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Chicken Fried Rice
This is a meal I got from my brother. He made it one day for me when I couldnt have the steaks he was making for everyone else. This is a great meal prep idea. If you portion it out correctly its 4 large servings or 8 smaller ones.
Items needed:
Chicken Breast 16oz
Rice 2 cups dry
Peas and Carrots 1.5 cups
White Onion (Medium) x1
Green Onion x1 bundle (3oz)
Eggs x4 large
Soy Sauce ½ cup
Sesame Oil 2 tbsp
Pan or Cast Iron Pan
4 cup microwave safe measuring cup
Food scale
Stove Top
Microwave
Prep:
Rice: Make 2 cups(4 servings) worth of rice 12-24 hours before you plan to make this dish. Put some cellophane or a cover over the rice and leave in the fridge until you make the dish.
Chicken: Cut up 16 oz worth of chicken into small chunks
* You can soak in buttermilk for 12-24 hours prior to cooking to make the chicken more tender and improve taste.
Set aside until later
White Onion: Either buy pre cut or cut up 1 white onion
Set aside until you prepare the dish
Green Onion: Cut a bundle from the store down into small pieces.
Set aside until you prepare the dish
Peas and carrots - Measure out 2 servings and set aside
Eggs - crack 4 eggs into your large cooking pan and whisk them like you are making scrambled eggs.
How to make:
Step 1: Turn on stove top to ½ to ¾ heat and start to scramble the eggs
Step 2: Once eggs are mostly scrambled add the rice from the fridge and break apart
Step 3: add some of the soy sauce and sesame oil to the rice and eggs
Step 4: add the white and green onions and stir around
Step 5: Make a large space in the center of the pan and add in the Chicken
Step 6: add the rest of the soy sauce and sesame oil and stir everything around
Step 7: add the peas and carrots and place lid on the pan
Step 8: Stir replace lid check every 3 minutes until chicken is fully cooked
Step 9: check the chicken pieces to make sure they are fully cooked. If fully cooked, serve or place into containers for future meals.
Small bowl - all calories are as raw (8 servings) Total Calories 245
Marcos Protein 20g, Carbs 27g, Fat 7g
Large Bowl - all calories are as raw (4 servings) Total Calories 489
Marcos Protein 39g, Carbs 53g, Fat 14g