Thomas Straker, best known for his recipe TikTok’s and the soon-to-open Straker’s restaurant in London’s Notting Hill, has collaborated Le Creuset to create a series of delicious tasting dishes to help elevate your cooking skills at home.
Check out his latest recipe below for you to try at home, along with his must-have Le Creuset products!
Main INGREDIENTS
- Dairy
- Rice & Grains
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Ingredients
Method
Ingredients
Chicken
- 1 Whole Chicken
- 3 Shallots
- 6 Cloves garlic
Rice
- 500g Cherry tomatoes
- 300g Green olives
- 1 tsp Fennel seeds
- 1 tsp Black pepper
- 2 Star anise
- 1 Cinnamon stick
- 200g Basmati rice
- 600ml Chicken Stock (hot)
- 2 lemons | Olive oil
- Salt
- 1 bunch Mint (chopped)
- 1 bunch Parsley (chopped)
Yogurt dressing
- 250g Yogurt
- 1 Clove Garlic
- ½ Lemon juiced
For presentation
- 2 lemons, cut in half
- Aleppo chilli flakes
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Method
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1Pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees.
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2Debone the chicken, then season liberally with salt.
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3Heat your Le Creuset shallow casserole over a medium to high heat and add in the olive oil to coat the pan.
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4Fry the chicken until it is golden brown all over, then remove it from the pan and rest in a tray. Put it to the side while you move onto the rice.
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5Add the shallots to the pan and cook for a couple of minutes, then add the whole cloves of garlic.
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6Add the tomatoes, spices and the olives and cook on a low heat until you see the tomatoes start to blister open.
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7Add in the rice and cover with the chicken stock. Put in the oven and bake at 200 degrees for 35 minutes.
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8Using oven gloves for the handles, remove from the oven and allow the dish to rest for 10 minutes, keeping the lid on.
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9Now move onto making the dressing. Mix the yogurt with 1 clove of garlic, the olive oil and the juice of half a lemon.
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10For the garnish, burn 4 lemon halves in a hot frying pan until they have caramelised.
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11Finish by garnishing the chicken with the chopped herbs, yogurt dressing and the burnt lemons.
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12Serve by placing the Le Creuset 3-ply Stainless Steel Uncoated Shallow Casserole on the table.
As a chef, Thomas needs high-quality, reliable tools to help him to recreate tasty dishes time after time…and that’s where Le Creuset comes in. Tom’s approach to food is honest, uncomplicated and produce driven, using the best seasonal ingredients that are cooked with simple technique. Having spent the last decade working in some of London’s top restaurants, such as The Dorchester and Dinner, Tom is now on a mission to bring simple, high-quality cooking into people’s homes.
