Spicy chicken rice

Spicy chicken rice

A simple, low-fat, mid-week dish that's perfect when you are rushed for time but need to feed the family

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

No cook

Low-fat

Counts as 2 of 5-a-day, high fibre

Method

  1. Chop the chicken into bite-size pieces and mix with the rice, cucumber and carrots.
  2. Mix half the mint with the yogurt, honey, chilli powder, and seasoning. Stir into the rice and sprinkle with the remaining mint.

Per serving

357 kcalories, protein 31g, carbohydrate 57g, fat 2 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 3g, sugar 19g, salt 0.99 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2007.

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  • 25 November 2007

    Sharon rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This was quick and easy to make, and surprisingly filling. I used dried mint as I didn't have any fresh and still tasted good.

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  • 24 February 2008

    nd76 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious. Used coriander instead of mint, and creme fraiche instead of yogurt and marinaded the chicken in some chilli. Definitely cook this again.

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  • 14 April 2008

    Steph commented on this recipe

    This was gorgeous, really fresh tasting ( I did use fresh mint) and healthy. I used basmati rice and cooked it in the afternoon, and then chilled it until I needed it which meant this recipe was really quick to prepare! I also used Tesco Piri Piri chicken fillets, which were really tasty too. Even my husband said it was delicious!!

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  • 23 May 2008

    DomesticLou rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lovely. Really fresh & zingy. I used fresh mint & corriander but I wouldn't buy pre-cooked rice again, what a waste of money/packaging.

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  • 14 December 2009

    Dave's Faves rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    once I had put all this together, it looked a little bland, so I added some spring onions and baby vine tomatoes and some extra chilli powder and this brightened it up a bit. However, it was still lacking something, so I won't be making this again.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

No cook

Low-fat

Counts as 2 of 5-a-day, high fibre

Tasty low-fat chicken

Ingredients

  • 200g pack spicy cooked chicken fillets (we used Waitrose sweet chilli mini fillets)
  • 250g leftover cooked rice , or a 250g pouch pre-cooked rice
  • 1/3 cucumber , finely chopped
  • 2 carrots , coarsely grated
  • 20g pack mint leaves, roughly chopped
  • 150ml pot low-fat natural yogurt
  • 1 tsp clear honey
  • pinch chilli powder
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Per serving

357 kcalories, protein 31g, carbohydrate 57g, fat 2 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 3g, sugar 19g, salt 0.99 g

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