Recipe: Delicious EASY Chicken Fried Rice

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EASY Chicken Fried Rice. Chicken fried rice is the comfort dish of Chinese food. It's been around for a very long time and is also common in East, Southeast, and South Asian cuisines. This take on the favorite is easy to make and makes the perfect lunch or dinner.

EASY Chicken Fried Rice Either chicken breast or chicken thighs may be used for easy homemade fried rice recipe. However, I've used shrimp, beef and pork in place of the chicken. Cooking time will slightly vary depending on the choice of protein. You can cook EASY Chicken Fried Rice using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of EASY Chicken Fried Rice

  1. Prepare 2 of Boneless/Skinless Chicken breast.
  2. It's 2 cup of Cooked Rice.
  3. It's 4 tbsp of Ketchup-for flavor & color.
  4. Prepare 1/2 cup of Green Cabbage.
  5. Prepare 1/2 cup of Purple Cabbage.
  6. You need 1 tbsp of oil of choice-I use olive.

Put down the takeout menu, because this chicken fried rice is simple, fast and can be made in one skillet—which means less dirty dishes! A great way to use up leftovers, this easy Chinese fried rice uses cold, pre-cooked white rice, chicken tenders, frozen vegetables and eggs. Transfer Easy Chicken Fried Rice to a serving platter. Garnish with thinly sliced green onions.

EASY Chicken Fried Rice step by step

  1. in sauce pan add oil when warm toss chicken around until fully cooked.
  2. Chop chicken into bite size pieces. (I season my chicken after I buy it and freeze it. Thaw it when I'm going to use it.) (Season chicken to your own taste.).
  3. add rice. Cold or hot. and toss making sure to mix evenly.
  4. add ketchup. I just squeeze straight from bottle. Again toss making sure everything is mixed evenly..
  5. finally add cabbage to give a crunch taste. Stir evenly..
  6. Cook for about 6/7 minutes after you add rice everything goes pretty quickly..

Stir fry dinners are some of my absolute favorites when I need dinner on the table STAT: Quick, full of colorful vegetables and my kids love them. Easy Chicken Fried Rice - This Chicken Fried Rice is so much better than takeout, and you won't believe how easy AND quick it is to make! This chicken fried rice is soooo a Wednesday recipe. Like, hey Wednesday, I got this! Developed for CFC by Nancy Guppy, RD, MHSc.