Authentic Chicken Fried Rice SERVES : 4 | PREPARATION TIME 10 MINUTES | COOKING TIME 15 MINUTES 

An authentic Chinese fried rice recipe. The trick to make perfect fried rice is not to use hot rice, but cold, cooked rice. Be adventurous! A popular variation in Hong Kong is Spam - watch my brother Gok cook this when we appeared on ITV's This Morning. 

Wash Rice in warm water and drain, best to do this a couple of times and each time the water will become clearer. Cover with water approximately an inch above the top of the rice. Hard boil until the water has been absorbed and little craters appear in the top of the rice. Turn down to low heat and cover for 6 minutes. Switch off heat and leave the lid on the rice. If possible allow to cool for a few hours, even better cook rice the day before. 

 

In a non-stick deep sided pan fry onion in oil until soft, add garlic and chilli and cook for a further 2 minutes, add chicken and ensure its heated through completely, add remaining vegetables and add salt. 

 

Add egg and mix through, add rice in batches and stir through, ensure rice is reheated completely. Add a splash of Soy sauce and a tbsp of oyster sauce (to taste). Serve hot. 

 

Having cooked this dish a million and one times in the many restaurants I have worked in this recipe and method is pretty much bullet-proof. 

 

Make Plenty, Eat Lots and Enjoy - Yumm Yumm Yumm!