Fried Rice
Ingredients
For seasoning liquid
6 tablespoons chicken broth
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1⁄2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
5 cups white rice, cooked and chilled
6 eggs
3 tablespoons ginger, minced
3 tablespoons garlic, minced
1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
1⁄3 cup mirin
4 teaspoons sesame oil, divided
3-4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, thinly sliced
2 bunches broccoli, cut into small florets
1 cup frozen peas, thawed
Instructions
1. Mix seasoning liquid ingredients and set aside.
2. Spread rice in a shallow baking pan or sheet and break apart any clumps with your fingers.
3. In a medium bowl beat eggs with ginger, garlic, vinegar and mirin. Set aside.
4. Heat 1 teaspoon sesame oil over high heat in a large nonstick (or well seasoned) skillet or wok. Add chicken and cook, stirring, until cooked through. Remove to sieve and return skillet to heat.
5. Add 1 teaspoon of sesame oil to the skillet and allow to heat. Cook broccoli for 4-5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Remove broccoli to sieve with chicken and return skillet to heat.
6. Add 1 teaspoon of sesame oil to the skillet and allow to heat. Add eggs to the skillet and cook, stirring, until cooked through. Remove eggs to sieve with chicken and broccoli and return skillet to heat.
7. Heat remaining teaspoon of sesame oil in the skillet and add cold rice. Cook, stirring, until the rice is heated through, about 5 minutes. Add chicken, broccoli, eggs, peas, and seasoning liquid to the skillet. Stir well to fully incorporate and coat evenly. Serve.
Comments
I had some leftover peas from a dish I made last week, so I was inspired to make fried rice. It’s one of those dishes that I’ve made numerous times over the years but never quite loved as much as I love the fried rice I’ve gotten in restaurants. I think this variation might have done the trick. The seasoning liquid came from an epicurious.com recipe and everything else was just what I happened to have. When you make this, use what you’ve got! If you’ve got green onions, which my store was out of, go for it! Sugar snaps would also be great, or mushrooms. If you have pork or steak, toss those in. Or leave the meat out all together, increase the eggs, change the broth to veggie broth and you’d have a great vegetarian dish. This is an extremely flexible dish. The flavor of the eggs was fantastic and a bite with all of the ingredients was just perfect. And, as long as you’ve got the day-old rice on hand, this is a super simple meal to throw together. Even when you’re exhausted from Aikido.
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