Chicken Fried Rice
Chicken Fried Rice is a family-favorite of ours. It has all the classic elements of fried rice with teriyaki chicken through out. Serve it with a vegetable to make it a complete and delicious meal!
There is a good chance my Baked Sweet n’ Sour Chicken and Fried Rice recipe is what brought you to my blog. It was one of the first recipes I posted back in September 2010 and continues to be one of my most popular. 🙂
That chicken and rice has been a family-favorite for years. I make it all the time, especially for company because it is just so good! A few years back I made some teriyaki chicken in my crock pot, and decided to slice it up and put it in the fried rice. That’s when this amazing recipe was born!
My Chicken Fried Rice is so delicious. It has all the classic elements of fried rice with teriyaki chicken through out. Serve it with a vegetable to make it a complete and amazing meal!
An important thing to remember about making fried rice is to use day old/cold rice. If you use freshly cooked warm rice the mixture will be sticky and mushy.
I like to cook the white rice first thing in the morning, put it in the fridge to get nice and cold, and then make the fried rice recipe for dinner. It always works out great. Just as long as it’s cold rice you’re good to go. 🙂
Hope you all enjoy this recipe. It’s a good one!
Ingredients
- 3 small boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 1 pound)
- 1 bottle (18 ounces) teriyaki sauce
- 3 Tablespoons sesame oil (or vegetable oil)
- 1 cup frozen peas and carrots thawed
- 1 small yellow onion chopped
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 2 large eggs slightly beaten
- 3 cups cooked white rice (cold rice is best. See notes below*)
- 4 Tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
Instructions
- Cook chicken covered in teriyaki sauce in a crock-pot on high heat for 3 hours. OR bake in oven at 375 F° for 35 minutes. Once cooked, slice into small pieces. Set aside.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Add the peas/carrots mix, onion and garlic. Stir fry until tender.
- Lower the heat to medium-low and push the mixture off to one side. Pour eggs on the other side of skillet. Stir fry until scrambled.
- Now add the rice and soy sauce and blend all together well. Stir in cooked chicken and cook until mixture is heated through. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
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I made this for dinner, it was fabulous! I wasn’t comfortable using so much teriyaki sauce so l mixed half with pineapple juice. I also took other suggestions & added a couple extra eggs. Mixing sauce adds a lot of flavor. Thanks for a great recipe 🙂
Made this tonight , it was very good and super easy to make
It came out perfectly!
Does it really feed 6? I have a family of 3 that eats like a family of 6. Sonif said serving for 3 I would normally double. But this says serves 6. So I should be good not doubling you think? Thanks in advance.
I love this Chicken friend rice, it is better option as compare to KFC fried rice.
Thank you!
Wow. This is a great recipe. I watched some people on TV eating chicken rice and suddenly needed it in my life. For a first try, this turned out perfectly and is SO delicious. I also love how the broth from the chicken is used to layer that flavour into multiple dinner components and the ginger garlic sauce-sublime. Even the rice was amazingly tasty! The only alterations I made were to throw in a red chilli and cilantro leaves into the soup broth which were strained out before serving and I used key limes (and I used a bit extra) in the spicy sauce. I will happily make this again. Thanks!
hI HOLLY, (SORRY i´M NOT SHOUTING, THE CAPS LOCK SEEMS TO BE STUCK ON MY KEYBOARD) I WAS JUST WONDERING IF I COULD USE TINNED PEAS AND CARROTS IF I DRAIN THEM FIRST OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE FROZEN? PLANNING ON MAKING THIS TOMORROW AND I´M VERY EXCITED 🙂 THANK YOU, RAKEL X
Hi Rakel! Yes you can use canned peas and carrots instead of the frozen 🙂 Just make sure to drain them like you said.
Making right now so my rice can cool down in the refrigerator! Cannot wait to try this one!
Copied this reci a day ago. I knew my family would love it. I also watched a few videos on the secrets to making Rerestaurant style FrIed rice. It turned out perfect. My wife said i outd myself. And she is a pretty good cook herself. Thanks so much. This rec is a definite keeper. *****
I just made this tonight and followed the recipe exactly and it was awesome. I will be making this again. I have to say I have made many of your recipes and everyone one of them was great. I always look forward to your posting of the recipes. My family always says if it is a Lofthouse recipe it has to be good. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much Marlene!
Lovely
my son loves to take this in a thermos for lunch so this is a win win in my book! easy delicious dinner and equally delicious lunches for school and work (that is IF there are any leftovers!)
Made my rice yesterday, just put tHe chicken in my crockpot and will finish this off later for dinner! This is an absolutely delicious Recipe!
Tastes great! I baked a little over a lb. of chicken and only used maybe 7oz of teriyaki sauce but still has great flavor.
Is there a way to get the rice crispy? I had 2 cups cooked of cold leftover rice but it never crisped.