Chipotle Pulled Chicken With Lime Slaw & Tomato Salsa

1.Add your white long grain rice to a pot with a lid with 225ml [300ml] [450ml] cold water and a pinch of salt and bring to the boil over a high heat.

2.Once boiling, reduce the heat to low and cook, covered, for 12-15 min or until all the water has absorbed and the rice is cooked. Once done, remove from the heat and set aside (lid on) to steam until serving.

3.Meanwhile, zest your lime(s) (try to grate lightly with a microplane or sharp box grater and avoid grating the white pith, as this is very bitter). Peel and finely chop (or grate) your garlic.

4.Add your chipotle paste, ground coriander, half the lime zest, chopped garlic, your chicken breast strips and a pinch of salt, then give everything a good mix and set aside – this is your marinated chicken. Dissolve your vegetable stock mix, tomato paste and a pinch of salt in 150ml [195ml] [255ml] boiled water – this is your tomato stock.

5.Heat a large, wide-based pan (preferably non-stick with a matching lid) with a generous drizzle of olive oil over a medium heat. Once hot, add the marinated chicken with 1 tsp [1 1/2 tsp] [2 tsp] flour and cook for 1 min on each side or until lightly browned. Once browned, add the tomato stock to the pan and cook, covered, for 8-10 min further or until the chicken is cooked through (no pink meat).

6.While the chicken is cooking, add your carrot & cabbage slaw mix to a bowl with the juice of half your lime(s), your mayo and a generous pinch of salt and pepper. Give everything a good mix up – this is your lime slaw.

7.Finely dice your tomato(es) and cut the remaining lime(s) into wedges. Add the diced tomato to a bowl with the remaining lime zest, a squeeze of lime juice, a drizzle of olive oil and a pinch of salt and pepper. Mix it all together – this is your tomato lime salsa.

8.Once done, transfer the cooked chicken to a clean board and shred it apart, using two forks – this technique is known as 'pulling'. Return the pulled chicken to the pan and give everything a good mix up so the chicken is evenly coated in the sauce – this is your chipotle pulled chicken.

9.Serve the chipotle pulled chicken with the cooked rice, lime slaw and tomato lime salsa to the side. Garnish with a lime wedge. Enjoy!