Thai Chicken Fried Rice - Food Easy Recipe

Fried remains the best thing to do with leftover rice. The slightly dried out rice will absorbed more of the flavors and crisp up slightly as is cooks. Something fresh rice could never do. Rather than soy sauce like a traditional Chinese fried rice would use, Thai fried rice uses fish sauce

Ingredients: 

2-3 Thai red chilis, thinly sliced

3 tbsp. fish sauce

2 tbsp. vegetable oil, divided

2 chicken breasts, thinly sliced

Kosher salt

Freshly ground black pepper 

1 medium carrot, peeled and diced

4 cloves garlic, minced 

4 green onions, white and light green parts cut into 1" pieces

1 tsp. freshly minced ginger 

4 c. cooked white rice, preferably day old 

3 tbsp. oyster sauce

2 large eggs, beaten

Freshly chopped cilantro, for serving Lime wedges, for serving 

Procedure: 

1. In a small bowl, combine chilis and fish sauce. Set aside while you prep the rest of your ingredients. 

2. Season chicken with salt and pepper. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, heat 1 tablespoon oil. Add chicken and cook, tossing occasionally, until cooked through, about 5 minutes. Remove chicken from skillet and set aside on a plate to keep warm. Drain skillet, if needed. 

3. Return skillet over medium-high heat and heat remaining tablespoon oil. Add carrots and cook until softened, 3 minutes. Add garlic, green onions, and ginger and cook until fragrant, 1 minute. Add rice, 3 tablespoons of the fish sauce mixture, and oyster sauce. Toss until rice is well coated, then push rice to one side of pan. 

4. On the empty side of the pan, add a little more oil if your pan is dry. Add beaten eggs and scramble with a rubber spatula until just barely set, then combine with rice. Return chicken to skillet and stir to combine. 

5. Serve with cilantro, lime wedges, and any remaining fish sauce.