Since a lot of you were asking, I threw the recipes into myfitnesspal and here are the nutrition amounts per serving. I estimate 3 servings from this recipe though you could probably stretch to 4. Recipe makes 3 servings - Chopped Chicken: 343 cals per serving - Rice: 273 cals per serving Sauces make about 10 tbsp - White Sauce: 71 cals per serving (about a tbsp) - Red Sauce: like 5 cals per serving (only the spices and lemon juice have a bit) Definitely a pretty solid meal. Eat more of the chicken to add more calories, use breast for a little lower calorie. Lots of options here! Also if anyone knows how to just share the link to a recipe on myfitnesspal lemme know!

The fact that all his fractions of a lemon used add up to exactly one whole lemon in this dish is so satisfying.

A quick tip that adds a ton of flavor: I like to cook the chicken with a ripping hot cast iron to develop a good crust, which invariably causes bits to stick to the pan. At the end of each batch I deglaze the pan with chicken stock, which develops a beautiful pan sauce almost instantly. I toss the chicken in the sauce before removing and move on to the next batch. Highly recommend adding this step! I've been making this for a few weeks for meal prep, and this incredible recipe takes me back to college in Philly.

I made this tonight, and as someone who has consumed more portions of late night chicken and rice than I care to admit - it is VERY legit. Only thing missing was the styrofoam container and me being extremely intoxicated. A+ will make again

Just bought chicken after a real good workout and asking myself what to cook with it AND here is my man just giving me the perfect video right when I need it.

For the rice, soak it 20 minutes prior to cooking. In the pan, put in the bay leaves first, toast it, then the onions, let them brown a bit and then put in the rice, toast them for a bit and then add the spices and broth. You'll get a much better result, trust me

Always a good day when Ethan uploads

The only thing left to say: Now Bismillah!

Thank you Ethan, this brings me back to getting Halal with friends at 1am after a concert. Since I left NY I haven't been able to get some, can't wait to try this.

I didn’t realize how much of an Ethan fanboy I was until a few weeks ago my Mom was talking about trying to make some recipe and I recommended one of Ethan’s. We brought up the KZfaq channel and searched for the video and as I started scrolling through I was shocked as I mentioned in conversation, I made that recipe, and that one, and Ethan taught me a great technique you should see in that one…. And wow. I not only watch but put into practice almost every recipe and kitchen hack you’ve introduced to me for years! I started watching this channel when it had about 2.5k subscribers and I’m not surprised to see so many other people appreciate the content. Thanks Ethan for helping educate me on my cooking journey and enabling me to make so many different types of food over the years that was enjoyed by myself, family and friends!

Love that jazzy vibe in the background. Got me in the mood to cook something

Hey Ethan, Just wanted to take the time to thank you for offering this amazing content for everyone in a clean, easy to understand fashion. Your channel is always my go-to for anything in the kitchen. You show us how to improve as home-cooks whilst adding new ideas to make the simple very enjoyable. You are the best!!!

Anything Middle Eastern is godsent. That food is so incredible with all of the garlic - can’t go more than a few days without eating it!

damn i got so used to the macros at the end haha, would love if you put it in for every recipe. Great job ethan!

man, where have I been! Ethan, I haven't seen your channel since 15k subs man have you've grown Jesus! I've got some videos to watch don't I but anyways Congrats on the amazing growth much love

My wife and I used to get this dish from a real street cart at least once a week when we lived in Queens, NY. Since moving to AZ, we have not been able to find it at all. I made your recipe and it was almost like a wash of nostalgia when I took my first bite. Nailed it! Will definitely be making it often. And I've already made the white sauce multiple times - I put it on everything!

Made this tonight and the recipes were perfect. Wouldn’t change a thing. Soooo good. A real halal car experience at home!

Hello. I currently am a cook at the one and only Halal Guys in Colorado. And look at this! A perfect homemade recreation of the platter. Indeed. The sauces are to die for. I do wish the chicken was cooked in a mayo-based marinade, but it's just vingear and spices for us.

