Italian Microwave Chicken

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 chicken thighs, with bones (you could use another part of the chicken if you wanted)
• 1/2 cup long grain rice
• 400 g diced tomatoes
• 1/2 large zucchini (diced)
• 1/2 large carrot (diced)
• 4 mushrooms (diced)
• 1/2 diced onion (, red or spring)
• 8 olives (with pips)
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon instant chicken bouillon granules
• 1/2 cup basil leaves
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 put rice, water & tomatoes in a 2 or 3l microwave safe dish and mix.
• 2 on top of that add the zucchini, carrot, mushrooms, onion, olives and basil leaves.
• 3 sit the chicken on top and sprinkle the stock powder on the vegetables and the chicken and season with salt and pepper.
• 4 cover the dish with a lid (microwave safe) or cling wrap and cook for 40 minutes on 90% power. i use an 1100watt oven but i wouldn’t worry about altering the time if yours is less powerful.