Chinese chicken fried rice

Chinese chicken fried rice

Servings:	Serves 1
Ready in:	20 minutes
Prep. time:	5 minutes
Cook time:	15 minutes
Difficulty:

It's easy to make this Chinese takeaway favourite at home and it will only take 20 minutes of your time!

Ingredients

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• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 350 g chicken fillets, cut into thin strips
• 3 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed
• 2 sweet peppers of any colour, deseeded and thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon Chinese 5 spice powder
• 2 tablespoon dark soy sauce
• 6 spring onions, trimmed and sliced
• 140 g basmati rice
• 100 ml of chicken stock made from ½ a stock cube

Mise en place

• Rinse the rice in a sieve under cold running water and allow to drain.

Method

1. Cook the rice in plenty of boiling water for the rice in plenty of boiling water for 12 to 15 minutes. Drain and set aside.
2. Heat the sesame oil in a large wok over a high heat and stir-fry until golden brown, stirring often.
3. Add the peppers, garlic, mushrooms and 5 spice powder and stir-fry for 5 minutes.
4. Check that the chicken is properly cooked, add the spring onions, soy sauce, cooked drained rice and the chicken stock.
5. Heat for a few minutes, stirring now and then.
6. Serve immediately.

Variations

For a more authentic recipe, use shiitake mushrooms. You can buy dried shiitake mushrooms from most Chinese wholesalers. These keep for years and you can just re-hydrate what you need, when you need it.