🥗 Dinner⏱ ≈ 10 min🍗 Chicken breast · 🍚 Rice (brown or parboiled) · 🥒 Cucumber · 🫒 Olive oil
Rice with chicken breast and cucumber
A simple home plate for dinner: each ingredient is cooked separately and arranged on the plate following the Healthy Eating Plate.
Ingredients
- 🍗 Chicken breast — 120–150 g
- 🍚 Rice (brown or parboiled) — 50–60 g dry (or 150 g cooked), pre-cooked / ready
- 🥒 Cucumber — 1 piece (100 g)
- 🫒 Olive oil — 1–2 teaspoons
Instructions
- Take a ready portion of rice (already cooked, about 150 g) and warm it for 2–3 minutes.
- Slice the chicken breast into strips, season with salt and pepper and pan-fry over medium heat for 8–10 minutes until golden.
- Wash and slice the cucumber — serve them fresh.
- Plate it up: half vegetables, a quarter grains, a quarter protein.
- Drizzle the finished dish with olive oil.
Make it tastier
🧄 GarlicMakes the aroma richer — add to the oil at the start or raw into the dressing.
🌶️ Pepper or chiliA pinch adds heat and warmth.
🌿 Fresh herbsDill, parsley or cilantro add freshness at the end.
🫙 Soy sauceA tablespoon at the end of frying instead of salt — the taste gets deeper.
Plate structure
🥦 Vegetables & fruit · ½
Cucumber
🌾 Whole grains · ¼
Rice (brown or parboiled)
🥩 Protein · ¼
Chicken breast
🫒 Healthy fats
Olive oil
🟢
Plate balance: Well balanced
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