Chicken Fried Rice (packed with veg)

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Chicken Fried Rice (packed with veg)

Cook time: 1 HourTotal time: 1 Hour

One of our favorite easy dinners that uses a lot of pantry staples is a chicken fried rice loaded with zucchini and riced cauliflower. Hope this is an easy dinner and a great way to add in your extra veggies!

Ingredients

• 1-2 cups of uncooked white rice or 3-4 cups of cooked day old rice
• 1/2 a white onion, diced finely
• 2-3 whole carrots, peeled and diced finely
• 3-4 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1 inch knob of grated ginger or ground ginger
• 3 chicken breasts, diced
• 1/2 a zucchini, diced finely
• 1 cup frozen cauliflower rice
• 2 eggs scrambled
• 1 egg fried (optional)
• 1/4 cup - 1/3 cup low sodium soy sauce or coconut aminos
• 3-4 tbsp sesame oil
• 1 tbsp butter (optional)
• scallions
• chili crisp oil
• sesame seeds
• optional salt & pepper

Instructions

1. Fried rice is best with day old rice but unfortunately, we do not always have that on hand so we made rice fresh - prep that (follow instructions on the package or according to your rice cooker). If making fresh - be sure to wash your rice until the water runs clear.
2. Start by dicing chicken breast into 1 inch cubes and preheat 1 tbsp of sesame oil in a wok and sear off chicken until golden - you can add some of the soy sauce, butter, garlic, and ginger to season
3. The bulk of this recipe takes time cutting all the veggies so while the chicken cooks…chop your onions, carrots, zucchini, garlic, & ginger
4. Pull the chicken out once cooked (about 8 minutes), add onions and carrots (sweat down 5 minutes), add zucchini, garlic & ginger - use 1 more tbsp of the sesame oil
5. Now scramble your eggs in a bowl or move veggies aside and crack eggs in the wok to scramble
6. Add cauliflower rice, the finished white rice, and chicken (with the juices) back in
7. Now slowly add more sesame oil and your soy sauce - tasting along the way to get the desired level of soy sauce. If you are using a full sodium soy sauce you likely won’t need salt but if using low sodium you can salt and pepper to taste.
8. Let this almost caramelize in the pan and if you like a richer “hibachi-like” fried rice, add the tbsp of butter
9. To plate, pack a good amount of the fried rice into a small bowl and flip onto a plate
10. Top with a fried egg, scallions, sesame seeds, and chili crisp oil

Chicken and veggie fried rice with the perfect runny egg