Made this last night and the white sauce is absolutely amazing. I tried being healthy and subbed the rice with quinoa but used the same preparation. Highly recommend

Made this for dinner tonight - phenomenal!!! And since I have plenty of both sauces, it'll definitely be in rotation!

Im usually not the commenting type, but i just have to leave this here. You're by far the best home-cooking Channel ive been able to find! I've cooked plenty of your dishes and your website is a nice addition to all these videos you're making. The way you encurage people to cook (and clean at the right time ;D), is something different. I was already a kind of decent homecook but with your help ive been able to step up my game (as a college student, i might add here). There is just one thing i'd love to see in your videos more often. Calories. It would be great if you could do a calorie chart for your dishes. Or maybe some rough estimations. I mean: for this dish, i know whats up with the calories. 200g of chicken: ~ 220 cal 100g of rice with table spoon of butter: 450 cal All in all with salad and tomatoes: ~465 cal (without sauce) White sauce: - 100g Mayo : 630-700cal (depending on the brand you're using) -50g of greek yoghurt: ~25 cal - Vinegar: not sure. But id say -10-25 cal Water: 0cal Total: ~700 cal Red sauce: id just guess at that point and say 100 cal for that bottle? I think it would be a nice addition, because a lot of people, just like me, are getting into homecooking to eat healthy/loose weight etc. A cal chart or some rough estimation for a portion shown, would have helped me at the start and would help a lot of others, i suppose. Anyways: keep up the good work! I really aprechiate all the good videos and the inspiration i can take off of them. :) PS: doing that Chicken and rice dish tonight. Looks delicious and its not common where i live. So i've never had something like it. :)

Had Halal Guys for the first time in 2018 when I was in San Francisco for a work conference. My coworkers and I were drinking in the hotel room and had a hankering for a late snack. My coworker insisted on the Halal Guys and I'm glad I listened. I've been hooked ever since...

Ive made this about 10 times since the video came out and it has turned out AMAZING every single time!

I used to work at Halal Guys out here in California, last shift of the day too, every day I came back with a massive plate of chicken and rice, great times.

I made this today and it was probably one of the best dishes i personally have ever made. Thanks for the recipe ethan!

This has become a staple recipe in my household because my partner and I love it so flipping much. I could honestly eat it every day, it's that good! Goes especially well over a big salad with Persian cucumbers and cherry tomatoes. A++

I've made this several times during the pandemic, one of my favorites to make ever! For the rice, I do all of that and then transfer it into my rice cooker so I don't burn the rice or get it stuck to the pan. Also, Sriracha is a perfect replacement if you don't want to make your own hot sauce. That meat marinade also works really well with beef too!

Looks great! Something I also really like doing with this style of dish is chopping up the chicken thighs beforehand into really small, almost doner-sized pieces - that way you get a lot of surface area for the spices + browning to really pack a punch flavour wise... it is a bit more of a hassle though

I've been trying to make this meal for a couple months and have been getting super close to getting it right. You just put me over the top--going to enjoy dinner this week.

Oooh homemade Halal Guys! Instant keeper!

Just made this tonight and it was amaaaaaazing. I added a chili to the hot sauce to thicken it up a bit, but otherwise was fairly by the book. The butter in that rice makes a crazy difference to the flavor. Probably the thing I appreciate the most about this dish is how achievable it is: you can buy everything from a standard grocery store, you don't need any special equipment, and it's not too intensive to cook

Always so concise, I always click knowing it's just 5 mins of quality content

You literally read my mind for what to cook this week. Great stuff as always!

I've been making Kenji's version for years and its my favorite thing to make. Protip: cut pickles, cucumber and sliced onion go well with the salad portion. its bomb

I cant thank you enough for this upload, as a former new yorker living in tampa florida i severely missed this culinary masterpiece. I make this dish a few times a month, and it hits the spot!

