Pasta & rice recipes

Curried chicken brown rice salad

Nov 29 10:46am

Serves
6

Ingredients

2 cups water
2 tsps finely chopped fresh ginger
2 tsps ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
2 cups SunRice Express Brown long grain rice
4 chicken breast fillets
1/4 cup currants
1/4 cup dried apricots, finely chopped
1/4 cup finely chopped chives
1/2 cup slivered almonds, toasted
1/3 cup bottled Moroccan dressing
1 tblsp olive oil
1 white onion, finely chopped
2 tsps curry powder
200g tub low-fat natural yogurt
Salt and pepper, to taste
Radicchio lettuce, to serve
Extra chopped chives, to garnish

Method
1 Place water, ginger, cumin and coriander in a large pan. Bring to boil. Add rice, then arrange chicken over rice. Return to boil and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes. Remove pan from heat. Do not remove lid. Stand chicken in pan for 10 minutes. Remove chicken and allow to cool slightly before shredding.

2 Transfer rice to a bowl. Stir in currants, apricots, chives, almonds, rind and dressing. Set aside to cool.

3 Heat oil in a medium pan. Add onion and cook, stirring, until soft. Stir in curry powder and cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in chicken, then yogurt. Season with salt and pepper.

4 To serve, spoon rice over radicchio leaves and top with chicken mixture. Garnish with chopped chives, to serve.