5-Minute Easy Fried Rice: The Perfect Recipe for Beginners!

chicken

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Tofu is lower in calories and suitable for vegetarians; chicken thighs are more budget-friendly.

cooked rice

🥗Healthier: brown rice

💰Cheaper: white rice

Brown rice is more nutritious; white rice is often cheaper.

Get a hot pan (not a wok) and heat it until it's peeping hot.

Crack 8-10 eggs into a bowl and whisk them with chopsticks.

Add neutral oil to the pan and pour in the eggs, cooking until just set with a little gloss, then remove from the pan.

Dice the dark and light parts of green onions, using the dark for garnish and the light for aromatics.

In the cooled pan, add more neutral oil and the diced green onions to warm them up and flavor the oil.

Add pre-chopped garlic to the pan and sauté until fragrant, about 1-2 minutes, then turn off the heat.

Add 1.5 cups of day old white rice to the pan, stirring to combine with the onions and garlic.

Sprinkle in chicken bouillon seasoning and soy sauce to taste, along with ground white pepper and MSG, mixing well.

Reintroduce the cooked eggs to the rice mixture and stir until combined.

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