Chicken Fried Rice

(Nasi Goreng Ayam)

This is a quick and easy recipe for breakfast. Chicken Fried Rice is tasty, yet healthy.

Category : Rice

Difficulty : Easy

Cooking time : 15 - 20 minutes

Ingredients

1 Chicken fillet, cut into small pieces

2 cups of cold cooked rice

2 tablespoons of oil

3 shallots or 1 medium onion, peeled and sliced

2 cloves of garlic, peeled and sliced

2 carrots, peeled and sliced small like a cube

1 tablespoon Oyster sauce

1 tablespoon sweet soy sauce (kecap manis)

1 tablespoon tomato ketcup

salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1.Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a wok and fry the chicken until colour turn into light brown or cooked.

2.Then, put the shallots (onion), garlics. Fry together with the chicken.

3.Then add carrots and give 2 tablespoons of water to make it tender.

4.When the water is absorb, and carrots is already cooked, add the rice, salt, pepper, oyster sauce, sweet sauce and ketcup. Stirring constantly until well mixed and heated through.

5.Serve garnished with cucumber and tomatoes. Accompany, if liked with fried egg or krupuk (crakers)

Tips : To make Chicken Fried Rice, it is essensial that rice is cold otherwise the grains will be too soft and absorb the oil. In Asia, rice left overnight is prefered for any fried rice dish as it is throughly dry.