Easy BETTER THAN TAKEOUT one sheet pan chicken fried rice is made all on one pan for easy prep and cleanup. It’s baked – not fried! – and ready in just 20 minutes.
I’m the kind of person who can – and does – sit down and eat a whole bowl of chicken fried rice all by itself. If it’s good chicken fried rice – or any fried rice, like veggie or shrimp – I don’t need anything else to fill me up, I’m a happy camper just with that rice bowl. But it has to be really good fried rice and this dish here, this one sheet pan magic we are talking about today, is definitely entree-worthy.
And if you are whipping up a batch of Sticky Chinese Lemon Chicken or Honey Walnut Shrimp, this chicken fried rice makes the perfect side dish.
Now just to be clear, the name is just slightly misleading because it’s called chicken “fried” rice, but this dish is actually baked. So it’s healthier than true fried rice – SCORE – but tastes the same, maybe even better. This easy, better than takeout chicken fried rice will become your go-to side dish for all of your favorite Asian dishes.
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One Sheet Pan Chicken Fried Rice
Easy BETTER THAN TAKEOUT one sheet pan chicken fried rice is made all on one pan for easy prep and cleanup. It’s baked – not fried! – and ready in just 20 minutes.
Author: Tiffany
Recipe type: Side Dish
Cuisine: Asian
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1 inch pieces
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 15-ounce can peas and carrots, drained (may sub 1 cup frozen/thawed peas and carrots, or 1 cup steamed fresh peas and carrots)
- ½ white onion, diced
- 2 large eggs, whisked
- 2 cups steamed white rice (you can use 2 packages ready rice like Uncle Ben’s for even less prep work)
- 3 tablespoons sesame oil
- ⅓ cup soy sauce
- finely chopped green onions
Instructions
- Grease a large baking sheet and preheat oven to 375 degrees. Arrange chicken pieces on pan in a single layer so they aren’t overlapping and season with salt and pepper to taste. Bake for 5 minutes.
- Remove pan from oven, pour whisked eggs around the chicken pieces directly onto the pan. Return to oven for 3-5 minutes until egg is fully cooked. Use a fork or spatula to “scramble” the egg so that it breaks up into small pieces.
- Add rice and peas and carrots to pan and toss all ingredients so they are evenly distributed. Drizzle sesame oil and soy sauce over everything and toss again. Sprinkle chopped onions over the top.
- Bake for 5 minutes longer. Chicken should be cooked through and rice should begin to brown on the bottom of the pan.
- Toss all ingredients one more time and serve immediately.
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