Fried Rice: Growing Up With Me

The best fried rice recipe. When I was younger, I cooked this fried rice dish everyday after school. I started learning how to cook when I was in middle school because I thought I could cook better than the food I was eating at school for lunch from the school cafeteria. When we visited my relatives in Asia, I would show off, cooking my dish for my grandparents, relatives, and all their friends. If I need a quick bite or a fancy dinner to impress a special someone, this is my go to dish 🙂

Ingredients:

Garlic, green onions, ginger, eggs, salt, pepper, sesame oil, soy sauce, chicken breast, day old rice

Step 1.

Mince up three cloves of garlic into small pieces, along with three stems of green onions and a small piece of ginger. Combine and set aside.

Step 2.

Take half a chicken breast at room temperature and cut into small strips. Season lightly with salt and pepper and set aside. 

Step 3.

Heat a small pan on high heat and add a tablespoon of cooking oil. When the oil is smoking hot, add in two eggs, season with a touch of salt and pepper, and stir vigorously for thirty seconds and remove the eggs from the pan. The eggs cook quickly and you want to avoid overcooking them. 

Step 4.

Add two tablespoons of cooking oil in the pan. When the oil is smoking hot again, add the ginger, garlic, green onion mixture for thirty seconds, stirring often. Then, add diced up chicken and cook on high heat for two to three minutes, stirring often. 

Step 5.

Add the rice and break up the rice with a wooden spoon until it becomes broken down. Add a touch of salt, pepper, soy sauce, and sesame oil. Stir the rice for a couple of minutes and serve. Enjoy!