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How To Make Chicken Fried Rice

The difference between homemade chicken fried rice and restaurant fried rice isn’t about skill or even ingredients. It’s about a few specific techniques that most recipes fail to explain. Once you understand them, everything changes. This recipe is perfect for all, whether you’re cooking for the first time or you’ve
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Cuisine: American, Chinese
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 6.7 oz Chicken breast or thighs boneless and skinless
  • 2 Cups Leftover cooked rice
  • 1/3 Cup Peas
  • 2 Large eggs
  • 2 Cloves of garlic
  • 2 Stalks green onion
  • 50g Diced carrots
  • 1 egg white ( optional )

For The Chicken marinade

  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine
  • 2 tsp corn starch
  • 1/8 tsp white pepper powder
  • 2 tbsp neutral oil
  • salt to taste
  • 3 tsp dark soy sauce

Equipment

  • Skillet

Method
 

  1. Start by mincing two cloves of garlic, finely chop two green onions and dice the carrots
  2. Marinate the chicken with soy sauce, oyster sauce, shaoxing wine, cornstarch and one egg white
  3. Season with salt and white pepper powder
  4. Add some oil and mix everything until well combined. Cover and let it rest for at least 30 minute
  5. Over medium-high heat, heat a large wok with one tablespoon of oil
  6. Add in beaten eggs and fry the eggs for about one minute, then set them aside
  7. In the same pan, add one tablespoon of oil.
  8. Add the chicken pieces and stir fry.
  9. Add the minced garlic and cook for 2 - 3 minutes
  10. Add in the diced carrots and peas and stir fry
  11. Once cooked, set the chicken and veggies mixture aside to cool.
  12. In the same skillet over medium heat, add one tablespoon of oil.
  13. Add in the leftover rice and spread it into an even, flat layer
  14. After 3 minutes, add the eggs to the rice and mix
  15. Season with a little salt and mix well
  16. Add the dark soy sauce to the side of the pan. Let it sizzle on the hot wok for 5–10 seconds
  17. Toss everything together to ensure all ingredients are well incorporated
  18. Continue to stir-fry the rice until the color is even
  19. Add the chicken, carrots, and green peas back into the fried rice and mix 
  20. Finish by mixing the green onions into the fried rice
  21. Cook for about 1 minute, and the chicken fried rice is ready.
  22. Drizzle sesame oil over the top, plate, and enjoy