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EASY CHICKEN FRIED RICE RECIPE by Gordon Ramsay

Chicken Fried Rice Recipe is a perfect weeknight dinner idea! Simple to make and trust me, homemade fried rice tastes SO much better. Instructions for how to make fried rice using simple ingredients.

Want to know my secret for best-ever homemade fried rice? You can probably guess it. BUTTER. Yep, butter. You’ve got to try it. Making fried rice is really simple and I love how I can adjust the recipe to suit our family’s tastes. We love more eggs and less soy sauce. It’s incredibly versatile- taste it and adjust as you’d like.

This is one of my favorite quick & easy dinners and the good news is- the rest of my family enjoys it too! It’s one of my “leftovers” dinners because I usually make it with chicken and rice leftover from another meal. The rice can even be stored in the freezer until you’re ready to use it! Just defrost it and it’s ready to go. A couple of the ingredients are flexible- I like it with more egg and less soy sauce. Taste it though and adjust to your family’s liking! I usually serve this with store bought egg rolls or pot stickers on the side.

What kind of rice to use for Fried Rice recipe?

I prefer making fried rice with regular long-grain rice. You can also use Jasmine rice or even brown rice, just make sure it’s cooked the day before you plan to make your fried rice. Just FYI too, I’ve used sushi rice, or short-grain rice (our popular brand is Calrose or Botan rice) to make fried rice. It tastes just as good, you just have to cook it quicker- over higher heat for less time, so it doesn’t turn soggy.

easy fried rice recipe

Fried Rice with Day-Old Rice

Fried Rice requires rice with a lower amount of moisture, so it’s best to use day-old rice (or 2-4 day old rice!) I often make a big batch of rice for dinner one night (to serve with Mongolian Beef or Easy Chicken Curry) and then freeze the rest in 6 cup increments, so it’s ready to be made into fried rice. Just thaw out frozen rice and use it to make fried rice cold- no need to reheat!

Fried Rice with Warm Rice

If you don’t have day old rice to use and you want to make fried rice, spread it out on a cookie sheet and bake it in a 250 degree oven for 10-15 minutes, cool it for 10 minutes and then place it in the freezer for 20 minutes. You can then use the cold rice in this fried rice recipe.

Ingredients needed to make Fried Rice:

Assemble the following ingredients together to prepare to make easy fried rice:

–3 TBSP butter

–1/2 cup diced onion

–3-4 eggs

–1 cup diced cooked chicken

–6 cups cooked, cold white rice

–1 12-oz bag frozen peas & carrot vegetable mix, cooked

–3-4 TBSP soy sauce

–1 TBSP sesame oil

How to make Fried Rice:

Heat butter in a large skillet over medium high heat. Once butter is melted, add in onion and cook for 2-3 minutes, until translucent. Add in eggs, one at a time, stirring before adding another one.

Once egg is pretty much cooked, add in chicken and stir often for another 2-3 minutes. Add in rice and stir to combine. Add in vegetables. Cook, stirring often for another 5-6 minutes, until rice is hot. Add in soy sauce and stir to combine, cooking an additional 5 minutes.

Remove from heat. Drizzle sesame oil over rice and stir once more. Serve hot!

Time Saving Tips for Making Homemade Fried Rice

Here’s how you can make our recipe for fried rice even faster.

The trick for making fried rice even quicker is to have several steps going on at once. Here are a few ideas:

Use pre-diced onions. You can purchased them in the produce section of most large grocery stores, or by the frozen vegetables. No need to thaw, just add them frozen directly to the hot butter.
Get the frozen bag of peas & carrots that can steam directly in the bag. Microwave it while you’re cooking the onions.
Use store-bought rotisserie chicken, diced into smaller pieces.

EASY CHICKEN FRIED RICE RECIPE

Chicken Fried Rice Recipe is a perfect weeknight dinner idea! Simple to make and trust me, homemade fried rice tastes SO much better. Instructions for how to make fried rice using simple ingredients.

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Course: chicken, Main Course, Main Dish

Cuisine: Chinese

Keyword: chicken fried rice, fried rice recipe

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

Servings: 8

Calories: 630kcal

Author: Butter With A Side of Bread

Ingredients

3 TBSP butter
1/2 cup diced onion
3-4 eggs large
1 cup diced cooked chicken
6 cups cold white rice cooked, day old
12 oz bag frozen peas & carrot vegetable mix cooked
3-4 TBSP soy sauce
1 TBSP sesame oil

Instructions

Heat butter in a large skillet over medium high heat. Once butter is melted, add in onion and cook for 2-3 minutes, until translucent.
Add in eggs, one at a time, stirring before adding another one. I always add 4 eggs- I like ours with a lot of egg!
Once egg is pretty much cooked, add in chicken and cook, stirring often, for another 2-3 minutes.
Add in rice and stir to combine. Add in vegetables. Cook, stirring often for another 5-6 minutes, until rice is hot.
Add in soy sauce and stir to combine, cooking an additional 5 minutes.
Remove from heat. Drizzle sesame oil over rice and stir once more. Serve hot!

Nutrition

Can Chicken Fried Rice be reheated?

Chicken fried rice can be reheated, that’s what makes this recipe so nice and convenient! The best way to reheat it is to just use the microwave to reheat the portion you want to eat. It tastes just as good when it’s been reheated!

Is Chicken Fried Rice healthy?

How healthy your fried rice is depends on what you put in it. Preparing your chicken fried rice with loads of vegetables and lean chicken makes it much healthier. If you want to make your Chicken Fried Rice healthier you can always decrease the amount of soy sauce you use, and increase the amount of veggies. The more veggies in it the better!

How To Store Cooked Rice

When you end up with extra rice in your rice cooker after a meal, you have several options to store it.

