Chicken Friedrice

Chicken Friedrice is what my kids used to order whenever we go to any restaurant. And when I tried the recipe at home, it turned out to be just amazing and since then, we always make and eat it at home. I have not used ajinomoto, so this is even healthier.  This dish is loaded with the goodness of  veggies and yummy juicy chicken.  As I fry the chicken before I add it to the rice, there is a different taste.The spring onions, one of the main ingredients, are a mix of onions and greens and are rich in vitamin A, K, C apart from giving the dish an awesome flavor.

The best accompaniment, according to me, is dragon chicken. As it is less spicy, it is the favorite of one of my twins, Harini. This friedrice is best when made at home, as it is way healthier than the restaurant version. Enjoy making this healthy friedrice!   

Preparation time: 10 minutes  | cooking time:30 minutes

Cuisine: Chinese |Course: Main

Ingredients:

Basmati rice- 1 cup
Water- 2 cups

Oil-2 tablespoon

Boneless chicken- 200 gms( cut into small pieces)

Carrot – 1 small (chopped into small cubes)

Capsicum-  ½ (chopped into small cubes)

Garlic- 1 tablespoon

Spring onion white- 1 tablespoon

Spring onion green- 2 tablespoon

Soya sauce- 1/2 teaspoon

Green chilly sauce-1 teaspoon

Pepper powder -1 teaspoon (adjust according to your spice levels)

Egg -2( scrambled) 

Salt- to taste

marinade for chicken:

Cornflour-1 table spoon

Pepper powder- 1 teaspoon

Ginger garlic paste- ½ teaspoon

Salt – as needed

Method

1. Wash and soak basmati rice in water for ten minutes. Drain and keep it ready.
2.  In the mean time marinate the chicken with the ingredients given in the list. Keep it aside for 15 minutes.
3. Heat water in a kadai and add  ½ teaspoon of oil and a few squeezes of lemon to it. When water starts boiling add the basmati rice and reduce the flame to low. Cover and cook it for 10 minutes or until the rice is cooked. Now the rice is ready  for use. 
4. Add a teaspoon of oil to a tawa and add the marinated  chicken pieces. Cover and cook it for 10 minutes.Stir in between. Remove from fire when cooked fully
5. Take a kadai and add 2 table spoon of oil. Then add garlic and spring onion white part. Keep the flame high and fry well.
6. Now add  carrot and capsicum. Add soya sauce and green chilly sauce .Add salt as needed.  Keep the flame high and stir continuously. Within two to three minutes the vegetables will be cooked
7.  Now add the scrambled egg and the cooked chicken. Mix well.
8.  Add the cooked rice and pepper powder and mix it with the veggies and chicken.
9.  Put off the flame and add the spring onion green part and mix it well with the rice. Keep it covered for 5 minutes.
10.  Now our delicious chicken fried rice is ready to eat.

 Notes:

• cut the chicken into bite sized pieces so that it gets cooked really fast on the tawa.
•  adding lemon juice while cooking the rice helps to keep to the rice from sticking together and makes it look more white and tempting.
• while adding the veggies keep the flame high so that the texture becomes slightly crunchy. 
• always add the spring onion green part at the last, after switching off the flame. This way, it gives an awesome flavor to fried rice. 

Step by step pictures

    

marinate chicken pieces in cornflour, pepper powder,

 ginger garlic paste and salt

  

 fry it on a tawa.

       

        

boil water and add a few squeezes of lemon and a teaspoon of oil .

 add the basmati rice to this and cook it

        

add oil to kadai. add garlic and spring onion white part  fry well. 

     

then add the veggies and fry on high flame.

        

add soya sauce and green chilly sauce along with salt. stir until veggies are cooked.

    

add scrambled eggs, fried chicken pieces and pepper powder. mix well.

       

          

add the cooked rice and mix well and switch off  flame

  

 finally add chopped spring onion green part .

  keep it covered for 5 mins. then serve.