I was really tired yesterday and looked for an easy chicken and rice inspiration and I found this recipe! The white sauce was a great cooling sauce for spicy chicken! I made the yellow rice in my rice cooker and threw in a chopped 1/2 orange bell pepper, a large jalapeno as well as a handful of kale and baby spinach combo towards the end of the cooktime. I used frozen marinated chicken inspired by your meal prep videos! So thank you twice!! I'm a home cook who usually has the time but not always the energy.

Perfect anabolic dish, Ethan! I prepare something very similar, first sautee vegetables, add in the rice, maybe some white wine. Put everything in the oven with some chicken thighs and cover with a lot of broth after that bake.

Update: I made this specific rendition and wow wow wow was it delicious. Doing the hot sauce recipe mentioned here really complimented the dish.

Thank you Ethan... I was one of your first subs... I made this request a year ago i think then again last week..i remember you ask for suggestions..im glad you listen.. For some reason your recipe breakdowns are the best..& remind me of myself..i am also detailed orientated & love to do research...but it manifests itself in me as talking to much..the chicken& rice is almost the exact recipe ive been doing for years..i just use regular hot sauce..i feel confident because you just validated my version.. you have no idea what a compliment that is coming from me.. Do let it go to your head..you deserve it Ive watched you build yourself up from the very beginning & grow on some diy ish..you are my inspiration & hero.. Im getting choked up..let me..im starting to cry... More suggestions to come..good luck..

thanks for this! We used to have Halal guys here in the philippines several years ago but they pulled out coz they werent able to be big here. Ive missed it so much ill make this asap

Combine the yellow rice, white and red sauces from this with the chicken and paratha from Kathi roll video. Best meal I've ever had. I've been making it for months straight and still not tired of it.

I LOVE Halal Guys. I ate it almost everyday when I worked in Boston. I made this yesterday. This is the one. 👍

I used to get something similar in the early 90s on West 57th Street. Thank you for this recipe. I will make it this week and bring back great lunch memories.

That sounds amazing! My favorite chicken and rice is Jamaican jerk chicken with lots of onions and rice. There's a fantastic seasoning blend that's made local to me - kicks the ass of all others. *Pluto's* Awesome stuff...

Kenji's endorsement of this specific video got me to finally try one of your recipes, and man I'm so glad I did! It was DELISH!

So excited to make this recipe, wanted tp make it for the longest time.

i have to admit. Of all the food utubers, your channel is the only one i consistently go back too. It has great recipes and is educational on cooking techniques!

I was actually surprised when I turned away for 1-minute and the video was already over, your videos are short and don't drag out more than necessary. Always a joy to watch, every second is well worth watching and I never feel bored from seeing you upload! (which is more than I can say for Weissman..) Keep it up, E! :)

I've been making J. Kenji's take on this for years, it's a bit different but also fantastic!

This took me right back to eating halal cart for lunch on the streets of Philly. Thanks for giving me a way to make one of my all-time favorite meals!

Hey Vince here, thank you so much for your videos I'm a former chef who had to move to manufacturing during covid these videos have been my link back to the kitchen for so long I love cooking for a living but it has been very difficult to go back. I have gotten so used to having good medical benefits and a good wage it's hard to go back to passion work. I just wanted to acknowledge how much your videos have meant to me its fun to start cooking at home again, and your videos give a very wide variety of things to do at home, so thank you for that

Just made this. I knew it was gonna be good, but I didn't expect it to be this good. I could eat it every day for the rest of my life

Just wanted to thank you for your simple and delicious recipe, Big Chlebowski. I've been trying to learn to cook for years but the ridiculous ingredient list, overcareful recipes and mediocre results always made it unsatisfying. Now i'm cooking confidently and learning methods, instead of recipes one at a time. It's even possible to take parts of some of your recipes and mix them with others and it still slaps. Also big kudos for those ratio tables you often make and the recommendation of the book "Ratio". See you at 1.5 mill subs I hope!

Ok it's ridiculous how good this recipe is. I'm born and raised in NYC and this is the only recipe that can even come close to the carts.