Option A: Keep in your rice cooker with “keep warm” function on.
Option B: Keep at room temperature.
Option C: Store in your refrigerator.
Option D: Store in your freezer.

From my experience, freezing the rice is the best way to store cooked rice, and I freeze cooked rice even if I plan to use it the next day.

How do you freeze cooked white rice?

Packaged in freezer containers or heavy-duty resealable plastic bags, cooked rice will keep in the freezer for up to 6 months. To reheat, add 2 tablespoons of liquid for each cup of rice; microwave or cook in a saucepan until heated through.

Easy Chicken Fried Rice is the most convenient, easy dinner recipe for a week day possible! This fried rice recipe is tasty, easy, and is good during any time of year.

Easy Chicken Fried Rice - Butter With A Side of Bread

Easy Chicken Fried Rice is a perfect weeknight dinner idea! Simple to make and trust me, homemade fried rice tastes SO much better. Easy instructions for how to make fried rice using simple ingredients.

Want to know my secret for best-ever homemade fried rice? You can probably guess it. BUTTER. You’ve got to try it. Making fried rice is really simple and I love how I can adjust the recipe to suit our family’s tastes.

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GARLIC BUTTER PAN FRIED STEAK by Gordon Ramsay

Simple recipe for Pan-Fried Steak topped with garlic butter that everyone raves about! Done in 15 minutes & easily the BEST recipe for steak cooked on a stove EVER.

This steak recipe is so simple, yet it will give you delicious steakhouse quality steaks from the comfort of your own home. When finished in the oven, the butter and parmesan cheese melt together and leave a nice buttery, cheesy crust on top of your juicy steak.

What type of steak is best for stove cooking?

No, you can use it for any cut of steak your meat loving heart desires. I used a rib eye, because that’s my favorite cut, but I also make Filet Mignon this way, for my wife. Remember, you will have to adjust times for thicker or thinner steaks. You don’t want to overcook your steak.

How to make Pan Fried Steak

Start by removing the thawed steak from the refrigerator and let sit for about an hour. This allows the meat to come to room temperature, making for a more evenly cooked steak.

Lightly coat the entire steak in the oil of your choice. I like to use olive or canola oil. Sprinkle the seasonings on the top, bottom and sides of the steak.

Pan Fry the Steaks on the stove top

Heat a cast iron skillet to medium/medium high heat. You can use any type of skillet, but I’ve found that a cast iron skillet can get a better crust on your steak, without over cooking it. Also, if you are going to finish the steaks off in the oven, you don’t have to transfer the steak to an oven safe dish. You can just place the whole cast iron skillet in the oven. If you are going to finish the steaks off in the oven, now would be the time to preheat it to 400 degrees.

Once the skillet is heated up, place your steak in it and let it cook for 5 minutes. Turn it and let it cook on the other side for 5 more minutes. If you are cooking thicker steaks, you can also lay the steak on its long side and cook for a minute on each side. Use a meat thermometer and the steak temperature chart below to cook your steak perfectly.

After the steaks have been cooked on the stove top, spoon the butter over the steaks, then rest and serve.

Finish cooking steak in the oven

Thicker steaks can finish cooking in the oven. Place the entire cast iron skillet in the oven until it is done to your preferred temperature. If you did not use a cast iron skillet, you will need to transfer your steak to an oven safe dish. Cook for an additional 2-5 minutes, then spoon the butter over the steaks, rest and serve.

Steak Temperature Chart

The temperate of cooked steak depends on how you like your steak! Here’s a chart that shows what temperature to aim for, depending on how well-cooked you enjoy your steak.

Should steaks rest after cooking on stove?

Yes, steaks should rest for a few minutes after cooking. Once the steak is done cooking, remove from heat, loosely cover with aluminum foil and let rest for a few minutes. This allows the juices in the steak to redistribute, giving you a more tender, juicy flavorful steak.

How to make garlic butter

To make the garlic butter topping for your steak, combine the softened butter, add the garlic, parmesan cheese and pepper together in a small bowl and mix together. Once thoroughly mixed, place in the refrigerator so it can harden a bit.

Garlic Butter Pan Fried Steak recipe ingredients

Here’s what you need to make our Pan Fried Steak:

–one 12-16-oz steak of your choice (I used a ribeye)

–1/4 tsp black pepper

–1/2 tsp salt

–1 TBSP olive oil

Garlic Butter topping:

–4 oz butter, softened to room temperature

–1 TBSP parmesan cheese, shredded

–¼ teaspoon minced garlic

–1 tsp black pepper

How to cook steak on the stove

Lightly coat your entire steak with oil. Sprinkle the salt and pepper over the entire steak. If you are cooking a thicker steak and will be finishing it off in the oven, make sure to preheat your oven to 400 degrees.

Heat your skillet to medium/medium high heat. Once heated, add steak and cook for 5 minutes on each side. If you have a thicker steak, you can also cook on each of the long sides for 1 minute.

To make the Garlic Butter, combine the butter, parmesan cheese, garlic and butter in a small bowl. Place in the refrigerator to cool and harden.

Finish cooking thick/ large steaks in a 400 degree F oven for 2-5 minutes. This is where a cast iron skillet comes in handy, you can put the skillet in the oven without having to transfer the steak to an oven safe dish. Use a meat thermometer and the steak temperature chart to cook your steak perfectly.

Remove from heat and top with garlic butter. Let rest for a few minutes, while loosely tented with aluminum foil.

Garlic Butter Pan Fried Steak

Simple recipe for Pan-Fried Steak topped with garlic butter that everyone raves about! Done in 15 minutes & easily the BEST recipe for steak cooked on a stove EVER.

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Course: beef, Main Course, Main Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: garlic butter steak, how to cook steak on stove, pan fried steak

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes

Servings: 2

Calories: 836kcal