Tomato Garlic Rice with Fried Chicken – 35-Minute Recipe
A vibrant tomato‑garlic rice dish brightened with green peas and fresh herbs, topped with a crispy fried chicken piece. The tomato‑onion base creates a rich orange paste that coats the rice, delivering a comforting, slightly tangy flavor perfect for a quick family dinner.
Recipe by RJ· Structured by ReelsMeals
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Ingredients
- long‑grain rice
- oil
- tomato
- onion
- garlic
- green peas
- green herbs
- fried chicken
Instructions
- 1Pour oil into a stainless steel wok or kadai.
- 2Place the wok/kadai on a gas stove burner and heat the oil.
- 3Add a whole red tomato to the hot oil.
- 4Cut the tomato in half to reveal the interior.
- 5Sauté the tomato halves together with chopped onion and minced garlic in the pan until they break down into a thick orange‑red paste.
- 6(Optional) Add any spice or seasoning from a white container held over the pan.
- 7Stir‑fry the washed long‑grain rice with green peas and diced onion in a separate pan until the rice turns yellow.
- 8Transfer the yellow rice to a large stainless steel bowl and mix in the reddish‑brown seasoned tomato‑onion paste, coating the rice evenly.
- 9Garnish the seasoned rice with fresh chopped green herbs.
- 10Plate the cooked rice and top with a piece of golden‑brown fried chicken.
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Make the tomato‑onion paste
Sauté the whole tomato halves together with chopped onion and minced garlic until they break down into a thick orange‑red paste.
Yellow the rice before mixing
Stir‑fry the washed long‑grain rice with green peas and diced onion in a separate pan until the rice turns yellow.
Add fresh herbs at the end
Garnish the seasoned rice with fresh chopped green herbs after mixing the paste into the rice.
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- How long does it take to make Tomato Garlic Rice with Fried Chicken?
- About 35 minutes in total: 15 minutes of prep and 20 minutes of cooking.
- How many servings does this Tomato Garlic Rice with Fried Chicken recipe make?
- This recipe makes 2 servings as written; ingredient quantities on this page can be scaled.
- Where does this Tomato Garlic Rice with Fried Chicken recipe come from?
- It was shared by RJ on instagram.com. ReelsMeals structured the original post into this step-by-step card; the original is linked above.