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Fried Rice with Chicken and Vegetables
Pasta & Rice

Fried Rice with Chicken and Vegetables

Wok-fried rice with chicken, vegetables and scrambled egg, especially good for rice left over from the day before.

⏱ 25 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Heat the oil in a wok over very high heat.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveWok
    💡Very high heat and a large pan: the vegetables char instead of steaming, and don't overcrowd the pan.
  2. 2
    Add the chicken cubes and fry 4–5 minutes, until cooked through. Remove and set aside.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
    💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
  3. 3
    Add the carrot and fry 2 minutes, tossing.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
  4. 4
    Push everything to the sides, pour the beaten the eggs into the center and scramble into small bits.
    StoveSilicone spatula
    💡The eggs scramble on their own in the empty center of the pan and only then get mixed in: that way they stay in bits and don't coat the rice in mush.
  5. 5
    Add the cold rice, separate the grains with a spatula and stir-fry 2–3 minutes over high heat.
    StoveSilicone spatula
    💡Cold, dry day-old rice stays in separate grains; hot fresh rice releases steam and starch and sticks together in a lump.
  6. 6
    Add the peas, soy sauce, sesame oil and black pepper and stir-fry another minute, until the rice is coated in the sauce.
    Stove
  7. 7
    Return the chicken cubes and stir everything together.
    Stove
  8. 8
    Serve immediately, with the green onion scattered on top.
359calories
19 gprotein
28 gcarbs
18 gfat
● protein 22%● carbs 32%● fat 46%

Per serving (174 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (3) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Wok · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (Less heat on the sides; stir-fry in small batches)
  • Silicone spatula · Also works: Wooden spoon (Scrapes less well) · Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (None)

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