Chicken and Fried Rice

There have been a few quarrels ensue over who took the last package of chicken and fried rice from this package from Costco.

So, if you're in a pinch or want to save some money and make your own, I have a great fried rice recipe I recently made to supplement my freezer until I make that dreaded Costco run. The ironic thing is this time I used Rotisserie chicken I had picked up from Costco (for the easiest way to add chicken). I am sure I'll be using grilled chicken next time as I don't always have Rotisserie chicken on hand -- and most likely I would have picked up a box if I were there for chicken, right?

The recipe is a copycat recipe from Benihana's Restaurant. I have used it for years and feel it is the best I have tasted.

FRIED RICE

4 cups  cooked rice or 1 cup uncooked rice

1 cup frozen peas, thawed 

2 tablespoons  carrots, finely diced 

2 eggs, beaten 

¹⁄₂ cup  onion, diced 

1 ¹⁄₂ tablespoons butter

2 tablespoons  soy sauce

 salt

 pepper

Cook rice following instructions on package (Bring 2 cups water to a boil, add rice and a dash of salt, reduce heat and simmer in covered saucepan for 20 minutes). Pour rice into a large bowl to let it cool in the refrigerator. (Don't skip this step)

Scramble the eggs in a small pan over medium heat. Separate the scrambled chunks of egg into small pea-size bits while cooking.

When rice has cooled to near room temperature, add peas, grated carrot, scrambled egg and diced onion to the bowl. Carefully toss all of the ingredients together. Melt butter in a large frying pan over medium/high heat.

When butter has completely melted, dump the bowl of rice and other ingredients into the pan and add soy sauce plus a dash of salt and pepper. Cook rice for 6-8 minutes over heat, stirring often.

Once you are done, add grilled chicken or Rotisserie Chicken.

I doubled this recipe and made about 10 9 oz. bags to freeze for lunches.