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chicken curry kottu rice

Sri Lankan style chicken rice kottu

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings: 6 Servings
Course: Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine: Sri Lankan

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Cooked day old rice
  • 1/2 cup shredded curry chicken meat from the curry
  • 1 small, diced carrot
  • 1/2 cup thinly sliced leek greens or chopped Bok-choy
  • 2 tbsp thinly sliced green beans
  • 1 tablespoon of minced red onion
  • 2 minced green chili
  • 1 tablespoon of finely sliced curry leaves
  • 1 teaspoon of crushed ginger and garlic
  • 1/2 cup of chicken curry sauce
  • 1 teaspoon of red curry powder
  • teaspoon of cayenne pepper optional for a very spicy rice dish
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tablespoon of oil Use skimmed off rendered oil from the curry for extra flavor

Equipment

  • 1 Griddle pan or wide skillet preferably cast iron or carbon steel

Method
 

  1. Heat a skillet extremely hot, up to the smoke point.
  2. Add onions, green chili, carrots, and green beans. Add the tablespoon of oil on vegetables. cook for few seconds.
  3. Follow with ginger garlic paste and Sautee few more seconds.
  4. Add diced chicken pieces from the curry add half of the curry sauce let everything cook until flavor absorbs to vegetables.
  5. Taste and adjust the salt and add curry powders.
  6. Add rice and remaining curry sauce and cook keeping griddle still hot and mixing constantly until sauce is absorbed. Finished rice should be just moist, fluffy with caramelized edges.
  7. Finish with curry leaves and mix that in.