May 24, 2023 / In food , chicken / Tagged as: chicken, spring onions, garlic, carrot, baby sweetcorn, peas, rice, basil, soy sauce, mango, chillies, coconut oil

Chicken fried rice with mango and basil

Total Cook Time

20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 tbsp coconut oil or olive oil
  • 4 spring onions trimmed and thinly sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 1 x 300g chicken breast
  • 1 small carrot, peeled and diced
  • 5 baby sweetcorn, cut in half lengthways
  • 80g frozen peas
  • 400g pre-cooked rice
  • 1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 mango, peeled and cut into cubes
  • 2 red chillies, finely sliced, remove the seeds if you don’t like it hot
  • small bunch of basil, roughly torn up

Method

  1. Melt the oil in a pan or wok on a high heat, then add spring onions and garlic. Fry for 30 seconds.
  2. Add the chicken slices and stir-fry for 2 minutes.
  3. Add the carrot, sweetcorn and frozen peas.
  4. Stir fry for 3 minutes. The chicken should be cooked through.
  5. Add the pre-cooked rice to the pan.
  6. Add a splash of water to the pan. Let it steam up. Perhaps cover the pan for a short period.
  7. Take the pan off the heat. Stir through the sesame oil and soy sauce.
  8. Add the mango pieces.
  9. Garnish with the basil and fine chilli slices.

Notes

Serves 2. Light and fresh dish.

I like to pre-cook my chicken in the oven for 30-35 minutes and then add the cooked chicken to the stir fry.

I also like to use pre-cooked rice that you can heat up in the 2 minutes in the microwave.