Your favorite take-out made at home? Yes! Easy Chicken Fried Rice Recipe that is simple to make and SO tasty! Super easy, quick and delicious you'll be making this again and again!
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Why you'll love this recipe
✔️ It tastes as good as your favorite restaurant!
✔️ It's easy to make.
✔️ AND you can utilize leftovers like cooked rice and teriyaki chicken, love that!
Ingredients
You'll only need a handful of simple ingredients for this recipe.
- Day old cooked rice - you can use white rice or brown rice.
- cooked chicken
- carrots, peas, garlic, ginger, green onions
- eggs
- soy sauce
- sesame oil
- canola oil
- teriyaki sauce, homemade or store-bought
Instructions
- Shredding or dice the chicken. Put it in a small mixing bowl, pour the teriyaki sauce over it; refrigerate.
- Peel the carrots and dice them. Mince the garlic and ginger.
- Using a wok or a large skillet over high heat, start by sautéing the carrots using the canola oil.
- Add the minced garlic and ginger and continue to sauté - do not stop stirring.
- Next add the rice almost immediately after adding the garlic and stir fry, mixing well.
- Make a "well" in the middle of the rice and pour the beaten eggs into the middle - keep moving them around as with the high heat it won't take long.
- Pour the soy sauce and sesame oil around the rice. When the eggs are nearly soft scrambled, add the frozen peas (they will heat thru and be perfect) and mix everything together.
- Add the chicken mixed with the teriyaki sauce. Mix everything together really well and you're done!
FAQ's
Using leftover rice - day old rice is perfect for good teriyaki fried rice.
The best rice to use for chicken fried rice is medium or long grain rice.
It's the savory soy sauce that makes chinese restaurant rice taste so good! Sometimes the rice is also stir fried with chicken broth to add more uname flavor.
Variations
- Today I'm using leftover chicken, but you can just as easily use tofu, beef, shrimp, ground chicken, or all of the above! Mix it up and make your favorite. That's what makes things extra delicious!
- Use this homemade teriyaki sauce. Hands down the best!
- Pork tenderloin would be delicious served with this rice or if you want to keep it even easier, top the rice off with a fried egg.
- Use mixed frozen vegetables if you don't want to spend time peeling and chopping.
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Tips
- You'll first want to gather your ingredients and get everything prepped and ready to go.
- For best results, get your wok or skillet screaming hot before you start.
Storage
Refrigerate - Allow to cool completely and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to three days.
Freezer - I do not recommend freezing fried rice, it gets super dry.
Reheat on the stovetop or in the microwave. Adding a few tablespoons of chicken broth will keep it from drying out.
Serve with
- Egg Roll in a Bowl - only minutes to make this tasty dish.
- Easy Walnut Shrimp Recipe - just like Panda Express!
- Homemade Tuna Poke - you won't believe how good this tastes!
- Easy Teriyaki Chicken Bowl - my favorite grilled chicken recipe.
- Slow Cooker Honey Sriracha Chicken - why not let the crockpot do the work for you? This sweet spicy dish is always a hit!
Chicken Fried Rice
Ingredients
- 5 cups cooked long grain rice - preferably day old*
- 1 cup cooked chicken shredded or diced into small pieces
- 2 carrots peeled and diced
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon ginger minced
- 2-3 green onions diced
- 3 eggs roughly beaten
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons sesame oil
- 1-2 tablespoons canola oil
- ¼ cup teriyaki sauce homemade or store bought
Instructions
- The key to cooking fried rice (or any food that's cooked quickly over high heat) is to have all of the ingredients already prepped before you begin cooking.
- Shred or dice the chicken. Put it in a bowl and pour the teriyaki sauce over it. Return it to the refrigerator and allow it to marinate while you finish prepping the ingredients.
- Peel the carrots and dice them, about the same size as the frozen peas. Mince the garlic and ginger.
- Using a large wok over high heat, start by sautéing the carrots using the canola oil. It won't take long - 2-3 minutes. Keep stirring continuously as your wok will be very hot.
- Add the minced garlic and ginger and continue to sauté - do not stop stirring. Add the rice almost immediately after adding the garlic and stir fry, mixing well.
- Make a "well" in the middle of the rice and pour the beaten eggs into the middle - keep moving them around as with the high heat, it won't take long.
- Pour the soy sauce and sesame oil around the rice. When the eggs are nearly soft scrambled, add the frozen peas (they will heat thru and be perfect) and mix everything together.
- Add the chicken mixed with the teriyaki sauce. Mix everything together really well, and you're done!
Liza
I aways have leftovers! My kids always leave something behind! And what a great idea for the use of these leftovers!
Bowl Me Over
Wonderful! It's always good to remake an old recipe - i hope you give this a try!
Lois
I love chicken fried rice. It’s alway a special treat.
Bowl Me Over
Easy to make at home also, thank you and I'm glad you enjoyed this meal!
Patty Haxton Anderson
Thanks for linking up at Let's Get Real Weekly Link Party. This recipe looks so tasty and I am featuring it tonight at the party!
Bowl Me Over
That's awesome, thank you so much Patty! I always love your party and REALLY appreciate the feature. Thank you!!
Ilka
Fried rice is always a great classic family favorite! i love it especially with brown rice!! Pinning!
Bowl Me Over
Ilka that's a great idea, I love brown rice!!