Green Chili Rice | Chilli Coriander Rice Recipe

Green Chili Rice is a spicy, flavorful, and easy-to-make recipe made with green chilies, coriander leaves (cilantro), rice, and sauces. Serve it for a quick lunch, dinner, or your office lunchbox.

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Green Chili Rice | Chilli Coriander Rice Recipe

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Green Chili Rice is a spicy, flavorful, and easy-to-make recipe made with green chilies, coriander leaves (cilantro), rice, and sauces. Serve it for a quick lunch, dinner, or your office lunchbox.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Course Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine American, Asian

Servings 4

Calories 362 kcal

Equipment

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  Pan

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 1 cup Rice or 3 cups cooked rice
• ▢ ½ cup Coriander leaves cilantro chopped
• ▢ 1 tablespoon Olive oil or Vegetable oil
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
• ▢ ½ Onion chopped
• ▢ 5 Garlic cloves chopped
• ▢ 1 inch Ginger grated
• ▢ 3 to 4 Green chilies chopped, adjust to taste
• ▢ 1 Carrot chopped read tips
• ▢ ½ Capsicum bell pepper chopped any color
• ▢ 3 to 4 Green Beans chopped
• ▢ ¼ cup Frozen green peas
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Apple cider vinegar
• ▢ 1 ½ teaspoon Soy sauce
• ▢ 1 ½ teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce*
• ▢ 2 teaspoon Sriracha chili sauce
• ▢ ½ teaspoon Red chile powder optional, to taste
• ▢ Salt to taste

Instructions

 

Cook the rice or use leftover rice

• Wash and cook the rice according to package instructions.
  1 cup Rice
• I used jasmine rice. To 1 cup of rice, add 1 ½ cups of water, bring it to a boil, and simmer it for 10 minutes. Add salt and drizzle oil while cooking the rice.
• If you are using leftover or day-old rice, ignore this step.

How to make simple coriander chili fried rice?

• Heat oil in a pan. Add turmeric powder, onion, garlic, green chilies, and ginger, and saute until translucent. You can add a pinch of salt while sauteing the onion.
  1 tablespoon Olive oil, ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder, ½ Onion, 5 Garlic cloves, 1 inch Ginger, 3 to 4 Green chilies, Salt
• Add carrot, capsicum (bell peppers), green beans, and frozen peas, and saute for 2 minutes.
  1 Carrot chopped, ½ Capsicum, 3 to 4 Green Beans chopped, ¼ cup Frozen green peas
• Add vinegar, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, sriracha, and red chile powder, and saute it for 30 seconds.
  1 teaspoon Apple cider vinegar, 1 ½ teaspoon Soy sauce, 1 ½ teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce*, 2 teaspoon Sriracha chili sauce, ½ teaspoon Red chile powder
• Add the finely chopped coriander leaves/cilantro and cooked rice and toss till it is well combined.
  ½ cup Coriander leaves
• Serve hot and enjoy.
• To serve with honey sriracha sauce

  Add 2 tablespoons of Sriracha sauce and 1 tablespoon of honey to a small bowl and mix well. If desired, top with sesame seeds. Serve with rice, and enjoy. 

Notes

• Vary the amount of green chilies and sauce as per your taste.
• You can substitute green chilies with serrano or jalapeno pepper and red chile powder with cayenne or paprika. The taste may vary accordingly.
• If you cannot tolerate the heat, deseed the chiles. 
• Adding vegetables is optional. Use vegetables of your choice.
• I have used a vegan/vegetarian version of Worcestershire sauce. Before you use it, check the ingredient list.
• If Worcestershire sauce is unavailable, then add soy sauce. 

Nutrition

Calories: 362kcalCarbohydrates: 68gProtein: 14gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gSodium: 404mgPotassium: 1661mgFiber: 9gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 4870IUVitamin C: 196mgCalcium: 410mgIron: 14mg

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Chili cilantro rice

If you are looking for a spicy and simple rice recipe, this dish is for you.

This chilli coriander rice is made using rice, green chilies, cilantro, vegetables, and some Asian sauces. It is vegan, dairy-free, and gluten-free and ready in less than 25 minutes. If you have leftover or day-old rice, you can try this recipe in less than 10 minutes. Serve this with honey Sriracha for an additional kick!

You can serve it as a main course or side with grilled meat.

Check out our simple Chinese fried rice or Mexican black bean rice recipe.

Ingredients

Rice: I prefer aromatic rice like jasmine, basmati, or jeera. Use any rice of your choice.

Vegetables: Adding veggies is optional. Add those available in your pantry.

Green chilies: Adjust to your taste. You can also make this with serrano or jalapeno.

Coriander leaves: freshly chopped for best results.

Soy and Worcestershire sauce: Adds umami flavor.

Sriracha: for heat.

Check out the recipe card for the full list of ingredients.

Step-by-step instructions

Cook the rice or use leftover rice

• Wash and cook the rice according to package instructions.
• I used jasmine rice. To 1 cup of rice, add 1 ½ cups of water, bring it to a boil, and simmer it for 10 minutes. Add salt and drizzle oil while cooking the rice.
• If you are using leftover or day-old rice, ignore this step. 

How to make simple coriander chili fried rice?

• Heat oil in a pan. Add turmeric powder, onion, garlic, green chilies, and ginger, and saute until translucent. You can add a pinch of salt while sauteing the onion.
• Add carrot, capsicum (bell peppers), green beans, and frozen peas, and saute for 2 minutes. 
• Add vinegar, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, sriracha, and red chile powder, and saute it for 30 seconds.
• Add the finely chopped coriander leaves/cilantro and cooked rice and toss till it is well combined.
• Serve hot and enjoy.

To serve with honey sriracha sauce, Add 2 tablespoons of Sriracha sauce and 1 tablespoon of honey to a small bowl and mix well. If desired, top with sesame seeds. Serve with rice, and enjoy

Tips

• Vary the amount of green chilies and sauce as per your taste.
• You can substitute green chilies with serrano or jalapeno pepper and red chile powder with cayenne or paprika. The taste may vary accordingly.
• If you cannot tolerate the heat, deseed the chiles. 
• Adding vegetables is optional. Use vegetables of your choice.
• I have used a vegan/vegetarian version of Worcestershire sauce. Before you use it, check the ingredient list.
• If Worcestershire sauce is unavailable, then add soy sauce. 

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Note: We originally posted this chilli coriander rice (green chili rice) in Feb 2016. It has now been modified in Feb 2024 with Expert Chef Tips, FAQs, Storage Instructions, etc.