5 Jan 2021

Portuguese Chicken Rice




Serves 2
Time: 1 hour

 Ingredients: 
  • 150g Chicken thighs
  • 1 Potato
  • 1 Carrot
  • 1 Capsicum
  • 1/2 onion
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 60g cheese
  • 1 egg
  • 1 bowl of cold rice
Marinate:
  • 1 tablespoon rice wine
  • 1/4 tsp white pepper
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 1/2 tbsp oil
Sauce:
  • 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 1/2 g cumin
  • 250ml coconut milk
  • 250ml chicken stock
  • salt
Method:
  1. Slice chicken and cover in marinate ingredients for 15 minutes.
  2. Cube carrot, potatoes, capsicum, and onion.
  3. In a pot on medium high heat, fry rice for 3 minutes.
  4. Add eggs to rice and put into a heatproof dish once cooked.
  5. In the same pot on medium high heat, put in minced garlic and onion until slightly translucent.
  6. Add chicken and cook until chicken is slightly browned, around 4 minutes.
  7. Add carrot and potatoes and mix.
  8. Add salt, turmeric and cumin and mix. Turn down to medium hit once everything is covered.
  9. Add half the chicken stock and cover and cook for 8 minutes.
  10. Add capsicum, the rest of the chicken stock and coconut milk.
  11. Once boiling, cook for another 2 minutes.
  12. Add the chicken mix on top of the rice in the heatproof dish.
  13. Add grated cheese on top of the rice. 
  14. Bake for 5 minutes, or until the cheese has been melted.
Recipe from: https://www.daydaycook.com/daydaycook/hk/website/recipe/details.do?id=1060