Halal Guys Chicken Over Rice

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What is Halal Guys?

If you’re not familiar with Halal Guys. It’s a popular NYC cart style, foil platter. It involves beef gyro or bite size chicken over yellow rice topped with their famous garlicky white sauce. This beloved cart has now turned into a very successful food chain and found all over America.

Originally this cart was supposed to be a hot dog cart but the three cab drivers that came up with this plan quickly realized that Manhattan didn’t need anymore hot dog stands. So instead they came up with the Halal Guys, chicken and gyro over rice marketed towards muslim cab drivers who needed a late night meal. Anyway as you can tell, this platter was so good that just the word of mouth started bringing the tourists, locals, and a very long line to their cart.

The Delicious Components to this Halal Guys Chicken Platter.

The Yellow Rice:

Ive been making this Turmeric infused yellow rice for a very long time. Not just for this delicious Mediterranean platter but also for other dishes such as Mexican burritos. All I do is boil basmati rice with some turmeric, a clove of garlic and a bay leaf. It always turns out delicious.

Grilled Chicken:

Same with the grilled chicken. It’s super versatile. I used a simple cilantro lime marination and add oregano and a little bit of vinegar. Grilling is optional, you can also used bite sized cubed chicken and cook it on a skillet on medium heat until cooked through.

White Sauce:

This white sauce is the essential part of this platter. It’s so quick and easy to make but adds so much flavor to the platter. I use mayonnaise, Greek yogurt , vinegar, some dried mint, some dried oregano, garlic powder, salt and some sumac to make this sauce and the way it pairs with the rice and the chicken is magical.

Hot Sauce:

If you like your food spicy, then this hot sauce is a must. The kick to this platter will only be acquired by the amount of hot sauce you add. The hot sauce that I created for this meal is an easy one using the two staple sauces always available in our pantries. Simply mix in the Sirarcha with the Sambal or any Garlic And Chili Hot sauce and there you have it. Honestly I am in love with these two hot sauces especially when combined together.

Hope you love this recipe for an easy Halal Guys cart style chicken over rice platter. Make sure you tag me, comment and subscribe if you love this recipe.

Halal Guys Cart Style Chicken Over Rice

A delicious Mediterranean platter, popular in the streets of Manhattan. A bed of yellow rice infused with turmeric served under bite size, juicy chicken. Topped with the famous White sauce and some chopped lettuce and tomatoes. This meal hits the spot.

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Course Main Course

Cuisine Mediterranean

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

Yellow Rice

• 2 cups Basmati Rice Rinsed and Drained
• 3 cups Water
• 2 cloves Garlic
• ¾ tsp Salt
• 1 Bay Leaf

Chicken Marination

• 1 whole Chicken breast or thigh (2 halves of a breast) remove all fat
• 2 tbsp Olive oil
• 2 tbsp White Vinegar
• 1 tsp Dried Crushed Oregano rub between palms to crush
• 1 tsp White Pepper
• ½ cup Lemon/ Lime Juice 1 lemon or 2 limes
• ½ bunch Cilantro
• ½ tsp Black pepper
• 2 to 3 cloves Garlic or ¾ tsp Garlic powder

White Sauce

• ½ cup Greek Yogurt
• ½ cup Mayonnaise
• 2 tbsp Vinegar
• ½ tsp Sugar
• ½ tsp Sumac
• ½ tsp Salt
• ¾ tsp Dried Mint
• ½ tsp Dried Crushed Oregano Rub between palms to crush
• ½ tsp Garlic Powder

Hot Sauce

• ¼ cup Sirarcha Sauce
• ¼ cup Sambal or Chili Sauce

To Serve

• 2 cups Iceberg Lettuce shredded or chopped
• 1 Roma tomato chopped

Instructions

 

Chicken Marination

• Start with blending all ingredients for the chicken marinade in a blender, except the chicken of course.
• Transfer the marinade into a medium sized bowl and taste for salt.
• Using tongs, add the chicken breast into the marinade and set aside for a couple of hours.
• Grill or fry in a saute pan on medium-high heat for 4 to 5 minutes on each side. Until cooked through.
• Transfer to cutting board. Let chicken rest for 5 minutes.
• Chop in cubes for bite sized pieces.

Yellow Rice

• Add water and rice into a medium sized saucepan. Add rest of the ingredients.
• Set heat to medium until rice comes to boil for 12-15 minutes.
• When rice is cooked to desire doneness. Drain water and transfer back into saucepan.
• Cover with lid on low heat. Cook for 10 minutes.
• Turn off heat and remove bay leaf.

White Sauce

• Combine all ingredient into a blender and blend until a smooth consistency is formed.
• Taste for salt and transfer into a bowl.

Hot Sauce

• Combine Sirarcha and Chilli sauce in a small bowl and mix until well combined.

Assembly

• Divide rice, lettuce and tomatoes amongst 4 to 5 servings. Pile chopped chicken on top, drizzle white sauce and hot sauce. Serve warm.

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