Cranberry and chicken curry with egg-fried rice!

After writing (half) an Irish essay about eating healthy and being all self-righteous about cooking for yourself instead of getting a take-away, I decided to throw together an easy, cheap meal that absolutely anyone can make. :P This meal tastes great and will leave you feeling a lot better than anything you'll get from the take-away! :L I just threw in any veg. I could find in the house so be sure to add in whatever you want! I got the idea for trying out the egg fried rice from my brother, it turned out really well, giving the rice an extra bit of flavour! :P


Cranberry and chicken curry with egg-fried rice:

Ingredients:

• 150g Cranberries
• Enough Rice for 4 people (approx. half cup per person)
• 1 Red Pepper
• 1 Yellow Pepper
• 1 Carrot
• 1 Onion 
• 3 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
• 1 Chicken stock cube
• 1 Lemon
• 2 sections Garlic, crushed
• 2 tbsp Curry Powder (I used medium!)
• 2 tsp cumin
• 2 eggs

Method:


To start, we'll prepare a few things before we get into the real cooking, this will just speed up the process later. Put the cranberries into a bowl and pour in a large mug of hot water. Leave this to one side to soak. Next, put the rice into a pot and pour in enough water so that the rice is covered. Have that to one side and ready to cook. Finally chop up all of the veg and have all that ready to rock too. :)


Now that all the preparations are out of the way, throw the three chicken breasts into a large pan with some oil and fry them until the outside is cooked. Cut them up into little pieces and fry until all of the chicken is cooked. Dissolve the chicken stock cube in a mug of water and pour it into the pan with the chicken. Squeeze the lemon into the pan and mix in both the curry powder and cumin. Finally, add the veg. and the cup of cranberries and water. Let this all simmer in the pan and put on the rice.



Cook the rice according to the instructions and then drain it off. Take the mix that was simmering in the pan and put it in a bowl, to one side. Now put half of the rice into the pan and crack in the two eggs. On medium heat, fry the rice, mixing it thoroughly so that all of the rice gets coated in egg. Add the rest of the rice and mix it all through. This shouldn't take too long, so the chicken mix will still be warm! Serve up the rice and then the chicken mix.


 Enjoy! :D

Soundtrack to this recipe:  
Rihanna- Shut up and Drive
Hypnotic Brass Ensamble- War