Chicken Fried Rice (or any kind of fried rice actually) is one of those dishes that you can whip up without any particular recipe and with any ingredients you have on hand. Okay not any any, but you get the idea. Though more often than not, I stick to this recipe, or use this as a base for my creative variations, whether I am just cleaning out my fridge before grocery shopping, or cooking it in bulk as a part of my meal prep for the week, or for potluck parties. I mean it doesn’t matter so much when I am simply cleaning out the fridge to make a quick fix dinner, but especially for meal prepping and potluck parties, I prefer to work off a tried and tested recipe. And that’s when this recipe for chicken fried rice comes in handy!
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How to Make Chicken Fried Rice – Step by Step Recipe
I am using 5 cups of cooked rice for this recipe. If you are starting from raw rice, then cook 1 cup of raw rice, and dry it out a bit.
Pre-mixing Sauces
I personally prefer to not add all the sauces at once, and add it in 2 parts..so as to ensure to flavor all the components well. And I suggest you do the same.But that’s why even before I begin putting together the fried rice, I divide the sauces in two bowls, which makes it easier later to just add it in, and not measure one by one. In the first bowl, I have ½ tablespoon each of all the sauces – soy sauce, chilli vinegar, chilli garlic sauce, oyster sauce, and chilli sauce or sriracha. And in the second bowl, I have 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, chilli garlic sauce, and chilli sauce, and ½ tablespoon of chilli vinegar and oyster sauce.When that is done, it’s time to start making the fried rice.
Making Chicken Fried Rice
In a wok, add 2 tablespoon oil, and lightly heat it up.Now add 2 tablespoon chopped ginger and 2 tablespoon chopped garlic, and lightly roast them for 2-3 minutes, till they start to change color.Add 1 chopped green chilli, and lightly roast it for 30 seconds.Then add the chopped vegetables ( ¼ cup of julienned carrots, ¼ cup of chopped capsicum, chopped spring onion whites from 5-7 stalks of spring onion), and roast them on medium high flame for 2-3 minutes, till they get lightly cooked.Now add in 1½ cups of cooked chicken (I usually use rotisserie chicken), and the first bowl of sauces containing ½ tablespoon each of soy sauce, chilli vinegar, chilli sauce, chilli garlic sauce & oyster sauce. Mix it all in, and saute for 2-3 minutes, till the chicken soaks in the sauces.
While sauteeing veggies & chicken, simultaneously, in a bowl, break open one egg, and to it add ⅛ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon red chilli powder, ⅛ teaspoon of turmeric powder, and mix it in. You can of-course choose to add more eggs. I often add upto 3 eggs, and spice it accordingly.Then in a small pan, lightly heat up ¾ tablespoon of oil, add the spiced egg mix, and cook it for 2-3 minutes, till it gets cooked through, and then break it into small pieces.When done, add the scrambled egg to the main wok, after the chicken and sauces, and mix it in.Note: I have spiced and scrambled eggs separately, but you can scramble eggs in the main wok, just shifting the veggies and chicken to one side, and scrambling the eggs on the other side, and that will work too. I just prefer to do it separately.
Now finally add in 5 cups of cooked rice, and the second bowl of sauces, containing 1 tablespoon each of soy sauce, chilli sauce, chilli garlic sauce, and ½ tablespoon each of chilli vinegar and oyster sauce, and ¾ teaspoon salt.Mix everything together, and cover & cook on medium flame for about 5 minutes, just until the rice gets lightly steamed and fluffs up a bit.Garnish with fresh chopped spring onion greens (from 5-7 stalks of spring onion).
Chicken Fried Rice is ready to serve!
What to Serve with Chicken Fried Rice
There are lots of things that you can pair with Fried Rice. Soups, appetizers, drinks etc. Some of our favorite combinations are fried rice with this crispy chicken 65 or pepper chicken.
Meal Prep Chicken Fried Rice
If you like to meal prep over the weekend, then chicken fried rice is a great candidate for that. Just double up the quantity of the recipe (or more, depending on how much you need), and you can prep lunches for the work week.
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This recipe was first published in 2019, and has been republished with updated instructions, notes & tips, step images, as well as video in Feb 2022. If you’d like FREE recipes and meal prep ideas delivered directly to your email inbox every Friday in one short email, then subscribe to the Foodie Friday list HERE, and never run out of ideas on what to cook over the weekend or prep for the week ahead. 🙂
