Poached egg with spicy rice

Poached egg with spicy rice

Want nutrition in 30 minutes? This quick simple recipe is full of fibre, iron, folic acid and vitamin C

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 1

Easily doubled

Preperation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 12 mins

Super healthy

High in fibre, good source of iron and vitamin c

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan. Fry the onion and pepper for 5-8 mins until soft and beginning to brown. Tip in the rice, frozen peas, curry powder and 200ml water, stir well, then simmer gently for 10 mins.
  2. Bring a small pan of water to the boil and, when the rice is almost ready, poach the egg (see p50 for some great tips on poaching eggs). Serve the egg on top of the spicy rice.
Try

Add some omega-3

Flake a large handful of smoked mackerel through the rice for a healthy omega-3 boost.

Per serving

711 kcalories, protein 50g, carbohydrate 62g, fat 31 g, saturated fat 4g, fibre 6g, salt 0.25 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2007.

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  • 27 January 2008

    Mark rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very easy and really nice dish

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  • 03 April 2008

    SarahW rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Didn't think this had much flavour. Also, how can the fat content given above be correct, is this a misprint? Is it including the mackerel?

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  • 20 August 2008

    Strider rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    I've just cooked this, using it as my food I take to work for tea. It was very easy, I didn't use the pouch of rice, I just half-cooked some rice seperate but added it at the same time. Also used yellow pepper and added some green beans that I had in the fridge (added them at the beginning). I also doubled the amounts (except the rice) which was very easy. Oh, and didn't do the poached egg It is quite nice, nothing special but is easily transported in some tubs to take to work!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 1

Easily doubled

Preperation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 12 mins

Super healthy

High in fibre, good source of iron and vitamin c

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp oil
  • 1⁄2 onion , chopped
  • 1⁄2 green pepper , deseeded and sliced
  • 1 x 250g pouch microwave pilau basmati rice (we used Tilda Rizazz)
  • 50g frozen peas
  • 1 tsp medium curry powder
  • 1 egg
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Per serving

711 kcalories, protein 50g, carbohydrate 62g, fat 31 g, saturated fat 4g, fibre 6g, salt 0.25 g

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