Thai-Style Chicken & Veggie Bake

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Prep Time:

15 MINUTES

Cook Time:

1 HOUR

This Thai-style chicken and veggie bake is the one-pan weeknight dinner that earns its place in the regular rotation. Uncooked rice, broccoli, kumara, red pepper, and green beans all go into the dish raw — then a coconut milk and Thai curry paste sauce does the heavy lifting in the oven. No pre-cooking, no fussing, no second pan. It's a proper low-effort crowd-pleaser that works just as well with a tin of chickpeas if that's what you've got. Portion it up and it's meal prep sorted too.

_INGREDIENTS:

180g uncooked rice
1 red pepper, sliced
½ head broccoli, cut into florets (stalk peeled and finely chopped)
100g green beans, topped, tailed and halved
200g kumara, peeled and cubed
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 Tbsp minced ginger
2 Tbsp red or green Thai curry paste
1 tsp paprika
200ml chicken stock
1 tin (400ml) coconut milk
Salt and black pepper
500g chicken breast, cut into bite-sized pieces — or 1 tin (400g) chickpeas, drained and rinsed
¼ cup fresh basil, to serve
Squeeze of lime juice, to serve

_{INSTRUCTIONS:}

Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Slice the red pepper. Cut the broccoli into florets and finely chop the peeled stalk. Trim and halve the green beans. Peel and cube the kumara. If using chicken, cut into bite-sized pieces.
Spread the uncooked rice evenly across the base of a large ovenproof dish. Layer over the broccoli, kumara, green beans and red pepper. Add the garlic, ginger, curry paste and paprika, then pour over the chicken stock and coconut milk. Season with salt and pepper and stir everything together well.
Add the chicken pieces or chickpeas and mix through evenly.
Cover tightly with foil or a lid and bake for 50 minutes. Remove the cover, stir well, and return to the oven uncovered for a further 10–15 minutes, until the rice is tender, the kumara is soft, and most of the liquid has absorbed.
Scatter over fresh basil and a squeeze of lime juice before serving. Serve straight away, or divide into containers and refrigerate for up to 2 days. Reheat until piping hot.

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