Ingredients

  • 4 cups water
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 3 dried red chiles, broken into several pieces
  • 2 cups uncooked white rice
  • 1 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce, divided
  • 1 skinless, boneless chicken breast half, diced
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1 teaspoon ground white pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon dry ground mustard
  • 1 pinch ground tumeric
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 1/2 cups broccoli florets
  • 1 cup diced green bell pepper
  • 1 cup diced red bell pepper
  • 1/2 cup diced onion
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice

Method

  • Combine water, salt, 2 tablespoons butter, and red chili peppers in a pot over medium-high heat.
  • Bring to a boil.
  • Stir in rice, cover, and lower heat to medium.
  • Cook until rice is tender, 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  • Heat sesame oil in a skillet or wok over medium heat.
  • Cook and stir garlic until fragrant, about 1 minute; pour in half the soy sauce.
  • Cook and stir chicken, basil, white pepper, dry mustard, and turmeric with garlic until chicken is browned, no longer pink in the center, and juices run clear, 5 to 8 minutes.
  • Mix remaining soy sauce into chicken mixture.
  • Cook and stir 1 tablespoon butter with broccoli, green pepper, red pepper, and onion in a separate skillet until tender, about 10 minutes.
  • Stir lemon juice into vegetables.
  • Toss vegetables with chicken.