Spicy Tamarind Fried Rice
Fried rice dishes are a great weekday dinner recipe and also perfect for batch cooking. Try this delicious sweet, sour and spicy take on fried rice, served with some prawn crackers.
Ingredients
- 8oz basmati rice
- 1 tbsp garlic oil
- 1 tbsp frozen chopped ginger
- 1 red chilli
- 14oz chicken breast, in strips
- 1 red pepper
- 2 medium carrots, peeled
- 4 spring onions
- 3oz edamame beans
- 2 tbsp tamarind paste
- ½ tsp ground coriander
- ½ tsp ground turmeric
- ½ tsp ground cumin
- ½ tsp black pepper
- ¼ tsp chilli powder
- 1 tsp sugar
- Pinch salt
- 2 tbsp tamari
Optional
- spring onions
- coriander
Instructions
Step 1
Cook the rice as per instructions and leave to one side
Step 2
Heat the oil in the wok over a medium heat
Step 3
Add the ginger and finely chopped chilli, stir-fry for 1 minute
Step 4
Add the chicken strips, stir-fry for 3 minutes
Step 5
Thinly slice the pepper and spring onions, add to the wok for a further 2 minutes
Step 6
Add 4 tbsp of water to the wok with the edamame, spices, tamarind paste and carrot (julienne or batons)
Step 7
Stir-fry for a further 4 minutes
Step 8
Add the cooked rice and tamari, stir-frying until the rice is heated through
Step 9
Serve with prawn crackers, tamarind sauce and topped with coriander and spring onion