Homemade Chicken Fried Rice is such an easy recipe to make. It has the best flavor and is packed with juicy and tender chicken. Complimented with peas, carrots, white rice, and the perfect blend of seasonings. This will be your go-to dish when you are craving Chinese rice.
If you love getting Chinese take-out as much as I do. You are going to love this restaurant quality chicken fried rice recipe. It has all the amazing flavors that you would expect, but it is homemade and fresh out of your kitchen. So ditch the take-out this week and enjoy this delicious family meal.
Chicken Fried Rice Ingredients
- Chicken Breasts: Use skinless and boneless chicken breast and cut up into bit size pieces.
- Soy Sauce: An authentic Chinese sauce that adds so much flavor to the dish. I prefer to use low sodium soy sauce.
- Vegetable Oil: Used to cook the chicken and you can substitute with your favorite cooking oil.
- Long Grain White Rice: This is a great way to use up some leftover rice.
- Yellow Onion: I prefer the sweet flavor of the yellow onion. But you can use any onion that you like.
- Garlic: Fresh mince garlic always is the best. But as a little time saver you can use this Minced Garlic in a jar.
- Ground Black Pepper: Adds so much flavor to the dish and can be adjusted to your liking.
- Peas and Carrots: I prefer to use dice frozen peas and carrots, but you can use fresh if you like.
- Eggs: Make sure to just lightly beat the eggs and not over cook them.
- Green Onion: Adds the perfect amount of flavor and adds a beautiful color when serving.
How To Make Chicken Fried Rice
- In a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat, add vegetable oil and minced garlic. Saute for 1 minute stirring occasionally. Then, add 1 1/2 tbsp of soy sauce, black pepper, and cubed chicken. Stir occasionally and cook for 4-5 minutes or until chicken is lightly browned and cooked through. Remove and set aside.
- In the same pan or wok, add sesame oil and heat up. Then, add onion, peas, and carrots and saute for 3-4 minutes or until onions are translucent.
- In the same pan move cooked vegetables to one side of the pan. Then, add lightly beaten eggs on the other side. With a spatula, scramble the eggs until they are still slightly runny. Then combine eggs with the cooked vegetables and stir and continue to cook until eggs are completely cooked.
- Add cooked rice, cooked chicken, and soy sauce to the pan. Stir until completely combined and the chicken is reheated. Turn off heat, add sliced green onion and stir until combined.
- Serve while hot. Enjoy!
Ways To Change It Up
What of the great things about this simple Chinese dish. Is that you can change up the ingredients to customize it to your taste. Here are a few fun ideas to make it the best-fried rice recipe.
- The Meat: One of the easiest ways to change it up is by changing the meat. Some of the more traditional meats to add are ham, beef, and shrimp. But you can also make this a vegetarian dish and take out the protein and replace it with kimchi, vegetables, or pineapple.
- The Rice: My favorite way to make this recipe is with long-grain white rice. But if you are looking for a healthier option you can substitute brown rice or quinoa.
- Vegetables: Add more of your favorite vegetables to create a bowl of more robust rice. Some popular options are baby corn, snap peas, broccoli, red pepper, mushrooms, and water chestnuts.
Tips For The Best Fried Rice
- Don’t over cook it: This is one of those dishes that tastes so much better when the vegetables have a little bit of crunch to them.
- Use Cold Rice: Cook the rice ahead of time and let it completely cool down. This is a great recipe to use up leftover rice.
Chicken Fried Rice
Homemade Chicken Fried Rice is such an easy recipe to make. It has the best flavor and is packed with juicy and tender chicken. Complimented with peas, carrots, white rice, and the perfect blend of seasonings. This will be your go-to dish when you are craving Chinese rice
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp. vegetable oil
- 1½ tbsp low sodium soy sauce
- 1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breasts (cut into ½ pieces)
- 3 cups long grain white rice (cooked)
- 1 small yellow onion (diced)
- 2 cloves garlic (minced)
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
- 1¼ cups frozen peas and carrots (thawed)
- 2 large eggs (lightly beaten)
- 3 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
- ¼ cup green onions (thinly sliced diagonally)
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
Instructions
- In a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat, add vegetable oil and minced garlic. Saute for 1 minute stirring occasionally. Then, add 1 1/2 tbsp of soy sauce, black pepper, and cubed chicken. Stir occasionally and cook for 4-5 minutes or until chicken is lightly browned and cooked through. Remove and set aside
- In the same pan or wok, add sesame oil and heat up. Then, add onion, peas, and carrots and saute for 3-4 minutes or until onions are translucent.
- In the same pan move cooked vegetables to one side of the pan. Then, add lightly beaten eggs on the other side. With a spatula, scramble the eggs until they are still slightly runny. Then combine eggs with the cooked vegetables and stir and continue to cook until eggs are completely cooked.
- Add cooked rice, cooked chicken, and soy sauce to the pan. Stir until completely combined and the chicken is reheated. Turn off heat, add sliced green onion and stir until combined.
- Serve while hot. Enjoy!
Notes
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Nutrition
Calories: 257kcalCarbohydrates: 35.6gProtein: 19.6gSaturated Fat: 0.8gCholesterol: 79mgSodium: 396mgPotassium: 185mgFiber: 2.6gSugar: 3.1gVitamin D: 4µgCalcium: 37mgIron: 3mg
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Such an easy and simple recipe. We love this fried rice. Makes a quick meal.
I love that it is so simple and easy too!
I love a good fried rice recipe, and this one is a true classic. I love how easy this is to make too! Will definitely be on my regular rotation for weeknight meals. Thank you so much for the recipe 🙂
It makes me so happy that you liked it.
I love fried rice because I basically can throw in anything I want. This is one of my favorite foods to order out ever. Looks amazing, totally trying this at home 🙂
It is one of my favorite foods too.
I always try to use peas and carrots when I make rice at home. They all just go so well together! Excited to try your recipe now 🙂
I know that you will love it.
Adding this to my dinner line up for the week; this will pair perfectly with my veggie stir fry! Yum!
They would be amazing together.
Can’t go wrong with fried rice!! It is always my go-to weeknight recipe, and yours looks perfect. Bookmarked to make later, thanks for the recipe 🙂
It definitely is an easy weeknight dinner.
Thanks for sharing! I find takeout pretty inconsistent, so it’s great to have a simple homemade recipe on hand!
I like this so much better than takeout.
This fried rice looks so tasty and easy to make, saving to make soon!
This is so easy to make and a great meal for a busy weeknight.
Glad that you liked it.
This chicken fried rice is so easy to make! It’s simply delicious and way better than take-out!
I agree with you that it is way better than take-out.
I love all the options with this recipe for meat and rice options!
That is what I love about this recipe too.
This is a great recipe. It turned out really well. I’m excited to have it again.
It makes me so happy that you liked it.
A perfect weeknight meal for the family…homemade takeout is a favorite of ours and this looks delish!
It is such a great way to skip the takeout and have a yummy home-cooked meal.
Looks delicious! I never know what to do with all the rice when I get takeout, so I’ll definitely try this next time!
It is such a great way to use up left over rice.