Asian Crumbed Chicken Bowl
with mushrooms and pickled cucumber
This rice bowl recipe features simple ingredients used in interesting ways. Fragrant rice is elevated with apple cider vinegar, which is also used to pickle the cucumber in this dish. A slightly spicy aioli and sticky fried mushrooms and crispy chicken round out a satisfying and exciting dish.
Ingredients
1 pack(s)
Breadcrumbs
(Contains Wheat)
150 grams
Mushrooms
1 sachet(s)
Sweet Chilli Sauce
1 unit(s)
Cucumber
2 unit(s)
Scallion
260 grams
Diced Irish Chicken Breast
1 sachet(s)
Apple Cider Vinegar
(Contains Sulphites)
150 grams
Jasmine Rice
1 unit(s)
Chilli
1 sachet(s)
Aioli
(Contains Egg, Mustard)
1 sachet(s)
Ketjap Manis
(Contains Soya, Wheat)
Not included in your delivery
to taste
Salt
to taste
Pepper
to taste
Water
to taste
Oil
to taste
Sugar
unit(s)
Egg
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 220°C/200°C fan/gas mark 7.
- Place a pot over medium-high heat with 300ml cold water (double for 4p).
- Stir in the rice and ring to the boil. Once boiling, lower heat to medium, cover and cook for 12 mins.
- Remove the pot from the heat and keep covered for another 12 mins so the rice can continue to cook in its own steam.
- Once cooked, stir through ¼ tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar (double both for 4p) and half the apple cider vinegar.
- Meanwhile, roughly chop the mushrooms.
- Trim and thinly slice the scallion, keeping the green and white portions separate.
- Deseed and finely chop the chilli.
- Place a large pan over medium-high heat with a drizzle of oil.
- Fry the mushrooms with the white of the scallion for 5-6 mins. Stir in the ketjap manis. Remove from the pan and cover to keep warm.
- Meanwhile, trim and halve the cucumber lengthways. Scrape out the seeds with a spoon. Chop widthways into small pieces.
- In a bowl, mix the remaining apple cider vinegar, ¼ tsp salt and 1 tsp sugar (double both for 4p).
- Add the cucumber and set aside to marinate. Toss occasionally.
- Mix the aioli with the sweet chilli sauce.
- In a bowl, beat one egg (double for 4p). Season with salt and pepper.
- To another bowl, add breadcrumbs and season with salt and pepper.
- Toss the chicken first in the egg and then in the breadcrumbs. IMPORTANT: Wash hands and equipment after handling raw chicken and its packaging.
TIP: Notice a stronger smell from your chicken? Don't worry! This is normal due to packaging used to keep it fresh.
- Arrange the chicken in a single layer on a lined baking tray.
- Drizzle over 1 tbsp oil (double for 4p).
- Bake on the top shelf of the oven until the chicken is cooked through and crispy, 20-25 mins. IMPORTANT: Chicken is cooked when no longer pink in the middle.
- Fluff up the rice with a fork and divide between bowls.
- Arrange the cucumber, mushrooms and crispy chicken on top.
- Drizzle over the sweet chilli aioli.
- Garnish with a scattering of green scallion and as much chopped chilli as you like (use less if cooking for kids or if you don't like spice).
