Rotisserie Chicken Egg Fried Rice: Quick Weeknight Meal

Name: Rotisserie Chicken Egg Fried Rice: Quick Weeknight Meal
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 1 rotisserie chicken with the meat pulled and chopped. Looking for a cup or so of chopped chicken.; 2 cup day old cold white rice.; 1/2 cup frozen peas and carrots.; 1 tbsp minced garlic.; 2 eggs.; 2-3 tbsp soy sauce.; 1 tbsp olive oil.; 1/2 tbsp sesame oil.; 1/2 cup sliced green onion.

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A rotisserie chicken egg fried rice dinner puts chopped chicken, cold rice, eggs, vegetables, garlic, and soy sauce in the wok for a quick weeknight meal. It starts with a rotisserie chicken and day-old white rice, so the main prep is pulling the meat and getting the ingredients ready to go. The finished rice is topped with sliced green onion, bringing a fresh final layer to the savory chicken, egg, garlic, peas, carrots, sesame oil, and soy sauce.

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A hand stirs garlic, peas, and diced carrots in a black wok on a portable gas stove, with wooden handles visible.

Why You'll Love This Recipe

This rotisserie chicken egg fried rice uses about a cup of pulled and chopped chicken from one rotisserie chicken. The chicken joins eggs, frozen peas and carrots, minced garlic, and cold white rice in a very hot wok.

The ingredient list stays focused, with olive oil for the first wok step and sesame oil added with the soy sauce later on. Green onions finish the dish as a garnish rather than getting mixed into the rice.

A person adds white rice from a carton into a wok containing mixed vegetables and scrambled eggs, stirring with a wooden spoon.

It is also a useful way to put day-old cold white rice to work. The rice is mixed in after the chicken, eggs, garlic, and vegetables have cooked together.

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Ingredients You'll Need

Start with one rotisserie chicken, with the meat pulled and chopped until you have about one cup of chicken. You will also need 2 cups of day-old cold white rice, which is added after the earlier ingredients have cooked in the wok.

Frozen peas and carrots bring the vegetable portion of the recipe, while minced garlic goes into the wok with the eggs and chicken. Two eggs are stirred constantly during that stage of cooking.

A person sprinkles chopped green onions into a wok filled with fried rice, diced carrots, and peas. A wooden spatula is in the pan, and the person is wearing a ring and a black shirt.

Soy sauce and sesame oil are added together once the rice is in the wok. Olive oil starts the cooking, and sliced green onion is saved to garnish the finished fried rice.

How To Make It

Have the chicken pulled and chopped, the rice measured, and the remaining ingredients ready before heating the wok. The cooking moves from the vegetables to the egg and chicken mixture, then to the rice and final seasoning.

Preparation

Pull the meat from the rotisserie chicken and chop it, aiming for about one cup of chopped chicken. Measure the day-old cold white rice, frozen peas and carrots, minced garlic, eggs, soy sauce, olive oil, sesame oil, and sliced green onion.

Keep the sliced green onions aside for the garnish at the end. The peas and carrots are the first ingredients to enter the hot wok after the olive oil.

A person wearing a black glove chops cooked chicken on a wooden cutting board with a knife.

Cooking

Heat a wok until it is very hot, then add the olive oil along with the frozen peas and carrots. Sauté them for 2-3 minutes.

Add the minced garlic, eggs, and chopped chicken to the wok. Cook for another couple of minutes, stirring constantly.

A person adds cooked chicken from a wooden cutting board into a wok with fried rice, peas, carrots, and egg on a stovetop.

This recipe keeps the rice for the next stage, rather than adding it with the vegetables at the beginning. Mix the cold white rice into the wok after the garlic, eggs, and chicken have cooked.

A person wearing black gloves shreds a roasted chicken on a metal tray, with pieces of chicken scattered around on a wooden surface.

Add the sesame oil and 2-3 tablespoons of soy sauce, then fry the rice for another 2-3 minutes. Garnish the fried rice with the sliced green onions.

Serving & Variations

Serve the fried rice with the green onion garnish scattered over the top. The recipe combines the chicken, eggs, peas and carrots, garlic, rice, soy sauce, olive oil, and sesame oil in one wok-cooked meal.

A useful detail to keep in mind is the order of the ingredients: the sesame oil and soy sauce are added only after the rice is mixed in. That keeps the final seasoning step tied directly to the rice frying stage.

A person stirs eggs, peas, and diced carrots in a wok with a wooden spatula on a gas stove.

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of rice is used for Rotisserie Chicken Egg Fried Rice?

The recipe uses 2 cups of day old cold white rice.

How much rotisserie chicken do I need?

Use 1 rotisserie chicken with the meat pulled and chopped, aiming for about 1 cup of chopped chicken.

When do I add the eggs and chicken?

Add the garlic, eggs, and chicken after sauteing the peas and carrots, then cook for another couple of minutes while stirring constantly.

How long does this fried rice take to cook?

The cook time is 10 minutes, with a total time of 25 minutes including 15 minutes of prep.

What is used to garnish the fried rice?

Garnish the finished fried rice with 1/2 cup sliced green onion.

Wrapping Up

This is a straightforward rotisserie chicken fried rice built around cold day-old white rice and about a cup of chopped chicken. The wok sequence is simple – vegetables first, then garlic, eggs, and chicken, followed by rice, sesame oil, soy sauce, and green onion. Recipe created by cookingwithcj for Trust Me Try It.

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