Buffet food is good, but I hate the way it makes me feel SO full and then is immediately gone. Chinese food and pancakes: filling and then gone. Anyway. Because we know it's not good for us to frequent the buffet, I have a couple of things I make at home so we can get our Chinese fix without all the added things we don't need.
This is one of my favorites, and I've never blogged it, which means every time I make it, I have to hunt it down online. So....it seems like a good time to add it to our Shafferland recipe box!
Chicken "Fried" Rice
* 2 cups brown rice
* 1 3/4 cup water
* 1 1/2 pounds chicken breasts, chopped
* 1 Tablespoon olive oil
* 2 cups frozen peas and carrots
* 3 green onions, chopped
* 1 Tablespoon garlic powder
* 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
* 2 eggs
* Low sodium soy sauce (optional)
Bring water to boil in pan on stove and then add 2 cups of rice. Cook, covered, for five minutes and then remove lid for five more minutes. Meanwhile, in large skillet or wok, drizzle olive oil in the bottom of the pan and cook chopped chicken pieces. As meat cooks, add seasoned salt, frozen vegetables, green onions, and garlic powder. Combine well. Once meat is mostly cook, scoot everything to one side of the pan and break eggs into open area. Scramble eggs and combine with other ingredients. Add rice and stir well until fully cooked. Serve warm, topped with soy sauce if desired.
* If you need to go even healthier than the brown rice, you could use quinoa.
* I used olive oil because that's what I always have, but you could use sesame oil if you prefer.
* You can serve this with any side you like. We found some egg rolls in the frozen foods section that aren't terrible, so I added that as a side.
* This warms over well for leftovers!
1 comment:
Sounds great! Have you tried cauliflower rice? Great way to make "rice meals" with little guilt!
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