Chicken Fried Rice

Okay, it's still not fun to get up in the morning and cook dinner. Today's was a little bit better, but only because I intended on making it yesterday, and then realized that we didn't have most of the ingredients I needed. So I just made the rice yesterday AM, they say it's better to use left over white rice to make fried rice anyway, and then got up and stir fried this AM.

Here's the recipe and instructions:

Chicken Fried Rice
*PS: You could easily make this vegetarian by substituting fried Tofu for chicken, or replace the chicken with whatever kind of protein you prefer: Beef, pork, shrimp, etc. Make it vegan by subbing tofu for protein, and omitting eggs and Oyster Sauce)

Ingredients:

2 chicken breasts (or whatever protein you prefer)
1 tsp + 2 tsps. Sesame Oil, divided
1/2 onion, diced
1 garlic clove, minced
4-6 cups white rice, cooked and cooled (overnight for best results)
1 - package stir-fry veggies
2 tbsp + 1/3 c. Soy Sauce, divided
2 tbsp Oyster Sauce (omit for vegetarian)
2 eggs


Cook your protein thoroughly and set aside. Here's how I did mine:
Defrosted chicken breasts and cut into strips. Sauteed chicken in about a teaspoon of sesame oil in a large skillet, over med-high heat for about 10-15 minutes, until thoroughly cooked and all water had evaporated.
While the chicken was cooking, I scrambled the eggs in a small skillet until cooked and set aside.

Heat remaining 2 tsps Sesame Oil in wok over med-high heat. Once heated, cook onion and garlic in the oil until onions are soft, about 5-6 minutes. Add chicken (or other protein), 2 tbsp soy sauce and cook another 5-6 minutes. Add packaged stirfry veggies (or veggies of your choosing), and cook 5-6 more minutes, or until veggies are heated thoroughly. Add in cooked rice and remaining 1/3 cup soy sauce. Cook and stir until heated and mixed through. Finally, add in egg and oyster sauce and stir well. Rice is done when it's thoroughly piping hot.

Should serve about 4 as a main dish, more as a side. Great with dumplings or spring rolls :)


We'll see how it does in leftover form here in a few minutes. What I tasted this AM packing it up was GOOOOD :)