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Five spice chicken fried rice

4 from 2 votes
A super flavourful and quick fried rice with chicken and veggies, flavoured with the very fragrant Chinese five spice powder
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 5 people
Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese, Indo-Chinese
Calories: 273
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 300 g Boneless chicken cut into thin strips
  • 2 cups Jasmine or any long grain rice cooked
  • 3 tbsp Chinese five spice powder
  • 1 cup mixed vegetables finely chopped (optional)
  • ¼ cup spring onion greens sliced
  • ½ cup shallots or regular onions chopped
  • 2 tbsp garlic chopped
  • 2-3 tbsp fresh chillies slit (optional)
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp white pepper powder
  • 1 tbsp black pepper powder
  • 1 tbsp chili oil optional
  • 1 tsp vinegar
  • 3 tbsp sesame oil or any regular cooking oil
  • salt to taste

Equipment

  • Shallow cooking pot

Method
 

  1. If using freshly cooked rice, cool it completely before using it for the fried rice
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  2. Marinate the chicken with, two tablespoons of the five spice powder, white pepper powder, a tablespoon of soy sauce and salt for 10 minutes
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  3. Heat your cooking pot over, high heat, with the cooking oil and add the shallots, chilis and garlic. Saute until the garlic becomes fragrant
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  4. Then add your marinated chicken, stir and cook for 5-7 minutes until cooked completely. Next add the vegetables (if using)
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  5. Mix and cook for another 5-6 minutes (you want the vegetables to remain crunchy). Next add the rice, remaining five spice powder, chili oil, remaining soya sauce and black pepper
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  6. Toss the rice well with the spices, vegetables and chicken so that every grain is coated with flavours. Turn the flame off and sprinkle the spring greens and the vinegar* and gently mix in and remove from heat
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  7. Serve your delicious Chinese five spice chicken fried rice fresh and hot with some lime wedges on the side and even a fried egg, if you wish. Enjoy!
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Notes

  • You may replace chicken with shrimps, paneer or tofu. Keep the marination process unchanged
  • You may also add scrambled eggs to the fried rice. Add it when you are adding the rice in step 5
  • Adding the vegetables in this fried rice is optional
  • I have used boneless chicken thighs for this recipe
  • *Do a taste check to see if you need to add salt. I didn't add any since the marinated chicken and the soya sauce had salt enough for my taste  
  • g - grams
  • tsp - teaspoon
  • tbsp - tablespoon
  • 1 cup = 250 millilitres