Fajita chicken fried rice
By Claire
About This Recipe
Gentle spicy fajita flavours with fried rice
Recipe Tags
Instructions
Ingredients
- 170g/6oz brown basmati rice
- 3 chicken thighs, skinless and boneless, cut into bite-sized chunks
- large splash light olive oil
- 1 large brown onion, roughly chopped
- 1 red pepper, deseeded and roughly chopped
- ½ orange pepper, deseeded and roughly chopped
- 1 tsp sweet smoked paprika
- ¾ tsp ground cumin
- ½ tsp ground coriander
- ½ tsp dried oregano
- 1 lime, juice only
- small handful fresh coriander, chopped
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
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Cook the rice in a pan of boiling water until just tender. Drain well and set aside to cool.
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Meanwhile, season the chicken well with salt and pepper.
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Heat the olive oil in a large wok or high-sided frying pan over a medium–high heat. Fry the chicken until it is browned and cooked through. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the chicken to a plate lined with kitchen paper and set aside.
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Add the onion and peppers to the pan, season with salt and cook until the vegetables are just tender and starting to colour.
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Mix in the spices and oregano and fry for 1 minute. Add the rice, return the chicken to the pan and stir-fry until heated through.
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To serve, stir through the lime juice and fresh coriander.
Nutritional Information
basmati rice
chicken thighs
olive oil
onion
pepper
smoked paprika
cumin
coriander
oregano
lime
fresh coriander
black pepper
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Fajita chicken fried rice