Ok I’m from ny and I’ve been going into the city for the original halal guys for over 15 years so I have a few things to say! 1. This definitely looks like way better food than what we get there. It’s practically shredded chicken from the cart. 2. Man you gotta hit that white sauce harder, no shame! 3. Nothing will compare to the original. Even the cart itself, nothing will beat going there after a few drinks with my friends in the summer after a concert or just a long day. That experience was some of the best days of my life! Thanks for getting this recipe out there, and you can bet that I’ll be trying your recipe out!

Just a tip: Mariante the chicken in yoghurt over night, instead of using mayo. Its very common in the middle east and india/pakistan area to marinate chicken in yoghurt. Also some thin sliced white or red onion goes great with the lettuce and tomatoes.

I've made this a few times also based off of the SeriousEats recipe, nice to see you tweaked it a bit. It's seriously good.

Ethan I've only discovered your channel more recently but you have RIP ROARED your way to the top of my list of fav. cooks. Love the effort and explanation that goes into your videos and I super dig the simple but flavorful dishes without the added excessive calories tacked on. Thanks for doing what you do. I'm off to the store to get ingredients for this for lunch.

What i like about this food is the blend of the spices mix well in the dish (ultimately in rices) and it taste awesome. NYC has Chicken gyros/ Middle Eastern and pizza (Italian food) , in LA has Tacos (Mexican) and Korean Food at best street food.

This is perfect! Exactly what I needed to try today. Love the videos!

Made this today and it was very good. Like a fresher version of halal guys. Only company is the recipe on the site does not match everything done in the video

I come back to this recipe all the time. When I bring it to work everyone always comments on how good it smells lol. Such a great recipe!!! Thank you!

I've made it yesterday and I have to say - this is one of the best dishes I've ever had. It was so good I ate it 3 times already. A very solid recipe, thank you!

Halal Style is def the best style 💯

Nooooo Ethan! I’ve been looking for a recipe for their red sauce for quite some time now and got so excited to see you posted one! How do I match the heat and flavor at the same time? Other than that, great moves! Keep it up!

You have a gift for sharing lots of useful ideas and info without making it overwhelming or boring. Keep it up. We home cooks need this channel ❤

As a New York (Bronx specifically) native, I can say that this recipe is the ABSOLUTE TRUTH. Now that I’m living in another state I missed nyc styled halal food and this recipe made me feel at home again. THANK YOU

A few pro tips from someone that has made a variation of this recipe a million times: -Cooking the chicken by putting it under the broiler for 7-10 minutes makes this the easiest recipe ever -The chicken also makes a damn good chicken sandwich with the same accoutrements of lettuce and tomato on a brioche bun -Can’t overdo the lemon or coriander in this. Those are the stars of the show. Lemon zest makes it even better

looks delicious, I try the way is marinate the chicken, thank you for sharing, blessings from Honduras🤗💞

2:52 I don’t know how I never thought to do this, but you sir have just changed my life

Thanks for this recipe. I made it for my son's birthday as Halal Guys is one of his favorite eats. I chose your recipe because of the chicken cooking method (no marinating in an oil preparation & chopping in the pan) as well as the white sauce, which was delicious. A keeper for sure.

Also though we know what our boy Ethan means by halal style lots of people commenting on it...just for the record Halal means permissible. Specifically in the context of food: it means food that is permissible for Muslims. It’s more than just no pork and no alcohol. But it goes into the ethically treating an animal, and specifically method of slaughter the animal as well. Way more details of course, go read up on it from a Muslim source please...since yeah it our topic of expertise. Consider HFSAA (if I put a link, comment likely will get auto blocked)

When you say the sauces store for a long time are we talking weeks? Months?

This is an absolute keeper of a recipe. I haven't had the New York street cart version but this is better than most shawerma you can get where I live and it's stupid easy!

After I cook this recipe for my parents. We just wholeheartedly agree that I need to make this for my brother too. Because everyone really loves this one. I really like how the sauce is really easy to make but the flavor when you pair both of them is just divine. Exquisite! ❤

I was actually thinking you'd use halal chicken but nvm. Its a great recipe nonetheless

Do you usually wash the rice before you toast it or do you just go in dry?

