Have you ever try a one-pot meal using a rice cooker? A rice cooker often comes with a plastic steamer – it is handy when you want a quick & easy meal.
Here are the simple steps:
(serves 3 as a FODMAP recipe)
First – cook the rice in the rice cooker with the followings:
- 1 cup medium grain rice (or other low GI rice)
- 1 cup coconut milk (from can)
- 1 cup water
- 5g ginger, cut into a few smaller pieces
- 10g lemongrass, white part only, roughly bashed
- a few pinches of salt
- 1 tsp sesame oil
Discard the lemongrass & ginger when the rice is cooked.
Second, after you press the ‘cook’ button, prepare the chicken by mixing up the following ingredients:
- 250g chicken thigh fillets, sliced
- 2 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp soy sauce (use gluten free soy sauce for a gluten free option)
- 1 tsp potato flour
After mixing up the above ingredients, transfer the chicken pieces to a small shallow bowl or a small plate (I found my entree plates are the right size); spread the meat evenly over the plate; place the plate in the steamer; place the steamer in the rice cooker. The rice cooker should be steaming up a little by now; If you put the cooker on a ‘fast cook’, dinner should be ready in around 30 minutes.
I have a kaffir lime plant in the garden. I often add thinly sliced kaffir lime leaf just before serving – it adds a beautiful flavor (optional).
Serve with a saute green vegetable if desired.
