One-pot meals usually come to the rescue when we are short of time or we know that we are going to be busy the next day or we are simply too lazy to cook. The ingredients can be prepared way in advance. And best of all, there is going to be very little washings after cooking and eating.
When we cook 1-pot meal with rice as one of the ingredients, the rice will soak up all the sauce and juice from the chicken making it very delicious. I have been cooking Chicken Mustard Green Rice whenever I can get a hold on the mustard green. It is savoury and a complete meal with carbohydrate, protein and greens (packed with vitamins, minerals and fiber).
Ingredients:
- 350 g chicken breast meat
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
- 3 pcs shallots
- 5 tbsp cooking oil
- 3 pcs Shiitake mushroom, soaked and sliced
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 750 g mustard green, washed and cut up
- 2 cups uncooked rice, washed
- 2 1/2 cups water
- 2 stalks coriander or green onions, chopped
- 3 pieces chili padi, chopped
Method:
- Marinate the chicken meat overnight:
- Wash and slice the chicken breast
- Marinate the chicken slices with 2 tbsp sesame oil, 1 tbsp dark soy sauce, 2 tbsp light soy sauce, 1/2 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp black pepper powder.
- Leave the chicken overnight in the refrigerator.
- Prepare the shallots:
- Peel and slice the shallots.
- Heat up the wok with cooking oil.
- Fry the shallots till golden brown.
- Remove the shallots and set aside.
- Remove some of the oil from the wok leaving about 2 tbsp in it.
- Saute the Shiitake mushroom till fragrant.
- Add the chopped garlic and saute it till it is fragrant.
- Add the marinated chicken to the wok. Fry them till they are almost cooked.
- Add the mustard green to the wok. Fry it together with the ingredients in the wok.
- Add the uncooked rice to the wok. Fry it until it is fragrant.
- Transfer all the ingredients to the rice cooker.
- Add 2 1/2 cups of water to the rice cooker.
- Let the rice cook.
- Once cooked, sprinkle the fried shallots on top of the rice.
- Sprinkle the chopped coriander or green onion on the rice.
- Serve with chili padi.