Fakeaway Salt and Chili Chicken with Fried Rice
Enjoy your favorite Chinese takeaway dish at home with this easy and delicious fakeaway recipe. This recipe is perfect for a quick and easy weeknight meal, and it's sure to please the whole family.
- 31 - 60 Minutes
- Medium
- Serves 2
Method
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 120g Tilda Basmati Rice
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 egg
- 1 scallion
- 1/4 tsp ginger
- Salt & Chilli Chicken:
- 2 large chicken breasts
- Half a red and green pepper
- 1 red chilli
- 1 onion
- 50g cornflour
- Chicken marinade:
- 1 tbsp Soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp Sesame oil
- 2 crushed cloves of garlic
- Spice mix:
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Black pepper powder
- 1/4 tsp Chinese five spices
- 1/2 tsp all purpose seasoning
Method
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Marinate the chicken in the marinate ingredients above. Set aside for 15 minutes before adding the cornflour.
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Spray with oil spray and add to the air fryer for 15 minutes on 180° Celsius.
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-For the fried rice, first you want to rinse your Tilda basmati rice well until the water runs clear.
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Then add it to a pot of 360ml of water. Stir, cover and cook the rice for 10-12 minutes over a low heat.
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Remove from the heat, keep covered and leave to stand for 3 minutes.
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-Fluff lightly with a fork and let cool down. (Once everything is cooked, this will have cooled.)
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Add your egg to a pan and let it scramble. Set aside.
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In the same pan, add your chopped scallion, ginger. Fry for a minute or two.
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Add the rice in the pan, the egg and the soy sauce.
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Stir and let it heat through and voila!
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In a pan add oil spray, fry off the sliced peppers, onion for a few minutes. Then add the finely chopped chillies. Add the cooked crispy chicken.
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Add the spice mix, stir and voila!
