Chicken Fried Rice
Chicken Fried Rice is a delicious, flavourful fried rice made by cooking rice with chicken pieces, eggs, veggies and spices. Chicken Fried Rice makes the family fall for its taste & asks for a repeat. Chicken Fried Rice Recipe presented here is an inspiration from Chinese cuisine made to suit the taste buds of India.
Servings2
Ingredients
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 2 cups water for cooking rice
- 1/4 kg chicken
- 2 nos eggs
- 2 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
- 1 tablespoon spring onions white part
- 1 tablespoon spring onions green part
- 1/4 cup big onion chopped finely
- 1 tablespoon garlic crushed
- 1/2 cup capsicum chopped finely
- 1/4 teaspoon soya sauce
- 1 and 1/2 teaspoon pepper powder
- 3 tablespoon olive oil / cooking oil
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Rinse rice, Soak rice for 15 mins. Pressure cook it with required water for 3 whistles till rice grain is separated.
- Add a teaspoon of olive oil, Fluff it off with a fork, keep aside.
- In a pressure cooker add chicken along with salt and ginger garlic paste. Saute and cook for 2 mins.
- Add required water and pressure cook 3 to 4 whistles. Remove the chicken pieces, you can use the stock for making soup or gravy.
- Shred the chicken pieces, discard the bone. Now get ready with the chopping of all other ingredients.
- Heat oil in a pan - add spring onion white part along with garlic. Saute for a minute.
- Then add onion cook till it turns transparent. Add chopped capsicum cook for few mins until it shrinks.
- Then add shredded chicken and saute for a second then add soya sauce.
- Add vinegar and pepper powder. Cook in high flame for a minute.
- Lower the flame and cook for few more mins until it all comes together. Bring the mixture to the side of the pan and crack open 2 eggs on other half side of the pan.
- Add required salt. If you want you can taste check it and add more pepper powder if you want at this stage. Add spring onion green part.
- Toss it well. Finally add cooked rice, toss it well and cook for another 3mins and switch off. Enjoy Chicken Fried Rice!
Notes
- Soaking and cooking helps in grain separated and soft rice.
- I usually use 1cup:1.5 cup ratio for rice : water.
Nutrition Facts
Chicken Fried Rice
Amount Per Serving (125 g)
Calories 695
Calories from Fat 279
% Daily Value*
Fat 31g48%
Saturated Fat 4g25%
Trans Fat 0.1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 8g
Monounsaturated Fat 17g
Cholesterol 49mg16%
Sodium 108mg5%
Potassium 393mg11%
Carbohydrates 81g27%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 3g3%
Protein 19g38%
Vitamin A 1940IU39%
Vitamin C 54mg65%
Calcium 61mg6%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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