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Mother's Day Cinnamon Roast Chicken

4.1/5 from 7 Customers
£8.67
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2-spicebox-se60221
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Special occasions call for a special meal and we've a real treat in store for you this Mother’s day with a Persian-inspired roast chicken dish. Cinnamon is a key spice in Persian cooking and here we've combined it with fragrant ground coriander, cumin and cardamon to create an aromatic and moreish roast chicken rub, with the rice cooked in the same tray so that it soaks up all the infused juices. The roast is served with garlicky greens, a cool and fragrant saffron yogurt and a fresh fattoush salad with chunks of crispy baked pitta bread. We round off the meal with indulgent, gently spiced chocolate pots and cardamon shortbread for dessert!
Special occasions call for a special meal and we've a real treat in store for you this Mother’s day with a Persian-inspired roast chicken dish. Cinnamon is a key spice in Persian cooking and here we've combined it with fragrant ground coriander, cumin and cardamon to create an aromatic and moreish roast chicken rub, with the rice cooked in the same tray so that it soaks up all the infused juices. The roast is served with garlicky greens, a cool and fragrant saffron yogurt and a fresh fattoush salad with chunks of crispy baked pitta bread. We round off the meal with indulgent, gently spiced chocolate pots and cardamon shortbread for dessert!
Serves: 4
Heat Rating: 2/5
Prep time: 45 mins
Cooking Time: 2 hrs 20 mins
More Information
DescriptionSpecial occasions call for a special meal and we've a real treat in store for you this Mother’s day with a Persian-inspired roast chicken dish. Cinnamon is a key spice in Persian cooking and here we've combined it with fragrant ground coriander, cumin and cardamon to create an aromatic and moreish roast chicken rub, with the rice cooked in the same tray so that it soaks up all the infused juices. The roast is served with garlicky greens, a cool and fragrant saffron yogurt and a fresh fattoush salad with chunks of crispy baked pitta bread. We round off the meal with indulgent, gently spiced chocolate pots and cardamon shortbread for dessert!
Spices IncludedFattoush Salad Spices: mint, oregano, cumin, black pepper, allspice
Sumac Blend: sumac, black pepper, allspice, thyme, bay
Chicken Spices: sumac, cloves, coriander, cinnamon, nutmeg, green cardamon, cumin, black pepper
Saffron: saffron
Cardamon Shortbread Spices: green cardamon, vanilla
Chocolate Pot Spices: cinnamon, allspice, cassia
Rice Spices: cumin, coriander, black pepper

May contain traces of celery, mustard and sesame
Shopping List
  • 1.5kg whole chicken
  • 500g greens (eg tenderstem broccoli, spring greens, pak choi etc)
  • 500g mixed salad veg (eg little gem lettuce, radishes, cherry tomatoes etc)
  • 1 onion
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • 25g bunch of parsley
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 orange
  • 350ml double cream
  • 150ml natural yogurt (full fat is best)
  • 60g butter
  • 210ml good quality olive oil
  • 2 tbsp vinegar (white wine or cider vinegar is best)
  • 65g plain flour
  • 300g basmati or standard long grain rice
  • 25g ground almonds
  • 100g dark chocolate
  • 110g sugar
  • 2 pitta breads
  • 150g pitted olives (optional)

Product Rating (7):

2/5

Just boring, no fragrance from spices, no flavour. Tasted like normal roast chicken and greasy rice. Salad felt gritty, greasy dressing and again no aromatic noted from spice. Choc pots nice and orangey. No idea what spice was added as nothing there and I wish I'd ground my own cardamom pods. No fragrance even when cooking. I did check with rest of family in case my nose had gone on strike. But no. Perhaps it was because I made it for hubby's birthday instead of m others day. So disappointed as I'd been looking forward to it all day.

We're so sorry to hear that you didn't enjoy this meal - it went down well when we tested the recipe at Spicery HQ, but we can appreciate that it is a very mild dish. Please get in touch with us at hello@thespicery.com so that we can arrange to send you another box that's packed with heat and flavour!

4/5

Absolutely loved this, mild but still plenty of flavour. The rice was to die for. The water to rice ratio however was completely off I had to add about two times that water as first time I took it out, thinking it was finished, the rice was still uncooked and the liquid all gone so that threw off the timings a bit. The cardamom shortbreads were incredibly more-ish as well

It's great to hear how much you enjoyed this dish, but we're sorry that you found some of the measurements to be a little off - we think this might depend on the size and shape of the roasting tin that you use. We're so pleased that you managed to adapt the recipe and it was a huge success anyway! Happy spicing!

4/5

We cooked this for mothers day and it was very much enjoyed by everyone, it's not the strongest of dishes and that was appreciated by a lot of the family, it was a nice twist on a typical roast dinner. I'm definitely going to be buying this again.

We're so happy to hear how much you enjoyed this special Mother's Day dish!

5/5

Fabulous meal, which we saved for Easter Sunday! And it didn't disappoint! Mild but complex flavours which worked really well! The rice ratios worked fine for us, very tasty! I think your first reviewer was unfair, plenty of flavours from all parts of the meal and not oily or gritty for us at all. Well done Spicery - once again :-)

Thanks for this lovely review - we're so pleased to hear how much you enjoyed this dish and its mild but fragrant taste! Happy spicing!

5/5

We really enjoyed this meal. The rice was amazingly soft and tasty, and the chicken delicious. I also thought the salad was really tangy. I have the same spicebox to cook again. A real family pleaser.

We're so pleased to hear how much you enjoyed this dish, and hope you love it just as much when you cook it again - happy spicing!

5/5

Made this over Easter weekend. Loved the flavour combinations of the chicken, rice, salad and garlic greens. Will definitely make again. We had enough leftover for lunch and the flavour was improved the next day

This all looks so delicious, Laura - we're really pleased to hear how much you enjoyed the flavours!

4/5

Very succulent chicken and loved the Fattoush and saffron yoghurt. We felt as if it didn’t need the rice and greens. The chocolate pot was very yummy and we made this with milk chocolate as husband isn’t a fan of dark chocolate but it was really good lovely fresh orange hint. The shortbread was the best I have ever had and I will definitely be make this again. There was enough for seconds the following day!

This all looks great, Alice! We're so happy to hear how much you loved the subtle but aromatic flavours of the main course, and yep, that cardamon shortbread is seriously delicious!

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