ProvençAl Vegetable Fried Rice

• 1 5/16 cups long grain rice
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 red onions peeled and sliced
• 7/8 pound chicken breast fillets cut into strips
• 9/16 pound aubergine diced
• 2 cups courgette sliced
• 1 5/8 cups cherry tomatoes halved
• 7/8 cup vegetable stock
• 6 1/4 tablespoons fresh thyme little reserved for garnish, remaining leaves stripped from stems

1. Cook the rice in boiling salted water according to the package instructions. Drain and set aside.
2. Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the onions until softened. Remove from the pan. Add the chicken and fry for 5 mins. Remove from the pan. Add the eggplant and zucchini and fry for 5 mins.
3. Return the onions to the pan and season to taste. Add the tomatoes, stock, rice, chicken and thyme leaves, stir and heat again. Garnish with thyme sprigs.

long grain rice, olive oil, red onions, chicken, aubergine, courgette, tomatoes, vegetable stock, thyme

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Provencal-Vegetable-Fried-Rice-1412759 (may not work)