Description
Seasoned rice stir-fried with tender chicken, eggs, vegetables, and aromatics. This quick and easy chicken fried rice is ready in less than 30-minutes!
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 ½ cups cooked jasmine rice, cold day-old
- ½ lb skinless boneless chicken thighs, thinly sliced
- 1.5 cups frozen peas and carrots
- 3 large eggs, beaten
- 1 small shallot, finely diced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 4 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon regular soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoon regular soy sauce
- ½ tablespoon dark soy sauce
- 2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon powder
- ⅛ teaspoon white pepper
Instructions
- Step: In a medium-sized bowl, marinate sliced chicken thighs with marinade ingredients (soy sauce, chicken broth, cornstarch, and vegetable oil). Set aside to marinate for 5-10 minutes.
- Step: In a small bowl, combine the sauce ingredients (soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sesame oil, chicken bouillon powder, and white pepper) and set aside.
- Step: Heat 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil in a large pan on medium-high heat. Fry chicken until fully cooked. Remove from the pan.
- Step: Add 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil into the pan. Sauté garlic and shallots for 10 seconds. Add peas and carrots and fry for 10 seconds. Push everything to the side of the pan.
- Step: Add remaining oil into empty space of the pan. Add in beaten eggs and let them sit for 20 seconds before scrambling and breaking into bite-sized pieces. Then toss everything together.
- Step: Add rice and chicken and toss everything together until incorporated.
- Step: Pour sauce around the rice or along the edges of the pan and let the sauce toast for 5 seconds for extra flavor before tossing. Toss everything together until all the rice grains are brown.
Notes
Use day-old cold cooked rice to prevent soggy fried rice. If using freshly cooked rice, spread it on a baking sheet and freeze for 60 minutes before frying to remove excess moisture.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Stir-frying
- Cuisine: Chinese
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 438 kcal
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 971 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0.03 g
- Carbohydrates: 64 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 25 g
- Cholesterol: 193 mg
Keywords: chicken fried rice, chinese fried rice, easy dinner, stir-fry, jasmine rice