Bacon & fish o'leekie

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Ingredients

1 leek finely sliced and washed

100g smoked back bacon chopped

500ml hot vegetable stock

300g American easy-cook rice

500g cod or haddock fillet, skinned and diced into large chunks

3 tbsp fresh parsley chopped

grated zest and juice of 1 lemon

Method

Put the leeks and bacon in a medium microwavable dish with 4 tablespoons of the stock. Cover the dish with cling film, pierce the cling film with a knife and microwave on High for 5 minutes.

Stir the rice and remaining stock into the leek and bacon and continue to cook uncovered in the microwave for a further 5 minutes. Gently stir in the fish chunks, cover the dish with cling film, pierce the cling film with a knife and cook for a further 10 minutes, until the fish and rice are done.

Stir in the parsley, lemon zest and juice. Leave to stand for 2-3 minutes and serve straight from the dish.