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Chicken Rice (Ketchup Fried Rice)
Serves 2 · About 25 min
Stir-fry chicken and onion, then mix in ketchup and rice. Made in just one frying pan.
① Cut the ingredients→② Stir-fry the chicken→③ Stir-fry the onion→④ Stir-fry the ketchup→⑤ Mix in the rice
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How to make it
1
Cut the ingredients
- Finely chop the onion (put the cut side down and chop into small bits)
- Cut the chicken into 1.5 cm cubes. Wash the cutting board and knife you used for the meat with dish soap
How to tell it's doneThe onion is in bits about 3 mm, and the chicken is in small cubes.
2
Stir-fry the chicken
- Put 2 tsp vegetable oil in a frying pan and heat over medium heat
- Add the chicken and stir-fry for 3 minutes, stirring now and then
How to tell it's doneCut the biggest piece of chicken: it is white inside, not pink.
3
Stir-fry the onion
- Add the onion and stir-fry with the chicken
- Sprinkle with a pinch of salt and a pinch of pepper
How to tell it's doneThe onion is see-through and soft.
4
Stir-fry the ketchup
- Push the ingredients to the side of the pan
- Put 4 tbsp ketchup in the empty space and stir-fry for 30 sec–1 minute, spreading it with a spatula
- Mix it together with the ingredients
How to tell it's doneThe ketchup turns a little darker red and is bubbling.
Be carefulKetchup splatters and burns easily. Don't stir-fry it for more than 1 minute.
5
Mix in the rice
- Add 300 g warm cooked rice
- Mix everything, breaking up the rice with a spatula in a cutting motion
- Add 10 g butter, mix, and turn off the heat
- Taste it. If the flavor is weak, add a pinch of salt
ReadyNo lumps of white rice are left, and it's all the same orange color.
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If it didn't work out
The rice is mushyThe ketchup wasn't stir-fried long enough. Next time stir-fry it until it bubbles in step 4 before adding the rice.
The rice won't break apartYou used cold rice. Warm it in the microwave before adding.
It's sourThe ketchup wasn't stir-fried enough. Next time stir-fry it 30 sec–1 minute in step 4.
The bottom burnedThe heat is too high. In step 5, keep it at medium heat and keep mixing from the bottom with the spatula.
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