Portuguese Chicken Piri-Piri Recipe

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 -6 chicken breast halves, skinless if desired
• salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 2 carrots, cut into thin strips
• 2 parsnips, cut into thin strips
• 1 red bell pepper, cored, seeded, and cut into thin strips
• 1 green bell pepper, cored, seeded, and cut into thin strips
• 4 cups chicken or 4 cups vegetable stock
• 3 -4 tomatoes, cored and quartered
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 sprig fresh thyme
• piri-piri, sauce (or other hot sauce)
• 1 1/2 cups long-grain rice
• 1 tablespoon lime (or lemon juice)