# Chicken and Rice with Side Salad

A quick and delicious chicken and rice dish with a fresh side salad, perfect for a weeknight dinner.

- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Salad
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- Chicken
- Oil
- Turmeric
- Curry
- Salt
- Black pepper
- 2 cups Rice
- Onion
- Carrots
- Curry powder
- 2.5 cups Water
- Lettuce
- Parsley
- Green onion
- Garlic
- Tomatoes
- Lemon
- Olive oil
- Hummus
- Sriracha
- Hot sauce
- Pita

## Instructions

1. Chop the chicken and put it into a bowl.
2. Add oil, turmeric, curry, salt, and black pepper to the chicken.
3. Mix the chicken with your hands until well coated.
4. Add two cups of rice to the pan.
5. Chop an onion and add it to the pan.
6. Grate some carrots and add them to the pan.
7. Add more turmeric, curry powder, salt, and pepper to the rice mixture.
8. Add two and a half cups of water to the pan for the rice.
9. Skewer the seasoned chicken.
10. Lay the skewered chicken on top of the rice in the pan, ensuring the skewers hang over the pan and are not smushed down.
11. Cover the pan with parchment paper first, then foil.
12. Prepare a salad by starting with lettuce, parsley, green onion, garlic, and tomatoes.
13. Squeeze lemon juice over the salad using a lemon squeezer.
14. Add olive oil, salt, and pepper to the salad.
15. Serve the cooked chicken and rice, often in pita bread, with the side salad, hummus, sriracha, and hot sauce.

## Equipment

- bowl
- skewers
- pan
- parchment paper
- foil
- lemon squeezer

## Tips

- Use parchment paper first then foil to avoid toxins from foil touching the food.
- Don't smush the skewers down too much.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1GGgeHRwD2/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/aee134ac-8857-4c3e-91e2-9146c2f1d28f
- Extracted: 2026-04-20

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