Name: One-Pot Chicken and Rice with Saffron
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 4 chicken thighs (bone-in, skin-on); 1.5 cups basmati rice (rinsed); 1 pinch saffron; 1 large onion (diced); 3 cloves garlic (minced); 500 ml chicken stock (warm); 1 tbsp olive oil; 20 g butter; 1 lemon (for serving); 1 handful fresh dill (chopped)

Golden saffron rice with crispy chicken thighs, all in one pot. This is the kind of cooking where you do less and eat better.

This is my answer to the eternal question: what is for dinner? One pot. Crispy chicken. Fragrant rice. Done. The beauty of this dish is that the chicken fat flavors the rice as it cooks. You sear the chicken thighs until the skin is crispy, then cook the rice in the same pot with saffron, onions, and stock. The chicken goes back on top to finish in the oven, and everything comes out perfect at the same time. Saffron is expensive, I know. But you need very little — a pinch transforms the rice i