When I worked in Boston I was 100% addicted to Chicken and Rice Guys and I’ve never gotten a satisfactory recipe. But this looks ON POINT and I can’t wait to try it.

just made these sauces today and i'm going to use it for everything now. red sauce or white sauce on cucumber slices = *chef's kiss*

Some quick advice, if you are cooking the chicken in a non-stick pan, DO NOT chop up the chicken in the pan, unless you want to ruin the Teflon

You're normally really good at attributing recipes to where you found them: Is this meaningfully different than Kenji's recipe?

Looks pretty legit. I've had NYC Halal Guys plenty and it's great, but my city's chain of halal carts has horrible chicken and we all get the lamb instead. Their white sauce tends to be a bit sweeter than Halal Guys I think and their rice isn't yellow either. We also usually get chopped pita - they slice the pita up into bite-sized pieces and finish them off on the grill, it's solid.

honestly one of the best dishes ive made in awhile. That hot sauce is simple and SPICY, SHEESH

Wash rice before cooking

You should make the clarification that what you made isnt HALAL unless you bought the chicken that specifically said it was butchered halal style. Halal is a style of butchering like how kosher is but done by muslim law specifications. This needs to be made very clear because someone may serve this someone who only eats halal style meat thinking it meets the criteria.

i've made this recipe a few times and the one thing i would adjust is the order of steps.. other than the rice (which i would leave to do while cooking the chicken so it's all fresh), i would marinate the chicken FIRST (so while you're doing the other things, it's at least being marinated) - then i would make the hot sauce next, that way while it's reducing you can finally work on the white sauce.. then when the white suace is done the hot sauce should almost be done reducing and all this time the chicken has been marinating so if you're hungry you can start heating the pan and beginning preparing to cooking the rice.. while the rice is cooking and the chicken is frying, start prepping the salad part.. this is still super high quality content and i love this channel just the same, but i find myself never re-watching this video when i make this dish in the order it was uploaded (and i grew up in NYC so making this always takes me back) because it just is really suboptimal time-efficiency wise to go in ethan's order

For some reason watching Ethan take that big bite with the pita brought me so much joy

Halal ain't a type of cuisine. Just coined after the food cart in NYC.

As Asian, it hurts when you add salt on rice, You are suppose to add salt in chicken water you added in rice.

italian mexician food and that's why it's the king of food genres. The alpha, the omega. all original, pure inspiration lol

I can recommend dill and fresh garlic in the white sauce. Let it sit in the fridge for a while for optimal flavor

Thanks for the video, very good recipe but halal isn't a type of food or cuisine. It means "non forbidden" in Islam.

"The halal style" Not sure if halal even qualifies as a style though, oof

This is the first time I've seen this guy genuinely happy for food and that's without pickled onions.

Thanks! Tried this and turned out amazing. For the white sauce, instead of the vinegar, added lemon zest and another squeeze of lime. Was awesome

You know Halal is not a food style but a food code right?

I made this yesterday. All of it. 10/10. Absolutely delicious. Thanks for the recipe it was perfect.

I made these dishes tonight for my family. There’s 5 of us so we eat buffet style, hot foods are on the stove and the cool items are next to it on the counter. Everybody grabs a plate and what they need. We actually tend to eat less this way. Based on the amount of leftovers, this was a hit, hardly any leftovers and the amount uneaten was the courtesy parts as each family member wanted to leave something for the next person. Lots of flavor and fairly simple to make in a reasonable amount of time. Thumbs up from us!

Eating this everyday since 1 week. Reducing fat and adding more protein fits my macros.

Just made this one, but used about 3.5 lbs of chicken breast. I essentially tripled the chicken recipe and doubled the rice recipe. Gotta say, it absolutely SLAPS. I'm really looking forward to a few days worth of leftovers. Salting the chicken at least a few hours prior is key... it brines the chicken, which is essential for breast meat. I grilled my chicken, and the mayo marinade was perfect on the grill. The sauces just bring it all home. The rice was killer. I'll making this again and again. Nice work, Ethan.