Name: Chicken Fried Rice
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 2 cups Cooked White Rice; 2 Chicken Breasts; 3 Eggs; 2 Zucchini and/or Yellow Squash; 2 Medium Sweet Onions; 12 Carrots; Shredded; 2 Cloves of Garlic; Minced; 1 stick Softened Butter; 57 tsp Sesame Oil; 2 tbsp Soy Sauce; Salt & Pepper to taste

DifficultyIntermediate

A white bowl holds chicken fried rice. Two egg rolls are placed towards the top of the bowl.

Yields1 Serving

Prep Time20 minsCook Time30 minsTotal Time50 mins

2 cups Cooked White Rice

2 Chicken Breasts

3 Eggs

2 Zucchini and/or Yellow Squash

2 Medium Sweet Onions

12 Carrots; Shredded

2 Cloves of Garlic; Minced

1 stick Softened Butter

57 tsp Sesame Oil

2 tbsp Soy Sauce

Salt & Pepper to taste

Cook 2 cups of rice. We generally use white rice. THIS IS BEST DONE THE DAY BEFORE! The rice is a nicer texture if you can cook it the day before. Store it in the refrigerator until ready to fry.

Cooked white rice inside of a black rice cooker. The cooker is placed on top of a wooden counter top.

Combine 2 cloves minced garlic with the softened butter. Mix until garlic is incorporated and set to the side.
- Chop the zucchini and/or squash into 1-2 inch pieces.
-Slice one onion and chop the other.
-Shred carrots.

A white bowl full of chopped yellow squash and zucchini. The vegetables are chopped into 2 inch pieces.

Pat the chicken breasts dry with paper towel, cut into 1 inch cubes. Season with salt and pepper. Add 2-3 tsp. of sesame oil into a hot wok (a large frying pan will work as well). Add the chicken and cook through.

Raw, one inch cubes, of chicken in a wok.

In a separate frying pan, add about 1 tsp. of sesame oil. When hot add the squash & zucchini. Season with salt and pepper. Cook on low. Add sliced onions (and more sesame oil of you'd like) once the vegetables have begun to cook (about 5-7 minutes).

Chopped pieces of yellow squash, zucchini and slices of white onion cook in a silver frying pan.

Once chicken is cooked, remove from pan and set aside. Wipe the wok down with a paper towel. Add 1 tsp. of sesame oil and crack the 3 eggs into the pan. Season with salt & pepper.

One fried egg in a black wok.

Stir eggs while they cook. Chop the scrambled egg into bite sized pieces with a rubber spatula. Once cooked, remove egg and set to the side.

Scrambled eggs cook in a black wok. A grey rubber spatula is shown.

Add another tsp. of sesame oil to the hot wok. Add the CHOPPED medium onion. Add the shredded carrot. Cook 1-2 minutes. (This is a good time to add the SLICED onion to the pan with the squash if you haven't already done so.)

Chopped white onion with shredded carrot on top. Cooking in a black wok.

Move the carrots and onion mixture to the side of the wok. Add 2-3 TBSP. of the garlic butter to the empty part of the pan. Add about 1/4 of the cooked rice to the butter and mix well. Once combined, move the rice to the side with the carrots and onion.

A mixture of chopped white onion and shredded carrot is to the upper left of a black wok. Garlic butter melts below the vegetables.

Repeat the step above by adding another 2-3 TBSP. of garlic butter to the empty portion of the wok. Once again, add another 1/4 of the rice and combine. Continue this until all of the butter and rice have been added.

On the left side of a black wok is chopped white onion, shredded carrots and fried rice. Directly next to this pile, but on the right is white rice.

Combine the onion, carrots and rice.

Rice, chopped white onion and shredded carrot cook in a black wok.

Add 1-2 TBSP of soy sauce and mix. Add the cooked chicken and egg. Combine and spread the mixture evenly in the pan. Allow the rice to cook for about 2 minutes. Mix again, spread and cook for another 2 minutes. Stir and remove from pan.

Fried rice, small pieces of scrambled egg, one inch cubes of cooked chicken, chopped white onion and shredded carrot are in a black wok.

Squash, zucchini and onion should be cooked through. Remove from pan, either add to the chicken fried rice or serve separately.

Browned pieces of yellow squash, zucchini and slices of onion in a white bowl.

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