Smoky Chicken Rice

Step by step recipe of Smoky chicken and seasoned rice with tomato basil sauce. That’s the kind of recipe I love to post. Why? Every bite gives you a mouth full of flavors. The crunch of veggie, the smoky flavor that hits the palate, and the tomato sauce blending all flavors. I love to have this with almond soup.

I can take full credits of the recipe. Although, it was inspired by my sister-in-law. I have made this smoky chicken and seasoned rice dish for ten years and I have shared this recipe hundreds of times with many friends over the year and today it find its way to the blog.

What makes this rice dish special is the smoky chicken. The ingredients are easy to find. The original recipe had Russian sauce. To cut down oil in mayonnaise, I’ve added tomato puree, basil, and oil. This tomato sauce is so yummy and can be used as a topping in other rice dishes too. Hubby, kids, friends, everyone loves this rice dish. You can make tomato sauce and chicken a day ahead because although it is simple preparing different layers takes some time. You can also adjust vegetables to your choice. I always add only green vegetables so it contrast with the red sauce.

Step by step recipe

For Smokey Chicken

Put chicken pieces, ginger garlic paste, pepper and oil in a pot.

Cook on low heat for 10 minutes.

When chicken is tender add butter and soya sauce. Also dry out any excess water by cooking on high flame.

Add coconut milk powder.

Smoke the chicken by placing a piece of red hot coal on foil in the centre of pot. Drip few drop of oil on coal and immediately cover the lid. Chicken is ready, it should have a nice buttery, spicy and smokey flavour.

For veggie Sauce

Mix all ingredients of veggie and mayonnaise.

For Tomato Basil Sauce

Put all ingredients of sauce in the blender that is tomato puree, ketchup, chilli garlic sauce, chilies and capsicum, salt and oil.

Blend into a smooth liquid.

Transfer sauce in a pot, add dry basil.

Cook for 2 minutes. Sauce is ready.

For Rice

Wash and soak rice for ten minutes in a bowl.

In a large pot boil water with salt. Add rice to boiling water pot and cook for 7-10 minutes until 80% cooked. (1 Kani chawal) When ready drain water in a strainer and set aside.

To prepare seasoning for rice add all seasoning ingredients that is desiccated coconut, soy sauce, oil, chicken cube, vinegar in pot and heat to sizzle for 1 minute on medium flame.

Now add sugar. Add 2 tablespoons of water so seasoning easily gets mixed in rice.

Add half rice first in the seasoning. Mix well and then add the remaining rice and mix again. Mix lightly do not break the rice.

For Serving

The recipe makes two plates of rice. Take rice on a plate. Add layers of chicken a veggie as in picture. Then pour tomato basil sauce. Enjoy!