Chicken Fried Rice

I made this Chicken Fried Rice for dinner tonight and it was pretty darn good. I used this recipe as a base and made some changes and additions. If you've got cooked chicken and leftover rice, this is a fast meal.

Couple things here:

• You have to use cold rice here, not hot rice. It apparently DOES matter. Hot rice will turn this to goo. I just cooked mine an hour or so before, spread it across a big plate, and put it in the fridge to cool it down quickly.
• Make sure the chicken is in pretty small chunks. Big ol' hunks of chicken would not be delicious.
• Last time I made this I didn't even use chicken and used this as a side dish with Sweet and Sour Chicken. We had it as the main dish tonight.
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• The original doesn't call for fish sauce or Maggi sauce, but they are the reason that this tastes so good. My little sister told me to buy both of them and I am so glad. Thank you Ashley for forcing me to pay full price for a few things. Sorry I am a cheapskate. They are both just a few bucks at Walmart or Winco. I'm sure they sell them at just about any other grocery store too, but you know they'd be cheapest at Walmart or Winco. Ashley says she uses them in just about every Asian recipe she makes. Oh, beware of the smell of the fish sauce. Believe it or not, that stuff smells WORSE than you'd think. Urg.

Chicken Fried Rice

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs
• 2 Tbsp water
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 onion (about 2 cups), chopped
• 1 cup carrot, chopped
• 3 cups cooked white rice, cold
• 3/4 cup frozen peas
• 2 1/2- 3 Tbsp soy sauce (to taste)
• 2- 2 1/2 tsp fish sauce
• 2- 2 1/2 tsp Maggi sauce
• 3/4 tsp pepper
• 3/4 cup cooked, chopped chicken. You could use chopped ham instead.

Directions:

1. In a small bowl, beat egg with water. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium low heat. Add egg and leave flat for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from skillet and cut into shreds.
2. Heat oil in same skillet; add onion and carrots and saute until soft. Then add rice, soy sauce, fish sauce, Maggi sauce, pepper, peas, and chicken. Stir fry together for about 5 minutes, then stir in egg.