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Maldivian Food

Sweet corn and chicken rice

Fried brown rice with sweet corn, boneless chicken, onion, garlic and green chilli.

Fried rice with sweet corn and chicken.
Fried rice with sweet corn and chicken. Photo: Bukky658 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Sweet corn and chicken rice turns plain cooked brown rice into a tasty one-pan meal with chicken, sweet corn and a little green chilli. It is light, simple and ready in minutes.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups cooked brown rice (cooked without salt or oil)

  • 1 onion, finely chopped

  • 1/2 cup sweet corn

  • 1/2 cup boneless chicken, finely chopped

  • 1 garlic clove, thinly sliced

  • 1/2 teaspoon ginger, finely chopped

  • 1 curry leaf

  • 1/3 teaspoon ajinomoto

  • 2 green chillies, thinly sliced

  • A little sunflower oil

  • A little salt

Method

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

  2. When the oil is hot, add the onion, curry leaf, chillies and chicken.

  3. Stir with a spoon on low heat until the chicken is browned.

  4. When the chicken is browned, add all the remaining ingredients.

  5. When the flavour is right, take it off the heat.