Quick & Easy Chicken Fried Rice
Seasoned rice stir-fried with tender chicken, eggs, vegetables, and aromatics. This quick and easy chicken fried rice is ready in less than 30-minutes! A delicious main, meal, or side dish for the whole family to enjoy. It's also better-than-takeout!Note: the recipe has been slightly modified for improvement as of Sep 3, 2025.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 4 ½ cups cooked jasmine rice (cold day-old (or see Notes below to prepare uncooked rice for this recipe))
- ½ lb skinless boneless chicken thighs (thinly sliced)
- 1.5 cups frozen peas and carrots (or frozen vegetable mix (corn, peas, carrots, green beans))
- 3 large eggs (beaten)
- 1 small shallot (or 1/4 onion, finely diced)
- 3 garlic cloves (minced)
- 4 teaspoon vegetable oil (or any neutral tasting oil)
- 1 teaspoon regular soy sauce (or light soy sauce)
- 1 teaspoon Shaoxing Cooking Wine (or dry sherry / dry white wine / chicken broth)
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil (or any neutral tasting oil)
- 2 tablespoon regular soy sauce (or light soy sauce)
- ½ tablespoon dark soy sauce
- 2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon chicken bouillon powder ((a.k.a. chicken stock powder))
- ⅛ teaspoon white pepper (or black pepper)
Instructions
- 1
In a medium-sized bowl, marinate sliced chicken thighs with marinade ingredients as listed above. Set aside to marinate for 5-10 minutes.
- 2
In a small bowl, combine the sauce ingredients as listed above and set aside.
- 3
Heat 1 teaspoon / 5 ml of vegetable oil in a large pan on medium-high heat. Fry chicken until fully cooked. Remove from the pan.
- 4
Add 1 teaspoon / 5 ml of vegetable oil into the pan. Sauté garlic and shallots for 10 seconds. Add peas and carrots and fry for 10 seconds. Push everything to the side of the pan.
- 5
Add remaining oil into empty space of the pan. Add in beaten eggs and let them sit for 20 seconds before scrambling and breaking into bite-sized pieces. Then toss everything together.
- 6
Add rice and chicken and toss everything together until incorporated.
- 7
Pour sauce around the rice or along the edges of the pan and let the sauce toast for 5 seconds for extra flavor before tossing. Toss everything together until all the rice grains are brown. Enjoy!