Simple Chicken Fried Rice is a cozy, quick skillet meal with tender chicken, colorful veggies, and toasty rice all mixed with a simple garlic and ginger sauce. It comes together fast and is perfect for using up leftover rice on a busy night!

35 min
cook 25 min
5
Simple Chicken Fried Rice
Servings

Notes

  • Ingredients and Substitutions: Chicken: you can swap the chicken for ground pork or omit for classic Fried Rice. Rice: cooked, cold rice works best here so plan ahead if possible. If you don’t have leftover rice, you can cook some rice and spread it into a thin layer on a large plate and refrigerate or place in the freezer to cool. Vegetables: you can easily swap out the vegetables and use those you enjoy. Egg: you can easily leave out the egg, no swaps are required. Storage: This recipe can be refrigerated for up to 2 days or frozen for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight before reheating for best results.