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Chicken & Shrimp Fried Rice, African Style

This recipe for Chicken & Shrimp Fried Rice - African Style is from Precious Core.
This sounds absolutely delicious! On my to cook list for sure.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Main Dish
Cuisine African
Servings 10 servings

Equipment

  • Rice Cooker
  • Mortar & Pestle

Ingredients
  

  • 2½ cups dry white rice, basmati works well
  • 1½ cups fresh shrimp, peeled, deveined, tails removed
  • 500 grams chicken breast, cut into 1 inch slices, (1 lb)
  • 5 cloves garlic, peeled
  • 1 inch ginger, peeled
  • 1 sprig fresh parsley
  • ½ teaspoon ground white pepper
  • 2 bay leaves
  • ½ teaspoon curry powder
  • 3 teaspoons chicken stock powder
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup onion, diced
  • 1 spring onion, chopped
  • 1-2 carrots, chopped, 1 large or 2 small
  • handful fresh long beans, chopped, hand full chopped, not a full bundle
  • ¾ cup sweet corn, fresh cooked, frozen, or canned
  • ¾ cup sweet peas, fresh cooked, frozen, or canned
  • salt, to taste

Instructions
 

  • Use a rice cooker to cook the rice, to the cooker add the rinsed rice, 1 teaspoon of salt, bay leaves, curry powder, and the chicken stock powder, add the appropriate amount of water and set to the Cook mode. When the cooker switches to Warm, spread the rice out on a large tray to cool, discard the bay leaves.
  • Using a mortar and pestle, pound into a paste, the garlic, ginger, parsley, and a little water, as need to form a smooth paste. Set aside.
  • In a mixing bowl, add the shrimp, season with a pinch of salt, ¼ teaspoon white pepper, ½ teaspoon of the garlic paste, and mix to coat all the shrimp. Set aside.
  • In another mixing bowl, add the chicken, and season with ¼ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon white pepper, ½ teaspoon of the garlic paste, and mix into the chicken to coat all the pieces. Set aside.
  • Heat some oil in a large pot, add the shrimp and cook, turning them after about two minutes and cook for another 2 minutes, until the shrimp are pink and cooked through, do not overcook them as that makes for tough shrimp. Remove when cooked through.
  • Same pot, now add the chicken, also just cooking for about 4 minutes, turning them at about 2 minutes, until cooked through, remove the chicken from the pot.
  • Same pot, heat more oil if needed, add the onion and spring onion and saute until the onion is translucent then stir in the remaining garlic paste and cook for about 2 minutes. Add the carrot, long beans, corn, and peas and stir to mix well.
  • Stir in the chicken and shrimp, then add the rice and stir until well mixed, let this cook for just a minute or two to heat everything through, serve.

Notes

Figure 35 Baht for the chicken and maybe 100 Baht for the shrimp. For 10 servings, this is about 40 cents per serving.