Chicken Fried Rice

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Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups jasmine rice uncooked (best if prepared and refrigerated a day earlier)
  • 2 t olive oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 boneless skinless chicken thighs or one breast diced. You can also use leftover cooked chicken.
  • 4 T soy sauce divided
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 carrot diced small
  • ½ yellow onion diced small
  • 3 scallions sliced
  • ¼ butter divided
  • ½ t kosher salt
  • 1 t pepper
  • 2 T sesame seeds

Method
 

  1. Cook rice according to package directions, again the day before is best
  2. In large pan over medium/high heat, scramble eggs in 1t oil with salt and pepper. Remove from pan and set aside.
  3. Add 1t more oil and stir fry chicken with a sprinkle of salt and pepper. Add 1T soy sauce, garlic, carrot, onion, and 2T butter and stir fry until onions are translucent. Add scallions and stir fry 1 minute. Add rice, salt, pepper, 3T soy sauce, and sesame seedds.
  4. Create well in middle of rice and add 2T butter. After 2 minutes add egg back in and stir.

Notes

Note: this makes a LOT of fried rice. Recipe can be easily halved.