Chicken fried rice recipe – an easy Indo chinese fried rice recipe using chicken. This is one of the best I made some time back on a weekend. Made with basic ingredients, it tastes delicious with soft tender chunks of chicken.
To make chicken fried rice, I used cubed boneless fillets. Even bone-in chicken or shredded chicken or minced chicken can be used.
This is made in a Indo Chinese style using sesame oil, soya sauce, white vinegar and chilli sauce. If you have celery and spring onions you can use them. I made it without them.
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Chicken fried rice recipe | How to make chicken fried rice recipe
Home style chicken fried rice with simple steps. Delicious, flavorful and easy to make.
Ingredients (240 ml cup used)
- 1 ½ cups rice (I used basmati)
- 200 grams chicken (you can use more or less,refer notes)
- salt as needed
- 1 tbsp garlic chopped
- 1 tbsp soya sauce
- 1 tbsp vinegar ( or apple cider vinegar)
- ½ tbsp chilli sauce (adjust to suit your taste)
- ¼ tsp pepper powder
- 2 tbsp sesame oil or olive oil
- 1 star anise (optional or ¼ tsp five spice powder)
- 1 strand mace (optional)
veggies
- 2 sprigs spring onions or 1 medium onion
- ½ cup bell peppers chopped
- 1 carrot chopped (optional)
- 2 sprigs celery (optional)
How to make the recipe
- Wash rice at least twice and cook till al dente. Drain to a colander and cool it completely. Do not add hot rice to the wok while making fried rice, it makes the rice mushy.
- Add one tsp oil to a small pot or pan, add chicken and begin to cook on a low flame till the chicken turns tender and soft cooked. If needed stir in between. If your chicken doesn't release water, sprinkle very little water.
- When the chicken is cooked, pour the sauces to the hot chicken. Set this aside for a while. If you have time set aside for 30 minutes to make the chicken flavorful.
- Heat a wok or wide pan with oil.
- Add garlic , star anise and mace and fry for a minute.
- Add white parts of the spring onions or sliced onions and fry for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Pour the chicken along with the sauces. Cook till the sauce thickens if it is thin.
- Add capsicum and fry till half cooked. They taste best when crunchy so do not overcook.
- Add rice, pepper powder, salt and green parts of the spring onions. Sauces already contain salt, so you may need to add very little salt.
- Mix well and fry for 2 to 3 minutes.
Serve chicken fried rice hot or warm.
Recipe Notes
If using chicken less than 200 grams, slightly reduce soya sauce and vinegar
Preparation for chicken fried rice recipe
1. Wash soak long grain rice for a while and then cook till al dente in surplus water. That was one and a half cups of rice, i cooked in 5 cups of water.
2. Drain off and spread it in the colander. Set aside to cool completely.
3. Add one tsp oil to a heavy bottom pan, Add cubed chicken.
4. Cover and cook on a low flame. Keep stirring to prevent burning. This is the perfect way to get tender chicken.
5. While the chicken gets cooked, prepare the sauces. Add soya sauce, chilli sauce, vinegar and pepper powder to a bowl and set aside.
6. After a while chicken is cooked with little stock left.
Marinate chicken for fried rice
7. Pour the sauces we made at step 5.I did not discard the chicken stock. Cover and Set this aside. I usually it aside for about 30 minutes for the chicken to absorb the flavors and turn tender. This is optional, you can right away make the fried rice if chicken is already tender.
How to make chicken fried rice
8. Add oil to a hot wok or a wide pan. When the oil turns hot, add garlic and fry until it smells good. Add onions or white parts of spring onions. I prefer to use a star anise and a strand of mace, especially for the chicken fried rice since it lends a good flavor. If you don’t have just leave it.
9. When the onions turn transparent, pour the chicken along with the sauces. Cook till the sauce slightly thickens. Since i did not discard the stock, sauce thins down and hence need to thicken it.
10. Add capsicum. If you have celery you can use it now. Toss everything well and cook until the capsicum is half done.
11. Make sure the rice is cool and non sticky before you proceed. Add rice, sprinkle salt and pepper. Take care not to add too much salt, since most sauces have salt added to them. If you have spring onions, add the green parts.
12. Mix everything well and fry for about 2 to 3 minutes.
Lily says
This chicken fried rice recipe is amazing!YUMMY, YUMMY,YUMMY!Thank you for all ur recipes!Its very helpful for me as I’m a beginner in cooking Asian food.
Soja says
Very nice reciepe chicken friedrice swathi….keep going on.best wishes..delicious..
swasthi says
Thank you
bnoron says
Can you please tell rice quantity in grams measure one and a half cup rice.
swasthi says
Hi,
It will be 275 grams of rice.
bnoron says
I want to know what is the brand name of chilly sauce you used and from where did you buy?Did you use sesame oil or olive oil?
swasthi says
Hi,
I used maggie sauce and olive oil. You can use any hot sauce and any oil.
Halimah says
I tried this recipe a few weeks ago and my whole family loved it, it was a hit, very flavourful and delicious! Will make again today 🙂
swasthi says
Thanks for trying Halimah
Sutharshan says
Hi iam sutharshan from batticaloa I like the way you describe the recipes.it’s nice and easy it turned out good.really well thanks
swasthi says
Welcome Sutharshan
Glad to know it turned out good.
thanks for sharing the outcome
Didina Gnagnide Angorinie says
I tried this recipe with some modifications because my sister doesn’t like bellpeppers and hot food: I used an American-style BBQ sauce (1 Tbsp) with a little bit of chili paste and a bit less vinegar because BBQ already has some; instead of bellpeppers, I used 2 zucchini and one carrot, I also added some ginger with the garlic. Otherwise I followed the template. The meat was tender and flavorful, the rice was good with the onion flavor and I’m sure that with the original ingredients it would have been even better. Is there any dish to make my sister like bellpeppers? She is an adult now but still has a child’s palate, there are many veggies she won’t eat and that makes me sad (and more constrained in the kitchen). Maybe I should just let it go. Sorry for all the talk.
swasthi says
Hi Didina
Thanks for the comment. Glad to know you made it delicious. You can check this collection of bell pepper recipes, she may like something from that. You can try the cheese capsicum toast, she may like it. Sorry for taking so long to reply your comment.
🙂
Christina varghese says
Good Recipe
swasthi says
Thank you
jamuna says
nice chicken fried rice
swasthi says
Thanks