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Chicken Fried Rice

Cold-rice fried rice with egg, peas, and carrots in a soy-sesame toss.

Chicken Fried Rice, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
25 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$12.16

Ingredients

  • 1 lb boneless chicken breast
  • 1 1/2 cup long grain white rice
  • 3 large eggs
  • 8 oz frozen green peas
  • 1/2 lb carrots
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 3 clove garlic
  • 1 bunch green onions / scallions

Method

  1. Cook the rice ahead and chill it, or use cold leftover rice. Cold rice fries much better than fresh.

  2. Dice the chicken. Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a wide skillet over high and cook the chicken 5 minutes until browned. Move to a plate.

  3. Add the remaining oil and the diced carrots. Cook 3 minutes, then add the minced garlic and the peas for 1 minute.

  4. Push everything to one side, pour the beaten eggs into the empty space, and scramble until just set.

  5. Add the cold rice, breaking up clumps, and stir-fry 3 minutes until it starts to crisp.

  6. Return the chicken, add the soy sauce and sesame oil, and toss well. Finish with sliced scallions.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 10 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United States$48.62$12.1610 of 10 ingredients
Australia$59.68$14.929 of 10 ingredients
Greece34,12 €8,53 €9 of 10 ingredients
Canada$108.07$27.029 of 10 ingredients
United Kingdom£24.96£6.248 of 10 ingredients
New Zealand$59.63$14.918 of 10 ingredients
Mexico$801.95$200.498 of 10 ingredients
Egypt‏٥٥٧٫٢٩ ج.م.‏‏١٣٩٫٣٢ ج.م.‏7 of 10 ingredients
Spain18,11 €4,53 €7 of 10 ingredients
Germany30,87 €7,72 €7 of 10 ingredients
Austria€ 24,22€ 6,067 of 10 ingredients

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