Curried chicken & cashew rice

Curried chicken & cashew rice

Whip up a curry in next to no time - perfect for those evenings when you're too tired to be in the kitchen for long

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Method

  1. Put curry paste in a wok or large frying pan and heat it up (if you like spicy food, add chopped chilli, too).
  2. Stir in basmati rice, the shredded cooked chicken or turkey, the frozen peas and the roasted cashews. Stir fry until piping hot, then season with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice. Serves 2.

Per serving

428 kcalories, protein 24g, carbohydrate 43g, fat 19 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 2g, sugar 1g, salt 1.18 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2003.

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  • Binder photo Gaz

    31 January 2008

    Gaz commented on this recipe

    Lovely and quick if you are in a hurry, I use Cumin & Chilli Hot curry paste.About 3/4 of a tablespoon, saves worrying about having a chilli. Also roast the cashews in the microwave for 1 min (850w) gets them nice and toasted, tend to leave the lemon juice out.

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  • Binder photo Gaz

    31 January 2008

    Gaz rated and commented on this recipe

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    Lovely and quick if you are in a hurry, I use Cumin & Chilli Hot curry paste.About 3/4 of a tablespoon, saves worrying about having a chilli. Also roast the cashews in the microwave for 1 min (850w) gets them nice and toasted, tend to leave the lemon juice out.

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  • 24 February 2008

    Loobylew rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    So quick and easy for an after work midweek meal. Tend to throw in whatevers left in the fridge (peppers, prawns instead of chicken etc). A great basic recipe to adapt depending on what you've got available. Also makes a great camping meal (anything in 1 pan is a winner then!)

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  • 17 April 2008

    Lynsey rated and commented on this recipe

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    Great if you are in a rush or short on time. Really tasty and have done loads of variations depending on what in fridge at time.

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  • 20 July 2008

    Mary rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    very nice, though cooked my own rice and added chopped onion, pepper, sweetcorn and mushrooms. will definately do again a good way to use leftover chicken!

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  • Binder photo Ali

    30 August 2008

    Ali rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Had this and it was very nice, unusual texture. I put extra vegtables in to it which was onions, mushrooms, carrorts and brocoile. I also halfed the amount of rice as it was only for me and my mum. However would definately have this again.

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  • 17 January 2009

    scotty commented on this recipe

    so what curry paste are you to use there are hundreds out there, is it a malaysian meal ?.

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  • 20 July 2009

    Nives commented on this recipe

    This is very easy and tasty. I made it with tuna fish instead of chicken, and I use curry powder since I don't like the taste of the curry paste available where I live. Delicious!

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  • 08 September 2009

    debetha rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Great! Made it in conjunction with the chicken noodle soup, cooked the chicken in the soup which added to the flavour of the soup and made it super easy!

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  • 21 September 2009

    ctcondor rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I just used tikka masala curry paste but it doesn't really matter, whatever flavour you want! I used flavoured pre-cooked rice as well - makes it super quick. Not keen on peas, so used mushrooms as well - but as everyone else says, anything goes! Yum yum yum

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  • 29 January 2010

    sioned rated this recipe

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  • 15 May 2011

    aLittleBlonde rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really tasty, quick, easy and cheap! Halved the quantities as it was just for me and pan fried a small chicken breast as I didn't have any left over. I used Pataks mild curry paste which seemed to work well. Deffinalty student friendly and will be making again soon, maybe with a few added extras :)

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  • 18 May 2011

    keencook rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Tasty, filling and really quick and easy to make. I adapted the quantities to serve one and left out the cashews because I have a nut allergy but it was still very nice! Might add some sliced peppers or something next time in place of the nuts

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  • 28 November 2011

    AngelCOH rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I did not include the lemon juice as I did not have any but added 1/2 a bag of waitrose soffritto and used their makhani paste. Was delicious but would use more onion next time. Perfect after work dinner and only one pan to wash up! Will be making this on a regular basis, and make extra to take for lunch :-)

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  • Binder photo Tom

    11 December 2012

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  • 26 March 2013

    Jo K rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was absolutely amazing! It reminded me a little of Singapore fried rice. I used just over a tablespoon of Sharwood Tikka paste, I added a chicken OXO cube & a little boiling water (about 3 tablespoons) just to soften the recipe. I also added mushrooms, beansprouts & spring onions as well as the chilli & cashews (not a fan of peas! & it turned out really, really good. Probably one of the nicest meals I've made & ridiculously easy to make - Winner!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Quick, filling and tasty

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp curry paste
  • 1 chopped chilli , if you like spicy food
  • 250g pack cooked basmati rice
  • some shredded cooked chicken or turkey
  • a handful of frozen peas
  • 50g pack roasted cashews
  • a squeeze of fresh lemon juice
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Per serving

428 kcalories, protein 24g, carbohydrate 43g, fat 19 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 2g, sugar 1g, salt 1.18 g

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