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Easy Chicken Curry Rice Recipe

This is an easy rice recipe using curry spices as well as some others.
Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine African, Indian, Mediterranean
Keyword chicken curry rice, curried rice, curry, rice curry
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 4 people
Calories 500kcal
Cost $15

Equipment

  • Non stick pot

Ingredients

  • 1 lbs Boneless Chicken Breast
  • 2 Onions medium
  • 2 tbsp Tomato Paste
  • 1 Fresh Tomato
  • ½ Bell Pepper Red
  • 4 cloves Garlic
  • Oil
  • 4 cups Rice Jasmine Rice

Spices

  • 2 tbsp Curry Powder
  • 1 tbsp Adobo
  • 2 tsp Turmeric
  • 2 tsp Cumin
  • 1 tsp Black Pepper
  • 2 tsp Garlic Powder
  • 2 tsp Onion Powder
  • 1 Maggi
  • Salt

Instructions

Prep the ingredients

  • Cut chicken into cubes, season with salt, pepper, Adobo
  • Blend onions, tomato, bell pepper and garlic

Start cooking

  • Drizzle some oil in a non stick pot, sauté the chicken until it gets some color on both sides
  • Remove the chicken from the pot
  • Sauté the onions for 5 minutes
  • Add the remaining blended veggies
  • Sauté 3 minutes then add the spices: curry, black pepper, cumin, turmeric, garlic powder, onion powder and Adobo
  • Add the tomato paste and combine well
  • Sauté until the oil starts to appear on top
  • Optional: You can peel potatoes and carrots, cut them in medium size cubes and add them to the pot at this time. Sauté for a minute.
  • Add enough water to cook the chicken and rice. Bring it to a boil.
  • Once it starts boiling, add salt and Maggi. Add the chicken back in. Let the water simmer down a little bit.
    Check the seasoning and add more spices if needed.

Prepping the rice

  • Wash the rice until the water turns clear.
  • Drain the rice and microwave for 6 min.
  • If you added veggies, remove them at this time
  • Add the rice and stir well.
  • The liquid in the pot should be slightly above the rice.
    Remember the rice has already softened in the microwave.
  • Cover the pot and cook on medium low heat.
  • Check the rice periodically.
  • When the Rice is cooked, it's ready to be served.

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