Healthy Chicken Fried Rice

Submitted by Chef #449304

"A lighter option if you're craving fried rice."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Yields: 4 big bowls
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 cup brown rice
• 1 yellow onion
• 1 tablespoon margarine
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 cups water
• 1 1⁄4 lbs ground chicken
• 1 red pepper
• 1 yellow pepper
• 1 celery
• 2 carrot sticks
• 1⁄3 cup peas
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1⁄2 tablespoon minced garlic, gloves
• 1⁄2 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1⁄2 tablespoon chili oil
• 1 cup egg white

directions

1. Make rice first, by adding the following ingredients to the pot: 1 cup uncooked brown rice, 1 tablespoon chopped onion, 1/4 tablespoon salt, 1/4 tablespoon pepper, 1 tbsp margarine, 2 cups water.
2. Bring rice to a boil. Turn down to low heat, let sit 50 minutes.

3. While the rice is cooking, prep and cook the chicken, veggies and egg as follows:

4. Saute egg white until cooked, set aside.
5. Chop 1 red pepper, 1 yellow pepper, balance of yellow onion, 2 carrot sticks, 1 celery stick, 1/3 c green peas, and set aside in a glass bowl.
6. Cook ground chicken in a big skillet with a little garlic, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1/2 tbsp sesame oil, 1/2 tbsp chili oil. Set aside when done.
7. Add all of the veggies to the skillet, into remaining chicken juice and cook until onions are clear.
8. Add chicken back to skillet. by this point, rice should be almost done.
9. Add rice to skillet. let sit long enough to brown slightly (about 1-2 minutes) and mix. Repeat until all of rice is fairly well browned.
10. Add egg white back to skillet. mix well. enjoy!