Levi Roots served up tasty Puerto Rican chicken with peppers, chilli and basmati rice on James Martin’s Saturday Morning.
The ingredients are: 175g basmati rice, 3 tbsp sunflower or groundnut oil, 8 chicken pieces (a mixture of thighs and drumsticks), 2 tbsp all-purpose seasoning, salt and pepper, 1 onion, roughly chopped, 1 red pepper, deseeded and thinly sliced, 1 green pepper, deseeded and thinly sliced, 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped, 6 allspice berries, crushed, 1½ tsp turmeric, 2cm (¾/in) piece of root ginger, finely chopped, 1 hot red chilli (ideally Scotch Bonnet), sliced into thin rings (seeds left in), 600 ml (1 pint) chicken stock, 3 sprigs of thyme, 2 bay leaves, 100g pitted green olives, ideally stuffed with pimento and Lime wedges, to serve.
see recipes by Levi in his book titled: Levi Roots Food for Friends: 100 Simple Dishes for Every Occasion available from Amazon now.