Fresh Orange-Ginger Chicken Fried Rice

Fresh Orange-Ginger Chicken Fried Rice

What You'll Need

2 Cups Fresh Broccoli Florets

1 Chopped Red Pepper

1 Chopped Red Onion

5-6 Chopped Asparagus 

1 Chopped Carrot

2 Chicken Breasts, Cut into 1" cubes and pan-cooked

2 Finely Chopped Garlic Cloves

2 Cups Day-Old Cooked Jasmine Rice

1 Orange

Ginger Root

Low-Sodium Soy Sauce

Chopped Cilantro

Red Pepper Flakes

Olive Oil

Sea Salt

Before anything, get a zester or cheese shredder and zest the skin of an entire small orange. Also, zest about 1.5 TBS of ginger root. Set aside.

In a large non-stick pan, pan cook your diced chicken with a little olive oil until cooked through. Transfer chicken to a bowl and set aside.

In the same pan, add a little more olive oil (maybe a teaspoon) and sauté the broccoli, red pepper, red onion, carrots and asparagus for about 5 minutes or until al Dente. Then, add in the chopped garlic and sautéed until cooked through. I do this because I don't like to over cook my garlic. 

Add chicken back to mixture along with 2 tbs of soy sauce and orange and ginger zest. Toss together. Then, cut your orange in half and squeeze in juice from one of the halves.

Slowly add in your day-old jasmine rice and add in another Tbs of olive oil. Toss mixture carefully as you add in the rice so rice warms evenly, and picks up all the yummy zest.

Add in sea salt, more soy sauce and zest to taste.

Serve with a sprinkle of fresh cilantro and red pepper flakes.

If you'd like, add in a fried egg for even more flavor!

Enjoy!