Chicken & Tomato Pilaf

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1kg chicken Maryland’s, cut in half
• 20g butter
• 1 small brown onion, finely chopped
• 2 sprigs thyme
• 1 tsp tomato paste
• Finely grated rind of 1 lemon
• 1¼ cups Basmati rice
• 1 punnet cherry tomatoes, cut in half
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• 400ml chicken stock
• ¼ cup chopped parsley
• Grated Parmesan to serve