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Fried rice is a great way of using left over rice and you can add pretty much anything you like to it from the usual food groups of vegetables and protein.
When making fried rice you should always used chilled rice, it is near impossible to make a good fried rice with freshly cooked rice, because it all just clumps together and goes stodgy. Not something anyone is going to enjoy.
Chicken or Pork fried rice were a staple dish I would order from the Chinese, they just always feel like a complete meal rather than just a bowl or rice. So when I started Slimming World, I was determined to come up with my own low syn recipe I could enjoy at home. I have to say this is pretty authentic.
The best way to do chinese cooking is in a Wok, but personally if you have an electric hob like me, wok cooking is just not the same, you really do need a gas burner, no matter what the label on the wok might say.
Ceramic pans are great, you literally need no oil at all, or very little and nothing sticks. Just watch your heat, don’t have it too high. These are great for stir fries, omelettes, pancakes etc if you have an electric hob.
If you don’t fancy Chicken, this dish works well with any protein like shrimp, Pork or tofu.
This can also be made gluten free by using tamari or coconut aminos instead of the soy sauce
CHICKEN FRIED RICE
INGREDIENTS
- 2 cups of cooked rice (make sure it is cold)
- 3 raw chicken thighs (or can use some leftover cooked chicken), chopped small
- 1 small onion, chopped finely
- half red pepper, chopped finely
- 1 small stalk of celery, chopped finely
- 1 small carrot, chopped finely
- 4 mushrooms, chopped finely
- ¼ cup of frozen peas
- 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon of fresh grated ginger
- 3 tablespoons of soy sauce (or tamari or coconut aminos)
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 teaspoon of sesame oil (2 syns)
- 2 spring onions finely chopped
- black pepper
- Spray oil
METHOD
- Spray a frying pan over a medium high heat with some spray oil
- Add the chicken, season with black pepper and fry till golden, remove and set aside.
- Add the onion, celery, garlic and ginger and cook for a few mins to soften.
- Add the carrot , mushrooms and red pepper and fry for a further couple of mins.
- Add the soy sauce, chicken and rice, and using a the back of a the wooden spoon break up any big pieces of rice.
- Add the peas and sesame oil and stir to evenly coat.
- Then make a hole in the middle of the mixture, spray with a little spray oil and pour in the beaten eggs, stirring the egg continuously until the egg starts to cook and then you can mix it all into the rice.
- Add some chopped spring onions (optional)
- This is great served on it’s own or as part of a meal
