Chicken Fried Rice

4.75 from 28 votes

Quick and easy chicken fried rice recipe tmadewith tender chicken pieces, leftover cooked rice, colourful vegetables, and delicious seasonings. This recipe takes under 30 minutes and better than ordering takeaway!

Prep Time10

Cook Time15

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Chinese Cuisine

Servings:

Calories: 1107kcal

Author: Khin

Ingredients

200 g Boneless chicken breast/thigh
2 tsp Light soy sauce (for chicken seasoning)
4 cup Cooked rice (details in note) (about 2 small bowls of rice)
2 Eggs
2 cloves Garlic (fine chopped)
½ cup Carrot (small diced)
½ cup Onion (small diced)
⅓ cup Frozen green peas
⅓ cup Frozen sweet corn
2-3 Spring Onion (cut thin slices)
3-4 tbsp Oil ( vegetable, peanut, sunflower or canola oil )

Sauce

3 tbsp Light soy sauce
2 tbsp Oyster sauce
1 tsp Sesame oil
¼ tsp White pepper (Or black pepper)
½ tsp Dark soy sauce

Instructions

Dice the chicken into small cubes. Season the chicken pieces with 2 teaspoon of light soy sauce, mix well and set aside.
Cut the carrot and onion into small dices. Finely chop the garlic cloves, cut spring onions into thin slices.
In a small mixing bowl, add all the sauce ingredients, mix well and set aside.
Whisk two eggs and set aside.
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a wok/pan, pour the egg in, once the egg is almost set, break into small pieces. Remove from wok and set aside.
In the same wok, drizzle 2-3 tablespoon of oil, add the chicken pieces and stir fry with medium-high heat until the chicken is almost cooked. Then push the chicken one side and add the chopped garlic, stir fry for few seconds.
Add the diced onions, stir for few seconds, then follow with the carrots, green peas and sweet corn. Stir fry for 2-3 mins until the vegetables are tender-crisp. ( If you like your vegetables soft, you can stir fry until they are tender soft. )
Next, add the rice, pour the sauce in. Stir very fast 1 to 2 minutes, to combine all ingredients. ( to evaporate the sauce and moisture quicker, fry with high heat after you pour the sauce in. )
After the sauce and all ingredients are evenly mixed, add the fried egg and spring onions. Stir and cook for another 1 mins, remove from heat and transfer to serving plate.
You can garnish with chopped spring onions and if you like it spicy, you can add some chilli oil on the top. Enjoy!

Notes

Rice: A day old, leftover rice is ideal for fried rice. You can use fresh cooked rice, but sometimes the texture can be mushy when you stir fry it. A day old rice is drier and harder than a fresh cooked rice.
Which rice is best for fried rice?
For Chinese style fried rice recipes, I would recommend to use jasmine rice or medium grain rice. But you can use any of your favourite cooked rice, brown rice, basmati rice, etc.
Serving: Serving is for 2 person as a main dish. If you serve with other dishes you can serve up to 4 person as a side dish.

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