This chicken, zucchini and rice mash combines three textures that require different preparation. Use thoroughly cooked chicken, soft zucchini and correctly cooled rice; cooked rice needs particularly careful storage.
Cook boneless chicken until its thickest part reaches 74°C (165°F) using a food thermometer.
Steam zucchini until very tender. Use freshly cooked soft rice, or rice previously cooled and stored correctly according to food-safety guidance.
Blend chicken, zucchini and rice with a little safe cooking liquid until moist and smooth. Serve promptly at a safe temperature; follow the recipe's strict rice cooling and reheating guidance.
Blend until rice is not a sticky compact clump and no fibrous chicken remains. Check zucchini tenderness and keep the mixture moist and spoonable.
Smooth or thin mash.
Soft chunks allowed.
No major allergen is intentionally added; check any seasoned rice, stock or additional ingredients.
Cool within 1 hour and refrigerate or freeze promptly. If refrigerated, use within 24 hours because the recipe contains cooked rice. Reheat only once until steaming hot throughout, then cool before serving.
Cool within 1 hour and refrigerate or freeze promptly. If refrigerated, use within 24 hours because the recipe contains cooked rice. Reheat only once until steaming hot throughout, then cool before serving.
This guide is informed by current guidelines from leading health organizations:
