Chicken Fried Rice

Chicken Fried Rice is easy to make at home and 100 times better than take out! Why not make it yourself? You'll enjoy it that much more!!

Course Vegetables and Side Dishes

Cuisine Asian

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 10

Total Time 25

Servings

Calories 395kcal

Author Deb Clark

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!

Notes

This dish is best served immediately; however, it's hard to get everything done simultaneously when you're stir-frying. After completing this dish, put the teriyaki fried rice in an oven-proof dish and cover it with foil. Place in the oven to keep it warm. This gives time to make a second stir-fry dish.

If you'd prefer, use this homemade teriyaki marinade, it's made with soy sauce, green onion, garlic, brown sugar, etc. It's excellent!

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