Chicken, Peppers & Rice Caribbean Style - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    3 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 3/4-inch cubes
    1/4 cup sweet red pepper, thinly sliced
    1/4 cup sweet green pepper, thinly sliced
    2 tablespoons sugar or 2 tablespoons sugar substitute
    1 1/2 cups long grain rice (uncooked)
    2 cups cut into 1/2-inch cubes fresh papayas, Chilled
    1 teaspoon cooking oil
    Marinade
    1 1/2 cups tomatoes, chopped
    3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
    3/4 cup onion, Chopped
    3 garlic cloves, minced
    1 tablespoon yellow curry paste
    2 jalapenos, seeded, membranes removed and finely chopped
    1 teaspoon dried thyme
Preparation
    Combine the marinade ingredients in a large bowl or zip lock bag, mix well.
    Add chicken cubes, mix into the marinade so all the pieces are covered.
    Place in the fridge for 1 to 3 hours.
    Remove chicken from the marinade-save the marinade.
    Heat 1 tbsp oil in a skillet.
    Brown the chicken cubes on all sides.
    Add marinade and simmer over medium heat until the chicken is cooked apprx 15 minutes.
    Add red & Green peppers.
    Simmer 5 minutes longer.
    Meanwhile cook the rice (use your own favorite method) add 2 tbsp sugar or sugar sustitue while cooking, mix in well.
    Serve chicken over the rice, top with the chilled papaya cubes.
    Enjoy.

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