Skip the Chinese takeout this week and make up this delicious chicken fried rice instead. Ready to serve in 20 minutes, this chicken and vegetable rice dish is effortless to cook and so delicious to eat!
Heat 1 Tbsp of butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat until melted. Add carrots, onion, garlic and ginger, and season with a generous pinch of salt and freshly ground black pepper. Saute for about 3 - 4 minutes or until the carrots and onion are soft.
Move the vegetables to one side of the skillet (or set them aside on a plate if your skillet is small), and add an additional 1 Tbsp butter to the other side of the skillet and stir until melted. Add eggs to the empty side of the skillet and cook until scrambled, stirring occasionally. You don't want to mix the eggs with the vegetables yet, you want them to be fluffy. When eggs are scrambled, you can mix them with the vegetables in the skillet.
Add the last 1 Tbsp of butter to the skillet and stir until melted. Immediately add the chilled rice, cooked chicken, fish sauce, sesame oil, and stir until combined. Continue stirring for an additional 3 minutes to fry the rice.
Remove from heat. Add the sliced green onions and stir until combined. Serve warm.
NOTES
Make sure that your rice is chilled before using. Ideally make the rice the day before, at the very minimum chill it for tow hours.
You can easily add in other vegetables to this recipe. Mushrooms or bell peppers would make an excellent addition.
Don't overcook your vegetables, they should be tender but still have a slight crunch to them when you add in the eggs as they will continue to cook.
NUTRITION
Nutrition Facts
Chicken Fried Rice
Amount Per Serving
Calories 531Calories from Fat 162
% Daily Value*
Fat 18g28%
Saturated Fat 8g40%
Trans Fat 1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 3g
Monounsaturated Fat 6g
Cholesterol 205mg68%
Sodium 1551mg65%
Potassium 562mg16%
Carbohydrates 56g19%
Fiber 4g16%
Sugar 5g6%
Protein 33g66%
Vitamin A 5851IU117%
Vitamin C 17mg21%
Calcium 87mg9%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese
Keyword chicken and vegetable fried rice, fried rice with chicken, how to make chicken fried rice