You want fried rice?

Something I always miss from home is Chinese food.  You are probably thinking 'Wow you are so rural you don't even have Chinese?'  Actually we have two Chinese food restaurants nearby and one just a town over.  The two in my town are terrible.  Just absolutely horrible.  I usually give in about once a year because I miss it so bad and I am once again disappointed and forget about ordering Chinese for a while.  I don't understand how they can mess it up so bad, they are even Chinese people running the restaurants.  I have a feeling there is food they serve their fat customers and food they eat at home.

So like most international food, I have been trying to learn to make it at home so that I don't have to go without. I love my fried rice, it is probably the only Chinese food I make at home right now that I am happy with.

Ingredients:
Sesame oil
Skinless, boneless chicken breast
Minced Garlic
Minced Ginger
Jasmine Rice
Eggs
Onion Powder
Salt and Pepper
Soy Sauce


Cook your rice according to the directions on the box.  I make however much 1 cup of Jasmine rice makes (around 3 cups).  You can use any rice, I just really like the flavor of Jasmine rice so it is usually what I have around the house.  Slice your chicken into thin slices.

Once your rice is finished cooking set it aside to cool.   Heat a wok or a large frying pan to a medium-high heat.  Drizzle the pan with sesame oil (I'd say around 2 or 3 tablespoons to coat the pan, you can also use peanut or vegetable oil).  Add Garlic, Ginger, and onion (these will be better with freshly minced but I do use the kind that is already prepped and in the jar) and cook, stirring constantly for around 1 minute.  Add your chicken and pan fry until cooked through.  Set aside on a paper towel covered plate.

Drizzle your pan again with oil and pour in your already mixed eggs.  I like to use 4 because my husband likes a lot of eggs but 2 is fine.  Scramble until almost cooked through then place in a bowl for later.

Lower your heat to medium drizzle your pan again with oil and add more Garlic, Ginger and onion.  Cook for 1 minute.  Add your rice breaking up clumps with your fingers.  Add chicken.   Cook, stirring constantly for 8 minutes.  Add your eggs and cook until cooked through, stirring it into the rice and chicken.  Add 2 Tablespoons of soy sauce. Stir sauce through and you are ready to serve!  Season with salt and pepper as needed.