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Garlic chicken rice bowl — basmati rice, onion, mixed peppers
Garlic chicken rice bowl — basmati rice, onion, mixed peppers. Ingredients, step-by-step method and estimated nutrition per serving. Save your food plans in My Timber.
Ingredients
- 170g chicken breast
- 75g basmati rice, dry
- 90g onion
- 90g mixed peppers
- 20g light mayonnaise
- 1g garlic powder
- 1g dried parsley
- 4.6g olive oil
- 150g chopped tomatoes
Equipment
- hob
- non-stick frying pan
- knife
- chopping board
- spatula
- kitchen scales
- separate raw-meat board
- food thermometer
- clean plate
- saucepan
- colander
- bowl
- spoon
Method
- Start the measured dry rice first, using the water quantity and cooking time on its packet. Brown rice commonly takes25–35 minutes; this recipe does not claim microwave-pouch timing.
- Cut the meat into even strips or pieces no larger than 2 cm, using a separate board. Cook the chicken breast in the measured oil for about 8–12 minutes, turning or stirring, until fully cooked; check 75°C for 30 seconds at the centre with a clean food thermometer. Allow longer if needed. Never reuse a raw-meat plate or utensils without washing them.
- Add chopped courgette, peppers, onions or other cooking vegetables and the measured tomato ingredients to the pan. Simmer for8–10 minutes until vegetables are tender. Stir through any cooking sauce for its label time. Add spinach near the end and wilt fully; serve ready-to-eat salad leaves cold.
- Combine the cooked pasta or rice, cooked filling and sauce. Add a little reserved pasta water or hot water if needed. Fold in cold yoghurt/cream cheese away from the heat; add mayonnaise only as a cold dressing at serving.
Estimated nutrition
| Energy | 629 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 47.8 g |
| Carbohydrate | 81.8 g |
| Fat | 14.7 g |
| Fibre | Not available |
| Saturates | Not available |
Estimated per-serving nutrition. Ingredient weights multiplied by CoFID 2021 or explicitly named UK product-label values, preserving missing values; traces treated as zero. Declared product/cooked-state proxies remain estimates. AI author calculation, not independent human, clinical or physical cooking validation.
Allergens and product labels
- egg
- mustard
Food safety and storage
- Check every bought ingredient label for allergens, use-by dates and cooking instructions. Recipe tags are not an allergy-suitability guarantee.
- Wash hands, utensils and surfaces. Wash produce unless labelled ready washed; keep raw meat and fish separate from ready-to-eat food.
- Cool leftover rice quickly, ideally within 1 hour. Refrigerate at 0–5°C and eat within 24 hours of original cooking. Keep cold packed lunches chilled; any earlier ingredient deadline governs.
- Reheat rice and hot toppings once until steaming hot throughout; eat immediately. Keep salad and cold dressing separate.
Author estimates, not physical cooking trials. Packet instructions and safe doneness govern; larger batches need longer.