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    Chicken Fried Rice Recipe

    Feb 1, 2024 by Helene Dsouza

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    Helene Dsouza
    You can prepare this chicken fried rice within 15 minutes. Use leftover cooked rice or chicken.
    Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Prep Time: 8 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 7 minutes minutes
    2 servings
    RECIPE
    chicken fried rice in shallow pan
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    Chinese chicken fried rice

    Better than takeout chicken fried rice, all homemade and healthier. This recipe is without MSG.

    Your dinner can be ready within 15 minutes in just one pot!

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    • πŸ”ͺ How to make it?
    • πŸ“– Recipe
    • πŸ“œ Flavor variations
    • 🍱 Storing leftovers
    • πŸ’­ FAQs
    • πŸ’¬ Comments

    πŸ”ͺ How to make it?

    Here is an overview of how to make this dish from scratch.

    The complete recipe with ingredients and detailed instructions can be printed at the bottom of this post. You can also watch the video!

    Step 1

    Prepare stir-fry sauce.

    Keep all ingredients ready, including cooked rice.

    stir fry sauce for fried rice

    Step 2

    Heat up a pan and stir-fry vegetables and chicken one at a time

    stir cook vegetables and chicken

    Step 3

    Add the rice to the pan and spread the sauce over the rice. Stir to cook until well combined.

    add rice and stir fry sauce

    Garnish with sliced green onion stalks and serve up hot.

    bowl of fried rice with chicken

    πŸ“– Recipe

    chicken fried rice in shallow pan

    Chicken Fried Rice Recipe

    You can prepare this chicken fried rice within 15 minutes. Use leftover cooked rice or chicken.
    4.84 from 6 votes
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    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: Asian, Chinese
    Prep Time: 8 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 7 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Servings: 2 servings
    Calories: 610kcal
    Recipe by: Helene Dsouza

    Ingredients

    For the sauce:

    • Β½ Tablespoon Sugar
    • 1 Tablespoon Rice Vinegar or other mild clear vinegar
    • 2Β½ Tablespoon Soy Sauce
    • 1 Tablespoon Sriracha Sauce or Ketchup, *see Notes

    To fry:

    • 2 Tablespoon Oil
    • 2-3 Green Onions sliced
    • Β½ Tablespoon Ginger + Garlic *see Notes
    • Β½ Carrot diced small
    • 2.1 Ounces Green Cabbage shredded or sliced
    • 6 Ounces Chicken dices or cut into strips
    • 2.1 Ounces Green Peas
    • 1 Cup Cooked Rice
    US - Metric

    Instructions

    • Prepare the sauce by combining sugar, vinegar, sy sauce nad sriracha sauce (or ketchup) in a small bowl. Keep aside.
    • Keep all fresh ingredients ready. Separate onion bulbs from stalks and slice, chop ginger and garlic if you use fresh ingredients, diced carrot, shred or slice cabbage and cut chicken into strips or cubes. Also keep soft green peas and cooked rice ready.
    • Heat up a shallow pan with the oil. Wait for it to get super hot but the oil shouldn't smoke.
    • Add sliced green onion bulbs and ginger + garlic and stir cook over high heat for a minute or so.
    • Add carrot and cabbage and stir cook for another minute over high heat.
    • Add chicken and cook chicken over high heat on all sides for about 2-3 minutes.
    • Add in green peas and the cooked rice and keep over medium heat.
    • Pour stir fry sauce over the rice and increase heat.
    • Quickly stir cook rice with ingredients in the shallow pan with the help of two spatula. The rice should get uniformly coated with the stir fry sauce and the ingredients should be well mixed in.
    • Take from the heat and garnish with sliced green bean stalks.
    • Serve up hot and enjoy.

    Notes

    1. Use sriracha to make it spicy and ketchup if you don't want it spicy.
    2. Use fresh chopped ginger and garlic. I used ginger and garlic paste in the video (easiest option).

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Chicken Fried Rice Recipe
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 610 Calories from Fat 189
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 21g32%
    Saturated Fat 3g15%
    Cholesterol 31mg10%
    Sodium 887mg37%
    Potassium 374mg11%
    Carbohydrates 85g28%
    Fiber 4g16%
    Sugar 6g7%
    Protein 17g34%
    Vitamin A 2952IU59%
    Vitamin C 21mg25%
    Calcium 47mg5%
    Iron 2mg11%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

    πŸ“œ Flavor variations

    To enhance your fried rice, you can add the following ingredients to your homemade chicken fried rice.

    • pineapple chunks β€” like a Thai pineapple fried rice.
    • curry powder β€” to make a spicy Singapore themed fried rice.
    • teriyaki sauce β€” for a Japanese flavored fried rice.
    • egg β€” because it tastes even better with eggs scrambled in. See my egg fried rice recipe.
    • xo sauce β€” that's a spicy seafood sauce in Hong Kong.
    • sesame oil β€” sprinkled over your rice just before serving it up
    • broccoli or cauliflower.
    • basil β€” such as Thai basil, holy basil (tulsi) or even common sweet basil.

    Another idea is to switch the recipe ingredients for the stir-fry sauce with my simplified 3 ingredient stir-fry sauce.

    chicken in fried rice with chop sticks

    🍱 Storing leftovers

    Keep your leftovers in a fridge friendly storage container.

    Just heat it up again in a hot pan when you want to eat it.

    Leftovers are good for about 4–5 days at most in your fridge.

    πŸ’­ FAQs

    How to cook rice for fried rice?

    Cook rice half through or al dente for fried rice. That way, your rice won't turn out mushy when you attempt to fry it. Another trick is to use leftover rice that was left in the fridge because the kernels dry out in the cold fridge air.

    What is MSG, and why do Chinese food takeaways add that to your rice?

    MSG is short for Monosodium glutamate. It's a common-concentrated food additive with an E number. Commercial Asian food is loaded with MSG because it adds tons of umami flavor to a dish. A high dosage of MSG might not be all too good for your health.

    How to save time making this fried rice?

    Use leftover plain cooked rice and already cooked leftover chicken (rotisserie chicken). If you skip cutting and adding carrots and spring onions, you save another 5 minutes or get precut vegetables from your grocery store. Instead of chopping garlic and ginger, you can use ginger and garlic paste, which will save you another 5 minutes. That way your chicken fried rice can get ready within 7 minutes!

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    I am Helene, and I created Masala Herb in 2011. Here you will learn to cook with spices and herbs. I share from scratch, international food recipes and my mission is to teach you to cook flavorful food at home. Read More…

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    1. Victoria says

      September 21, 2023 at 6:46 pm

      5 stars
      Made this last night was a hit with my family used my pantry Staples so will be making again thank you so much for such an easy recipe. I love Asian food but where I live it is always hit and miss for good food so I don't have it as much as I would like now I canπŸ˜„

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      • Helene Dsouza says

        September 21, 2023 at 11:57 pm

        I can totally relate, Victoria, and that's why I have been cooking Asian food at home. It's difficult to get good Asian food where I come from.

        Reply
    2. Neha says

      April 22, 2020 at 10:26 am

      Looks yummy! I love to have chicken in any form (fried, roasted, curry, boil salad)... I would love to try this out πŸ™‚

      Reply

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