Description
Hibachi-style chicken fried rice cooked on a hot griddle with vegetables, eggs, butter, and soy sauce. A flavorful backyard takeout-style meal often served with yum yum sauce.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound chicken breast diced into bite sized pieces
- 3 tablespoons butter divided
- 1/2 cup diced carrots
- 1/2 cup frozen corn
- 1/2 cup frozen peas
- 2 eggs scrambled
- 4 cups cold cooked jasmine or basmati rice
- 4 oz Korean BBQ pork optional
- Diced green onions
- 2 to 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame seed oil
- 1 teaspoon oyster sauce optional
- Sesame seeds optional
Instructions
- Cook rice ahead of time and chill overnight.
- Dice the chicken and vegetables and scramble the eggs.
- Mix soy sauce garlic sesame oil and oyster sauce to create the sauce mixture.
- Heat one side of a griddle to medium high heat.
- Melt 1 tablespoon butter and cook the diced chicken until fully cooked flipping halfway.
- Move chicken to the cooler side of the griddle.
- Add another tablespoon butter and cook diced carrots until softened.
- Add frozen peas and corn and cook until warm.
- Melt the final tablespoon butter and add scrambled eggs cooking until partially set then break into pieces.
- Mix eggs with vegetables.
- Add the chilled rice and break up clumps spreading into a thin layer.
- Drizzle half of the soy sauce mixture and toss to coat.
- Add cooked chicken pork and green onions and mix.
- Spread rice and allow it to fry until lightly browned then flip and cook the other side.
- Taste and add additional soy sauce if desired then serve.
Notes
- Use cold day old rice for best fried rice texture.
- Prepare all ingredients before cooking because the recipe cooks quickly.
- Cook rice in a thin layer on a hot griddle to allow browning.
- Butter gives the authentic hibachi flavor.
- Avoid stirring constantly so the rice can develop a light crisp texture.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Griddle
- Cuisine: Japanese
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 912
- Sugar: 8
- Sodium: 1846
- Fat: 27
- Saturated Fat: 9
- Unsaturated Fat: 16
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 170
- Fiber: 5
- Protein: 39
- Cholesterol: 140