Best-Ever Chicken Fried Rice

This recipe for chicken fried rice is excellent and really simple! Basically, it’s just stir-frying cooked chicken, rice, soy sauce, and shredded egg. Use leftover cooked rice for optimal results.

Assemble Your Supplies for Rice Making

Following ingredients are used in this Recipe:

1. Vegetable Oil: This helps in simultaneously seasoning and cooking the chicken.
2. Soy Sauce: Rich taste and authenticity make this sauce a popular among Chinese people.
3. Sesame Oil: Introduces a rich, delicate taste.
4. Chicken: Dice into little pieces and incorporate into the wok or pan.
5. Onion: Cut up little white onion.
6. Cooked Rice: The ideal rice is one that has previously been cooked and refrigerated.
7. Peas and Carrots: Vegetables that are frozen function best when thawed overnight.
8. Eggs: Stir in the wok after lightly beating.
9. Green Onions: Chopped and tossed in to enhance taste, color, and texture!

Instructions of Cooking Chicken Fried Rice

• Cook in a skillet: Add the soy sauce and vegetable oil to a big wok or skillet. When the chicken is fully cooked and has a light brown color, add it. Take out and place aside.
• Add oil and vegetables: Add sesame oil to the lower part. Add the carrots, peas, and white onion, and cook until soft.
• Pour egg mixture: Pour the beaten eggs onto the opposite side after sliding the onion, peas, and carrots to the side. Using a spatula, mix the egg mixture. After cooked, combine the eggs and veggie mixture.
• Stir in remaining ingredients: To the vegetable and egg mixture, add the rice and chicken. Top with the soy sauce. The rice and vegetable mixture should be mixed and cooked thoroughly by stirring and frying. If desired, add chopped green onions.

Tips

I used this recipe for teriyaki sauce to cook my chicken. It just ripped apart and gave the chicken an incredible taste boost. If not, you may cook the chicken in a medium skillet or even boil it until it is no longer pink.

Tips for Cooking the Best Fried Rice

Enjoy creating this authentically Chinese-tasting fried rice with the aid of these suggestions. It’s easy to prepare and comes together quite quickly. You will create it again and again after you’ve made it!

• Cold Rice: You need to prepare ahead of time in order to produce the tastiest rice. The easiest approach to use up leftover rice is to chill it and utilize it instead of frying it. When creating fried rice, cooked but still warm rice does not cook thoroughly. It usually comes out quite sticky and gooey.
• Make Cold Rice: To satisfy your appetite for fried rice in a hurry, just transfer the warm rice to a sheet pan and refrigerate it for 30 to 45 minutes, or until it becomes cold. You may also quickly cure the rice by freezing it for ten to fifteen minutes. Just enough to cool it down without freezing it.
• High Heat: To thoroughly fry and brown the rice and vegetables, it is recommended to cook over high heat. Aim to prevent the rice from sticking together too much or steaming in the pan. Stir often.
• Soy Sauce: When you are almost done, taste the cooked fried rice and add more soy sauce. For taste, I like a lighter soy sauce.

Variations

When creating the ultimate fried rice dish, experiment and spice things up with all these fun and unique versions. Utilizing the leftover rice is the finest portion. Look for additional leftovers that you can use to simplify this recipe for chicken fried rice. Combine different ingredients to get more delicious rice tastes.

1. Protein: You may eat your protein with veggies or mix it up with ham, shrimp, or bacon.
2. Oil: Butter works just as well as all the oils when used instead! To achieve a rich, savory taste, add butter.
3. Rice: For this dish, cold or cooled rice works best. Long grain rice or quinoa are excellent options for diversity.
4. Vegetables: To improve this dish, mix and match one or more of your favorite veggies. Water chestnuts, snap peas, cauliflower, and broccoli are excellent veggies to include.