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Kottu Roti
Sri Lanka's iconic street food — shredded flatbread stir-fried with vegetables, egg, spices and your choice of chicken or vegetables on a sizzling hot griddle.
⏱ 40 min🔥 540 kcalMedium
★4.7(538)
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Sri Lankan Chicken Recipes
14 recipes using chicken — Fish curry, kottu roti, hoppers — fiery coconut-rich cooking from the Pearl of the Indian Ocean.
These 14 sri lankan chicken recipes are ready in about 67 minutes on average, with 385–780 kcal per serving, and 0% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
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How Sri Lankan cuisine cooks with chicken
Sri Lankan cuisine — Fish curry, kottu roti, hoppers — fiery coconut-rich cooking from the Pearl of the Indian Ocean — brings its own distinctive techniques and seasonings to every ingredient it touches. When Sri Lankan cooks work with chicken, they reach for its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are frying, stir-frying, simmering and boiling.
The world's most-cooked protein — mild, lean and endlessly adaptable to almost any spice profile or cooking method. In this collection it's most often cooked with onion, soy sauce, garlic, fine sea salt, curry leaves and eggs. The dishes here span sri lankan classics ready in as little as 30 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Lamprais (Dutch Burgher Sri Lankan Rice Parcels) is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 410 ratings.
14 Sri Lankan Chicken Recipes
✨ Newdinner
Lamprais — Sri Lankan Dutch Parcel
Sri Lanka's most theatrical dish: fragrant rice baked inside a sealed banana leaf parcel with four curries, blachan and seeni sambol — a 17th-century Dutch-colonial recipe still made for special occasions today.
⏱ 150 min🔥 680 kcalHard
★4.8(876)
dinner
Kottu Roti (Sri Lankan Chopped Flatbread Stir-Fry)
Sri Lanka's most beloved street food — leftover flatbread (roti or godamba) chopped into strips and stir-fried with egg, vegetables, curry sauce and your choice of protein. The sound of steel blades on a griddle.
⏱ 30 min🔥 520 kcalMedium
★4.7(412)
dinner
Kottu Roti
Sri Lankan chopped flatbread stir-fried with vegetables, egg and meat on a griddle — the island's most popular street food.
⏱ 35 min🔥 540 kcalMedium
★4.8(634)
✨ Newdinner
Kottu Roti (Sri Lankan Street-Style Chopped Roti)
Sri Lanka's iconic street food — shredded godhamba roti chopped on a hot griddle with vegetables, egg and curry, set to the rhythm of clanging metal cleavers.
⏱ 30 min🔥 540 kcalMedium
★4.8(580)
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Lamprais (Dutch Burgher Sri Lankan Rice Parcels)
Rice, three-meat curry, frikkadel meatballs and seeni sambol wrapped in banana leaves and baked — Sri Lanka's most labor-intensive heritage dish.
⏱ 180 min🔥 780 kcalHard
★4.9(410)
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Sri Lankan Market Lemon Herb Rice Bowl
Sri Lankan Market Lemon Herb Rice Bowl brings sri lankan flavor to a practical rice bowl built with chicken thighs, coconut milk, curry leaves, cinnamon and chiles, and a fresh curry leaves finish.
⏱ 32 min🔥 385 kcalMedium
★4.8(13,540)
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Sri Lankan Mountain Green Herb Salad
Sri Lankan Mountain Green Herb Salad brings sri lankan flavor to a practical salad built with grilled chicken, coconut milk, curry leaves, cinnamon and chiles, and a fresh curry leaves finish.
⏱ 48 min🔥 469 kcalHard
★4.5(13,656)
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Sri Lankan Kottu Roti (Chopped Flatbread Stir-Fry)
Shredded godhamba roti stir-fried on a hot griddle with egg, vegetables and curry, the rhythmic chopping is part of the show.
⏱ 45 min🔥 480 kcalMedium
★4.3(42)
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Sri Lankan Deviled Chicken
Crispy fried chicken pieces tossed in a fiery, sweet-and-sour sauce with bell peppers and onions, a beloved Sri Lankan restaurant favorite.
⏱ 50 min🔥 460 kcalMedium
★4.1(26)
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Sri Lankan Black Pepper Chicken Curry (Kalu Pol Kukul Mas)
Chicken simmered in a dark roasted curry powder base with black pepper and lemon, the deeply savory pepper curry style found across Sri Lanka's hill country.
⏱ 60 min🔥 400 kcalMedium
★4.7(63)
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Sri Lankan Devilled Chicken Sandwich
Leftover devilled chicken tucked into buttered bread with cucumber and onion, turning Sri Lanka's fiery party dish into a satisfying sandwich.
⏱ 40 min🔥 460 kcalMedium
★4.5(39)
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Sri Lankan Roast Chicken with Curry Leaf Butter
A whole chicken rubbed with roasted curry powder and finished with a curry leaf and garlic butter baste, bringing Sri Lankan spice depth to a classic roast.
⏱ 95 min🔥 480 kcalMedium
★4.7(48)
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Sri Lankan Tomato Pepper Chicken Biryani
Fragrant Sri Lankan biryani layered with tomato-spiced chicken, black pepper and warm whole spices.
⏱ 100 min🔥 540 kcalHard
★4.6(48)
Choosing & preparing chicken
How to choose
Look for plump, pinkish flesh with no grey patches and a clean smell. Thighs stay juicier than breasts and forgive overcooking; bone-in, skin-on pieces deliver the most flavour.
Prep & storage
Pat dry before searing for proper browning, and bring it to room temperature for 15 minutes so it cooks evenly. Marinades with acid or yoghurt tenderise lean breast meat.
When is it done?
Cook to an internal temperature of 74°C / 165°F — the juices should run clear and there should be no pink at the bone.
Nutrition
A lean, high-protein choice: a skinless breast delivers roughly 31 g of protein per 100 g with very little saturated fat.
Classic flavour partners: garlic, lemon, thyme, ginger, paprika, yoghurt
Sri Lankan Chicken Recipes — FAQ
How long do Sri Lankan chicken recipes take to make?
Most of these 14 Sri Lankan chicken recipes are ready in around 67 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Kottu Roti (Sri Lankan Chopped Flatbread Stir-Fry), takes about 30 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 180 minutes.
How many calories are in Sri Lankan chicken dishes?
Across this collection they range from about 385 to 780 kcal per serving, averaging 520 kcal — Sri Lankan Market Lemon Herb Rice Bowl is the lightest option at 385 kcal.
What is the easiest Sri Lankan chicken recipe for beginners?
Kottu Roti (Sri Lankan Chopped Flatbread Stir-Fry) is a great place to start — it's rated medium and comes together in about 30 minutes. 0% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
What goes well with chicken in Sri Lankan cooking?
In these recipes, chicken is most often paired with onion, soy sauce, garlic, fine sea salt, curry leaves and eggs. Sri Lankan kitchens also lean on its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends.
How do I know when chicken is properly cooked?
Cook to an internal temperature of 74°C / 165°F — the juices should run clear and there should be no pink at the bone.
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