Check out this easy-to-follow video that demonstrates how to make the best chicken fried rice. You’ll be able to impress your friends and family in just four easy steps! Whenever I prepare this chicken fried rice, it’s always devoured within minutes. With these simple instructions, you can create fried rice that tastes even better than takeout. It’s healthier, more delicious, and more cost-effective.
Chicken Fried Rice Recipe
Serve: 2 to 4
Prep time: 15 minutes
Marinate time: 10 Minutes
Cook time: 40 minutes
For the rice:
1 cup jasmine rice
1 cup water
For the chicken and marinate:
3/4 pound chicken breast, cut into ½-inch cubes
Pinch of salt
Pinch of white pepper
1 large egg white
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon oil
For the sauce:
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
Pinch of white pepper
For the stir-fried:
3 tablespoons oil, separated
1 small onion, thinly diced
½ cup peas
½ cup carrots, diced
2 large eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons scallions, thinly chopped
Chicken Fried Rice Instructions
To prepare the steamed rice:
- In a rice cooker, add the rinsed jasmine rice and water. Use the setting for rice and cook. Transfer the steamed rice to a plate and cool down.
- Cover the rice with a plastic wrap. Then place it in the fridge overnight.
To marinate the chicken:
- In a mixing bowl, add the chicken and salt. Mix until the chicken has fully absorbed the salt. Then add the white pepper, egg white, cornstarch slurry, and oil. Mix well.
- Marinate the chicken for 10 minutes.
To make the sauce:
- In a bowl, mix together the soy sauce, oyster sauce, and white pepper. Whisk.
To make the fried rice:
- In a wok over high heat, add 1 tablespoon of oil, and add the marinated chicken to it. Stir fry for about 3 minutes until completely cooked through. Remove.
- In the wok over high heat, add 1 tablespoon of oil. Then place the onion, peas, and carrots into it. Stir fry until aromatic for 1 minute. Remove.
- In the wok over high heat, add another 1 tablespoon of oil. Add the beaten eggs, and scramble until partially cooked.
- Transfer the overnight rice inside. Stir-fry until every grain of rice is separated for about 2 minutes.
- Return the chicken, onion, peas, and carrots. Also, pour the sauce inside. Mix everything together. Serve!
Cooking tips:
- It’s best to use overnight rice for fried rice because there is less moisture in it. Therefore, it’s easier to separate every grain of rice while stirring-frying it.
- To get the smoky wok hei, make sure the heat is on the highest for the entire time.
