Coconut fried rice 🍚

July 06, 2020
By Ifeoluwa O.
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Hey lovelies 🌼, I'm super excited to share with you all this amazing recipe from one of my favorite fruits "COCONUT". Coconut is a fruit grown in tropical regions, it is used for it's water, milk, oil and tasty meat but recently increased in popularity for their flavor, culinary uses and potential health benefits, it promotes weight loss, supports immune system, improve digestion e.t.c.

Coconut fried rice is one of the many meals you can make from coconut. Coconut fried rice is rich in vitamins and minerals, it is a good source of vitamin A and vitamin K.

Let's run through the ingredients:

Ingredients

• Rice

• Coconut milk

•Chicken- stock/broth

• Coconut oil- optional/ any other can be used

• 1 onion- chopped

• 4 garlic cloves- minced

• 1½ red bell pepper- chopped

• 1½ green bell pepper- chopped

• 1½ yellow bell pepper- chopped

• 2 medium sized carrots- chopped

• Green beans

• Sweet corn

• Green beans

• ½ tablespoon of white or black pepper

• Seasoning cubes

• Salt

Preparation

1. In a large pot, add you washed chicken, some salt, seasoning, onion and bring to a boil check after 25-30 minutes if it has softened and set aside.

NOTE: This is optional, you can use whatever meat you prefer.

2. In another pot, put chicken stock/broth, washed rice, coconut milk and bring to a boil on a high heat cook for 10 minutes, check if rice is soft and set aside.

NOTE: You can also make use of plain water instead of stock/broth, but you'll have to seson it extra make the coconut fried rice tasty.

3. Heat up a sauce pan, dizzle some coconut oil and allow it to heat up for a minute and add minced garlic stir-fry for 20-30 seconds then add your chopped vegetable and canned ones also add your white or black pepper.

NOTE: You can also add some finely grated coconut (coconut shavings) of you want that strong coconutty flavor. Also in case coconut oil isn't available use vegetable oil.

4. Add your boiled coconut rice into your stir-fried veggies and stir gently. Heat up a fry pan and fry your chicken until they are golden brown.

5. Serve once ready. Enjoy 😊.