Chicken Fried Rice
Best made with rice cooked the day before and left in the fridge.
Ingredients
- Chicken thigh fillets400 g
- Long grain rice300 g
- Free range eggs3 ea
- Frozen mixed vegetables300 g
- Spring onions60 g
- Garlic10 g
- Soy sauce45 ml
- Vegetable oil30 ml
Method
- Cook the rice and spread it on a tray to cool, or use cold cooked rice from the fridge.
- Dice the chicken. Heat half the oil in a wok over high heat and cook the chicken until golden. Set aside.
- Beat the eggs, pour into the wok, and scramble quickly. Set aside with the chicken.
- Add the remaining oil, stir-fry the garlic and frozen vegetables for 3 minutes, then add the rice and toss to heat through.
- Return the chicken and egg, add the soy sauce and spring onion, and toss for 2 minutes.
Cooking for a different diet?
Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.
Pescatarian
Prawn Fried Rice
- 400 g Peeled raw prawns instead of Chicken thigh fillets
Stir-fry the prawns for 2–3 minutes until just pink instead of cooking the chicken, then set aside as before.
Vegetarian
Tofu Fried Rice
- 440 g Firm tofu instead of Chicken thigh fillets
Press and cube the tofu and fry it for 6–8 minutes until golden instead of cooking the chicken, then set aside as before.
Vegan
Tofu Fried Rice
- 440 g Firm tofu instead of Chicken thigh fillets
- Leave out the Free range eggs
Press and cube the tofu and fry it for 6–8 minutes until golden instead of the chicken, and skip the scrambled-egg step.
Gluten-free
- 45 ml Tamari instead of Soy sauce
Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.
What it costs, and where to buy it
Shops to compare
List price at each shop
Has every item
Pak'nSaveBest choiceno items missing · $12.47 of food
$59.83
79% spare
Woolworths NZno items missing · $36.37 of food · $23.90 more
$52.46
31% spare
Missing items
These totals leave part of the list out, so a lower one isn't a cheaper shop.
New World· $18.92 of food
$56.83
67% spare
No price at New World for:
- Vegetable oil
$3.12a serve
$3.12 a serve, cheapest at Pak'nSave
About $12.47 of ingredients used for 4 serves.
$81.05 across 3 shops · all 8 items priced · $48.12 more for bigger packs, 88% spare for later
Pak'nSaveBest choice$12.47
no items missing
you'll pay $59.83 · 79% of it spare
Woolworths NZ$36.37
no items missing · $23.90 more
you'll pay $52.46 · 31% of it spare
New World$18.92
missing 1 item
you'll pay $56.83 · 67% of it spare
Buy at Woolworths NZ$20.78
Long grain rice
$2.49
need 300 gEssentials long grain rice 1 kg
Woolworths NZ$2.49·New World$0.25/100g$2.49·Pak'nSave$0.27/100g$2.69
Frozen mixed vegetables
$4.70
need 300 gWoolworths frozen stir fry eastern mixed vegetables 1 kgclosest match
Woolworths NZ$4.70·Pak'nSave$6.92/kg$5.19·New World$6.49/kg$6.49
Soy sauce
$3.49
need 45 mlWoolworths soy sauce 500 mlclosest match
Woolworths NZ$3.49·Pak'nSave$0.83/100ml$2.49·New World$0.93/100ml$2.79
Vegetable oil
$3.10
need 30 mlWoolworths vegetable oil 750 ml
Woolworths NZ$3.10·Pak'nSave$0.54/100ml$2.69·New WorldN/A
Buy at New World$28.98
Garlic
$26.99/kg
need 10 gLoose Garlic 1 kg$26.99
New World$26.99/kg$26.99·Woolworths NZ$2.49·Pak'nSave~$41.50/kg$2.49
Buy at Pak'nSave$31.29
Chicken thigh fillets
$7.82/kg
need 400 gTegel Tenderbasted Chicken Thighs 1kg 4 kg$31.29closest match
Pak'nSave$7.82/kg$31.29·New World$27.48/kg$10.99·Woolworths NZ$26.50