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Chinese Takeout Style Chicken Fried Rice
Takeout secrets revealed.
👥 2 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 25m👤 Jason Farmer📖 cookwell
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●colander
- ●pan
- ●bowl
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Prep & marinate the chicken
2
Remove tenderloin and slice chicken lengthwise into 3-5 strips. Turn strips perpendicular and slice across the grain into ⅛ inch (3mm) slivers, repeat with tenderloin. Wash chicken slivers under cold running water until they become slightly more white in appearance. Wring all water out of the slivers in your hand or by pressing against the colander. Mix in baking soda with washed chicken for ⏱️ 30-45 seconds to velvet the chicken. Mix in the rest of the marinade ingredients and marinate for at least ⏱️ 15 minutes before use or up to overnight.
Baking Soda, 2 g
3
Scramble the eggs
Eggs, 2
4
Season the eggs with salt & MSG and beat together. Heat wok or pan over medium high heat until lightly smoking. Add 1 spoonful neutral oil, swirl around and allow to heat for ⏱️ 15-30 seconds until shimmering. Turn heat to low and add eggs. Cook eggs for ⏱️ 20-30 seconds until puffed up around the edges. Turn eggs over with a cooking utensil and lightly scramble, about ⏱️ 20-30 seconds. Remove egg from pan to boil and wipe out wok or pan.
Eggs, 2Salt, 1 gSalt, a pinchSalt, 3 gSalt, to tasteMSG, a sprinkleMSG, a pinchMSG, 2 gNeutral oil, 5 gNeutral oil, for stir frying
5
Stir fry the chicken
6
Return wok to medium-high heat and add 1 tbsp neutral oil, swirl and heat until shimmering. Add chicken and stir fry until 90% cooked, about ⏱️ 2-3 minutes. Remove chicken and add to bowl with egg.
Neutral oil, 5 gNeutral oil, for stir frying
7
Stir fry the aromatics
8
Return wok to medium to medium-high heat and add final spoonful of oil, heat until shimmering. Add onion and carrot and stir fry until onion is translucent, about ⏱️ 1-2 minutes. Add garlic and bloom for about ⏱️ 15-20 seconds.
Garlic, 2 cloves
9
Add the rice, seasonings, & remaining veg
10
Add rice and toss with vegetables. Push rice down flat and break up any clumps with spoon, stir fry rice until lightly toasted, about ⏱️ 2-4 minutes. Add the chicken and egg to the rice and mix in well. Push rice to center of wok and add sauce mixture around the rim, immediately stir into the rice until fully incorporated and no clumps of white rice remains. Add seasoning mixture and stir into rice. Add green peas and bean sprouts, mix into rice.
Bean sprouts, a handful
11
Deglaze, adjust, & finish
12
Push rice to center of the wok and add Shaoxing wine around the rim of wok to deglaze the pan, immediately stir fry into the rice. Turn off the heat and mix in green onions and toasted sesame oil, stir until combined. Taste, adjust seasoning with salt and white pepper and serve.
Shaoxing wine, 9 gSesame Oil, 5 gSalt, 1 gSalt, a pinchSalt, 3 gSalt, to tasteWhite pepper, a pinchWhite pepper, to taste
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