Easy Fried Rice Recipe With Chicken

This Easy Fried Rice Recipe With Chicken has moist and tender chicken with flavorful peas and carrots and long rice cooked together. Make this unique and your own by adding ingredients of your own choice. Cooking fried rice isn’t a science; you don’t need exact ingredients or measurements. And just about anything belongs in fried rice: leftover roast chicken, fried tofu, ham, frozen veggies.

Ingredients For Simple Fried Rice Recipe

• 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 Tablespoon Soya Sauce
• 1 pound chicken cut into small pieces
• 3 cups cooked rice
• 2 Tablespoons sesame oil 
• 1 small white onion chopped
• 1 cup frozen peas and carrots thawed
• 2-3 Tablespoons soy sauce more or less to taste
• 2 large eggs lightly beaten
• 2 Tablespoons chopped green onions optional

Directions For Authentic Chicken Fried Rice

• This Easy Fried Rice Recipe With Chicken is simple. In a large skillet or wok, add vegetable oil and soy sauce. Add in the chicken and cook until lightly brown and cooked throughout. Remove and set aside.
• Pour sesame oil in the bottom. Add white onion and peas and carrots and fry until tender.
• Slide the onion, peas and carrots to the side, and pour the beaten eggs onto the other side. Using a spatula, scramble the eggs. Once cooked, mix the eggs with the vegetable mix.
• Add the rice and chicken to the veggie and egg mixture. Pour the soy sauce on top. Stir and fry the rice and veggie mixture until heated through and combined. Add chopped green onions if desired.

5 Secrets For Perfect Traditional Chinese Fried Rice

1. Use cold, leftover cooked rice. Left in the fridge overnight, the rice grains will firm up, making it easier to separate and decreasing the chances of your fried rice turning out mushy. If you can’t wait, air freshly cooked rice to remove moisture and refrigerate the rice for a few hours before cooking.

2. Use medium to long grain rice, not short grain sweet/sushi rice or glutinous rice. Medium grain jasmine rice is my choice for fluffy, sturdy grains that don’t clump or fall apart when fried. Short grain rice tends to be softer and to stick together.

3. A blazing hot wok and an adequate amount of oil will ensure your ingredients don’t stick to the surface. Just remember to preheat your wok before adding ingredients.

4. Use the biggest pan available in your kitchen and don’t crowd it with ingredients. Ideally, you should cook one to two servings at a time. When you have too many ingredients, the wok doesn’t get hot enough and your ingredients will get soggy causing the rice to clump together. If you prefer, cook each ingredient individually (raw vegetables or meat, egg) and remove to separate plates. Return all the ingredients to the pan at the end for the final mixing and seasoning.

5. Don’t overdo the saucy seasonings like soy sauce or oyster sauce. Too much sauce will make your rice mushy.

What Is The Difference Between Fried Rice And Chinese Rice?

Well, the only difference here is that you scramble the eggs separately before mixing them with the rice. You can also fry the egg separately if you prefer garnishing the Chinese fried rice with an egg. Veggies: Generally, Chinese fried rice uses more vegetables than Thai fried rice.

What Gives Chinese Fried Rice Its Flavor?

There are a few different seasonings that make fried rice taste just right. The most important are soy sauce, oyster sauce, and fish sauce. All three add unique flavors to rice, but it can be easy to go overboard. Make sure you add small amounts of each and regularly taste the rice

Why Do They Put The Egg In Fried Rice?

Now, with the egg safely on top of the rice, it’s safe to turn the heat back up to high and start stir-frying. Putting the egg on top of the rice also makes it easier to break it up into pieces as chunky or as fine as you like, while simultaneously breaking up any rice clumps

Can I Add Different Veggies? 

Of course! Stir-fried rice is a great clean-out fridge meal. Just note that different veggies have different cook times, so you may need to adjust the recipe slightly. 

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