Papaya Chicken with Turmeric Rice. Chicken seasoned with turmeric and paprika is cooked in one skillet with bell pepper and onion to make this quick and easy dinner that's best served over rice. Rub turmeric, paprika, and lemon-pepper seasoning over chicken. Place chicken in a skillet over medium heat and cover with water.
This is an easy dish to bring together, but it tastes amazingly delicious.
A full meal with starch, protein, and veggies is an absolute kids favorite too.
With easy to find ingredients this can be made any time of the week or weekend.
You can have Papaya Chicken with Turmeric Rice using 25 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Papaya Chicken with Turmeric Rice
- Prepare of Papaya Chicken.
- Prepare 400 gm of chicken breast, cut into bite sizes.
- It's 1/2 tsp of sambal oelek (or to taste) (optional).
- Prepare 1 tbsp of olive oil.
- Prepare 1 of scallion, chopped.
- Prepare 2 cloves of garlic, chopped.
- Prepare 1 inch of ginger, chopped.
- Prepare 2 cups of green or unripe papaya, seeded and diced.
- Prepare 1 of bell pepper, cut into strips.
- You need 1/2 cup of lemon or orange juice.
- It's 2 tbsp of sweet soy sauce.
- You need 1 tbsp of shrimp paste or fish sauce.
- You need 1 cup of broccoli, cut into bite sizes.
- Prepare 1 cup of mushroom (optional).
- It's of Turmeric Rice.
- You need 1 3/4 cup of basmati rice.
- You need of (cook with rice cooker or in a pot, following the instructions).
- It's of (I use 3 1/2 cup of water).
- You need 1 cup of chicken broth (adjust with water for cooking rice).
- You need 1 tbsp of butter.
- It's 1 tsp of turmeric powder.
- It's 1 tsp of onion powder.
- Prepare 1 tsp of garlic powder.
- It's 1/2 tsp of garam masala (optional).
- It's Pinch of salt.
Turmeric Papaya Smoothie - an amazing combination of flavors makes this healthy drink super delicious. Look at this color, it screams summer to me. Serving suggestion: Serve with rice or rotis. In a large skillet or wok over high heat, brown the chicken with the sambal oelek in half the oil.
Papaya Chicken with Turmeric Rice step by step
- Cook rice.
- Prepare a pan with oil and sautee scallion, garlic and ginger.
- Add chicken along with bell pepper and cook until the chicken turns white.
- Add fish sauce or shrimp paste together with lemon or orange juice, soy sauce and sambal oelek. Mix well..
- Add broccoli and papaya (or mushroom) and cook until the broccoli is soft. Make sure to adjust, not to add papaya earlier than broccoli if papaya was already soft before you start cooking it..
- Add salt to taste. My shrimp paste was already salty enough so I didn't add any salt..
- Serve with hot turmeric rice..
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