Name: Easy Chicken Fried Rice
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 2 cups cooked chicken, shredded; 3 cups cooked rice; 2 tbsp sesame oil; 1 small white onion, chopped; 1 cup frozen peas and carrots, thawed; 3 tbsp Tablespoons soy sauce; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 1 green onion, sliced diagonally; 2 tbsp sesame seeds; salt & pepper to taste

Easy Chicken Fried Rice is a recipe that your whole family will love. Your budget will love it too! During this busy holiday season, an easy dinner is something we all look for. There is too much going on and who wants to stand in the kitchen cooking all night long?

My family often has a roasted chicken for dinner on Sunday. It is one of our favorite meals and it is a comfort food for everyone in my family. When someone is feeling down or is stressed out, roast chicken and mashed potatoes are requested. Do you have a meal like that?

One of the things I love about a roast chicken on Sunday is that there will be leftover chicken that I can use to make an easy meal. I think that chicken has to be one of the most versatile proteins around. Lately, I am finding it to be one of the most inexpensive proteins around too.

With just a few ingredients and little bit of time, your family will be enjoying this one pan meal. I used white rice, but you can easily replace it with brown rice. You can also substitute the regular soy sauce with a low sodium version if you are concerned about salt in-take.

Speaking of rice … I often cooked a double or triple batch of rice and then place individual serving sizes in freezer bags and freeze it. Doing this makes it easy for those nights when there are a few or a lot of mouths to feed. Rice will last 4 – 6 months in the freezer.

Easy Chicken Fried Rice

This easy fried rice dinner will be on the table in no time. Use chicken, as called for in the recipe, or substitute shrimp, beef or pork.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

2 cups cooked chicken, shredded
3 cups cooked rice
2 tbsp sesame oil
1 small white onion, chopped
1 cup frozen peas and carrots, thawed
3 tbsp Tablespoons soy sauce
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 green onion, sliced diagonally
2 tbsp sesame seeds
salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

Shred the leftover chicken. (if you don’t have leftover chicken, you can cook some in the slow cooker so it remains moist)
Preheat a large skillet or wok to medium heat. Pour the sesame oil in the pan and let it heat up. Add the onion and peas and carrots combination and fry until tender.
Take the onion, peas and carrots out of the pan and place in a small bowl.
Add the beaten eggs to the pan and scramble them. When the eggs are cooked, add the vegetables, rice and chicken.
Pour the soy sauce on top. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Stir and fry the rice until heated through and combined.
Place the chicken fried rice on a platter or in a bowl, top with sesame seeds and green onions.

The recipe calls for salt and pepper to taste. I didn’t add any salt, I thought the soy sauce made the dish salty enough. Of course, not everyone feels this way. You may enjoy it a bit more salty.

Easy Chicken Fried Rice needs to be on your menu this week. Here is why:

Less than 30 minutes to make
Less than 10 ingredients (most of them condiments)
Uses leftovers, so no waste
Is inexpensive to make
Tastes great

So what are you waiting for? I know your family will love this Easy Chicken Fried Rice – it really is better than take out.

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