Making Rice

Everyday in Kindergarten, Wyatt gets a new "book". They are mini books the teachers print off of www.readinga-z.com. Thursday (the last day before Easter Break), Wyatt got a book to bring home titled "Making Rice". The book goes over a little bit of the importance of rice to China and its people. Then it shares how to cook rice and how to cook Chicken Fried Rice. Wyatt and I thought we'd give it a try:

Chicken Fried Rice

Wyatt enjoying his Chicken Fried Rice creation!

Ingredients

• 5 green onions
• 1 large chicken breast (boneless)
• 4 cups of cooked, chilled rice
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup frozen peas, thawed
• 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil
• Salt and pepper to taste

Sauce Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons of chicken broth
• 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon of sesame oil
• 1/4 teapsoon of pepper

Chop green onions. Cut chicken into small strips. In one small bowl, beat eggs with a fork. In other small bowl, measure out sauce ingredients and mix them together. 

Heat oil in frying pan. Stir-fry eggs until scrambled. Add green onions, chicken, and peas. Stir them over high heat, until chicken is cooked through. Add rice and sauce, and stir for 2 more minutes. Add pepper and salt if needed.

Here's our special variation:  I usually cook 2 cups of water per 1 cup of rice but the book said to cook 3 cups of water per 2 cups of rice. Whatever! But I wanted to follow the recipe because Wyatt was watching, so we got 6 cups of cooked rice (2 cups uncooked). The recipe only calls for 4 cups so I kind of doubled it. We used 6 green onions, 2 chicken breasts, 6 cups of rice (that

was most definitely warm and not chilled), 4 eggs, 1 cup of peas, and olive oil. We doubled the sauce recipe. It was delish! I've made chicken fried rice before but it wasn't that good...like restaurant good. But this recipe delivered...I think it was the sesame oil. I've never used that before....and it made it good!

After our meal, Wyatt added a few pages to his book about American Rice.

With Love,
Megan