4.8 from 18 votes
Chicken Fried Rice Recipe
You can prepare this chicken fried rice within 15 minutes. Use leftover cooked rice or chicken.
Prep Time
8 mins
Cook Time
8 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 2 servings
Calories: 610 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Asian , Chinese
Ingredients
For the sauce:
- ½ Tablespoon sugar
- 1 Tablespoon rice vinegar or other mild clear vinegar
- 2½ Tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 Tablespoon Sriracha sauce or Ketchup, *see Notes
To fry:
- 2 Tablespoon oil
- 2-3 green onions sliced
- ½ Tablespoon Ginger + Garlic *see Notes
- ½ carrot diced small
- 2.1 Ounces green cabbage shredded or sliced
- 6 Ounces chicken dices or cut into strips
- 2.1 Ounces green peas
- 1 Cup cooked rice
Instructions
- Prepare the sauce by combining sugar, vinegar, sy sauce nad sriracha sauce (or ketchup) in a small bowl. Keep aside.
- Keep all fresh ingredients ready. Separate onion bulbs from stalks and slice, chop ginger and garlic if you use fresh ingredients, diced carrot, shred or slice cabbage and cut chicken into strips or cubes. Also keep soft green peas and cooked rice ready.
- Heat up a shallow pan with the oil. Wait for it to get super hot but the oil shouldn't smoke.
- Add sliced green onion bulbs and ginger + garlic and stir cook over high heat for a minute or so.
- Add carrot and cabbage and stir cook for another minute over high heat.
- Add chicken and cook chicken over high heat on all sides for about 2-3 minutes.
- Add in green peas and the cooked rice and keep over medium heat.
- Pour stir fry sauce over the rice and increase heat.
- Quickly stir cook rice with ingredients in the shallow pan with the help of two spatula. The rice should get uniformly coated with the stir fry sauce and the ingredients should be well mixed in.
- Take from the heat and garnish with sliced green bean stalks.
- Serve up hot and enjoy.
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Notes
- Use sriracha to make it spicy and ketchup if you don't want it spicy.
- Use fresh chopped ginger and garlic. I used ginger and garlic paste in the video (easiest option).
Nutrition Information
Calories
610kcal
(31%)
Carbohydrates
85g
(28%)
Protein
17g
(34%)
Fat
21g
(32%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Cholesterol
31mg
(10%)
Sodium
887mg
(37%)
Potassium
374mg
(11%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
6g
(12%)
Vitamin A
2952IU
(59%)
Vitamin C
21mg
(23%)
Calcium
47mg
(5%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 610
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 610kcal | 31% |
| Carbohydrates | 85g | 28% |
| Protein | 17g | 34% |
| Fat | 21g | 32% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 31mg | 10% |
| Sodium | 887mg | 37% |
| Potassium | 374mg | 8% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 6g | 12% |
| Vitamin A | 2952IU | 59% |
| Vitamin C | 21mg | 23% |
| Calcium | 47mg | 5% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.