Chicken Fried Rice

Well I have some more left over chicken so today I think we will make some Chicken Fried Rice. I'm going to use brown rice because it is good for you and we should aways at least try to eat healthy. You can make this dish with fresh raw chicken but it is a really good way to use up chicken left from the day before. First thing is to cook the rice as it takes a good 40 minutes or so. Most packages of rice will have directions on them and that is good but I find they usually call for too much water. A good rule of thumb for rice is to use twice as much liquid  as rice so 1 part rice to 2 parts water as shown below.

Brown rice                    1-1/2 cups
Water                             3 cups

Bring the water to a boil, add the rice, return to a boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer for about 40 minutes or until liquid is gone and rice is tender. Remove from heat and hold while you stir fry the rest. Other ingredients you will need are:

Cooked chicken breast, cut in strips                    about 1 pound
Oil for cooking                                                     2 Tbs
Stir fry vegetable blend, frozen                            1 pound package
Eggs, scrambled                                                    2
Soy sauce                                                               3/4 cup
Garlic powder                                                        1/2 tsp
Fresh ground black pepper                                    to taste
Red pepper flakes (optional)                                 1 Tbs
Sugar                                                                       2 Tbs

While the rice is cooking get the chicken cut and gather the remaining ingredients. Set the veggies out so they start to thaw a little. You can cut fresh veggies if you like but there are a lot of good frozen stir fry blends out there so pick one that best suits you. We like one that has asparagus in it. When the rice is close to being done go a head and scramble the eggs and chop them some with your spatula, set them aside and start heating up your wok. About medium high heat for the wok, when it is good and hot add the oil, peanut oil is great for stir fry but any good salad oil will do the trick. Add the vegetables and cook until they are just thawed, add the chicken and cook until it is starting to get hot. Add the seasonings, rice and soy sauce and mix well. At this point you want to stir often as the rice may stick. When everything is good and hot add the scrambled eggs and sugar. Mix well and serve. This is pretty much a one pot meal but if you like, some egg rolls and fortune cookies are a nice addition. Enjoy!!!