Indian Chicken with Basmati Rice & Butter Chicken Crema

Indian Chicken with Basmati Rice & Butter Chicken Crema

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 4
This dish most recently appeared in My Gluten Free Bag on Sunday, November 24, 2019.

Ingredients

Rice

  • 1 1/2 cups basmati rice
  • 2 1/4 cups boiling water

Chicken

  • 1 pack chicken breasts, sliced 2cm
  • 1 pack butter chicken paste
  • 1 pack sliced almonds

Salad

  • 1 Lebanese cucumber, diced 1cm
  • 1 tomato, diced 1cm
  • 1 spring onion, sliced
  • 1 baby cos, shredded

To Serve

  • 1 pack butter chicken crema
  • 1 bunch mint, leaves picked

Steps

  1. Bring a full kettle to the boil and preheat BBQ hot plate to medium (if using). Cook rice. Combine rice, boiling water measure and a pinch of salt in a pot and bring to the boil with the lid on. Once boiling, reduce to lowest heat to cook for 12 minutes. Turn off heat and steam, covered, for 5 more minutes. Do not lift lid during cooking.
  2. Prep chicken. Pat chicken dry and slice 2cm. Toss in a bowl with butter chicken paste and 3/4 tsp salt.
  3. Prep salad. In a bowl, combine cucumber, tomato and spring onion with a drizzle of olive oil and vinegar. Season to taste. Set lettuce aside separately.
  4. Cook chicken. Heat a drizzle of oil in a fry-pan on medium-high heat. Stir-fry chicken for about 8 minutes, or until cooked through. Add almonds to pan and cook a further 2 minutes, until golden. Rest, covered. Alternatively, do this on the BBQ.
  5. Serve rice topped with chicken, salad, butter chicken crema and mint.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2509 kj
600 kcal
Protein 41.8g
Carbohydrate 64.0g
Fat 19.4g