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Surinamese chicken and green beans with rice

Why it worksIn Suriname this is made with kousenband, a long bean sold at any toko. Frozen green beans work just as well with the sweet, spicy sauce.

Ingredients

• 450 g chicken thigh fillet
• 450 g frozen green beans
• 150 g onions
• 15 g garlic
• 200 g tomatoes
• 30 ml ketjap manis
• 10 g sambal oelek
• 20 ml sunflower oil
• 250 g white rice

Method

1. Start cooking the rice as the packet says. Cut the chicken into small pieces. Chop the onion, garlic and tomatoes.
2. Heat the oil in a large frying pan on high heat. Fry the chicken for 5 minutes, until brown and cooked through. Put it on a plate.
3. Cook the onion and garlic in the same pan for 3 minutes. Add the frozen green beans and cook for 5 minutes, stirring, until hot.
4. Add the tomatoes, the ketjap manis, the sambal and the chicken. Cook for 5 more minutes, until everything is shiny. Serve on the rice.

A portion: about 740 kcal · 39 g protein · 86 g carbs · 24 g fat