Dinner

Turkey Pilaf with Apricots and Almonds

Name: Turkey Pilaf with Apricots and Almonds
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 160 g Turkey breast; 60 g Basmati rice; 60 g Onion; 200 g Chicken stock; 3 apricots, about 24 g Dried apricots; 8 g Almonds; 60 g Frozen peas; Half a teaspoon Ground cinnamon; A teaspoon Ground cumin; A handful, torn Fresh coriander; 4 sprays, about 1 g Olive oil spray; To taste Salt

A one-pan rice pilaf with turkey, cinnamon, dried apricots and toasted almonds. 50 g of protein for 568 kcal.

Calories: 568kcal
Protein: 50g
Fat: 9g
Carbs: 70g

Per serving, makes 1. 15 minutes of work, then fifteen minutes on the hob with the lid on. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Tree nuts
Celery
Sulphites

Nearly every stock cube and pot lists celery. Home-made stock without it carries no flag.
Bright orange dried apricots are treated with sulphur dioxide. Unsulphured ones are brown and carry no flag.

Flags follow UK labelling rules and come from the ingredients as listed, not from any particular brand. Check the packet before cooking for somebody with an allergy.

Ingredients

Turkey breast160 g
Cut into 2 cm pieces so they cook in the time the rice takes. Weighed raw. The same piece weighed after cooking has lost water, so the protein per gram is higher and the total would come out about a quarter over.
Basmati rice60 g
Dry weight, before cooking.
Onion60 g
Chicken stock200 g
Made up from a cube or a pot.
Dried apricots3 apricots, about 24 g
Snipped into quarters. Three is enough sweetness. They are 43% carbohydrate by weight, nearly all of it sugar.
Almonds8 g
Flaked or roughly chopped, toasted dry in the pan first.
Frozen peas60 g
Ground cinnamonHalf a teaspoon
Ground cuminA teaspoon
Fresh corianderA handful, torn
Olive oil spray4 sprays, about 1 g
Counted at a quarter of a gram per spray, which is what the nozzle on most bottles delivers. Four sprays is 9 kcal.
SaltTo taste

Method

Toast the almonds in a dry saucepan until they smell nutty, then tip them out.
Spray the pan, soften the onion for five minutes, then add the turkey and spices and stir for two minutes until the meat has coloured on the outside.
Rinse the rice, add it with the apricots, stock and salt, and bring to the boil. Cover, turn the heat to its lowest and leave for twelve minutes.
Scatter the peas over the top without stirring, cover again for three minutes, then take off the heat and rest for five. Fork through, and finish with the almonds and coriander.

Worth knowing

Do not lift the lid during the twelve minutes. The rice cooks in the steam and the turkey pieces cook in the rice.
Almost all the carbohydrate is the rice. Sixty grams dry is a modest bowl; eighty would be a big one and adds about 70 kcal.

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Macros are calculated from the weights listed above using standard food composition values, and will shift with your own brands and measuring. Weigh what you can. This is a recipe, not dietary advice. The full health disclaimer is below.