and keep warm.

Step 5

In the broth, cook rice 15-20 min depending on the variety. Drain it, add turmeric to your liking.

Step 6

Take juice of the other 1 / 2 lemon and mix the cornstarch, add to chicken for a sauce, be careful not to let thicken, it must remain fluid.