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Maldivian Food

Chicken and pepper rice

Red rice cooked without salt or oil is fried with boneless chicken, bell pepper and soy sauce.

A plate of rice with vegetables.
A plate of rice with vegetables. Photo: Wilfredor / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

Chicken and pepper rice turns plain cooked red rice into an easy one-pan meal with chicken, bell pepper and soy sauce.

Ingredients

  • 3 cups red rice, cooked without salt or oil

  • 1 cup bell pepper, cut into thin strips

  • 1 curry leaf

  • 1/2 cup boneless chicken, finely chopped

  • 1 onion, finely chopped

  • 1 garlic clove, grated

  • 1/3 teaspoon ground black pepper

  • 2 long green chillies, thinly slit

  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce

  • A little sunflower oil

Method

  1. Put the pan on the stove and add a little oil.

  2. When it is hot, add the onion, chillies, bell pepper and curry leaf together.

  3. Keep it on low heat and stir with a spoon until the onion is soft.

  4. When the onion is soft, add all the ingredients together.

  5. When the flavours have soaked in, take it off the heat.