A fragrant delicious twist in this delicious Orange Ginger Chicken Fried Rice - a complete meal in a bowl.
Gotta love a quick bowl of fried rice, super quick to make and really tasty for such basic ingredients. This Chicken Fried Rice is one of my favourites.
But tonight when going to make that usual Chicken Fried Rice, I decided to add a little twist on the flavour with a squeeze of orange juice from some fresh oranges and the lovely flavour of fresh ginger from ginger root.
Those two ingredients alone are a perfect combination, but add it to some chicken with rice and healthy veggies and it's an amazing complete meal.
Pair this orange ginger chicken fried rice with some of these Chinese Fakeaway dishes if you want to create a Fakeaway night:
- Beef Chow Mein
- Salt and Pepper Chicken
- Chinese Pork
- Chicken Chop Suey
- sweet and sour shrimp
- Spring Rolls
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The veggies in this Orange Ginger Chicken Fried Rice are super quick to prepare too, I use a Kale Slaw bag mix which is a combination of shredded kale and broccoli stalks (yes you read that right, broccoli stalks), if you have been cutting those bits off your broccoli and throwing them away, you are wasting a perfectly good vegetable, because those stalks can be grated, julienned or even spiraled and are great in stir-fries or raw in salads.
If you can't get these convenient bags of kale slaw where you are, just sub for some similar greens of choice, you could even just shredded up some fresh kale. I love that cruciferous healthy vegetable.
As well as the kale slaw, I also had some zucchini that needed to be used up, so that went in the pan too. Nothing wasted. It's so easy to combine a bit of protein, with some leftover rice and veggies for a delicious fried rice dish, like this Orange Ginger Fried Rice.
What Kitchen Items Do I need to make this Orange Ginger Chicken Fried Rice?
- Frying Pan
- Kitchen Scales
- Measuring Spoons
- Wooden Spoon
- Santoku Knife (perfect knife for chopping veg)
- Chopping Board
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Orange Ginger Chicken Fried Rice | Slimming Eats
This recipe is gluten free, dairy free and Weight Watchers friendly
WW Smart Points - 4
Gluten Free - use gluten free soy sauce
Ingredients
- 2 chicken thighs, chopped
- 1 cup of cooked cold rice (long grain or basmati)
- 1 zucchini, halved and sliced
- 2 cups of shredded kale and broccoli stalks
- juice of 1 small orange
- 1 tsp of freshly grated ginger
- 1 tbs of soy sauce
- cooking oil spray
Instructions
- Spray a frying pan over a medium-high heat with cooking oil spray
- Add the chicken and fry until lightly browned
- Then add the juice of 1 small orange, fresh ginger and soy sauce
- Heat until it reduces down and just coats the chicken
- Add the veg and stir fry for a couple of minutes
- Add the rice and another little bit of cooking oil spray, break up any large clumps of rice with the back of a wooden spoon and stir-fry until thoroughly heated through.
- Serve and enjoy!!
Notes
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Nutrition Information
Yield 2 Serving Size 1 servingAmount Per Serving Calories 223Total Fat 2.5gSaturated Fat 0.5gCholesterol 34mgSodium 519mgCarbohydrates 37.5gFiber 4gSugar 6.5gProtein 14g
Amanda Robinson says
This is a lovely recipe. Due to the cold weather here the supermarket did not have the ingredients, so I used red pepper, broccoli and bean sprouts for the vegetables. For my own twist I added 1 tsp Chinese 5 Spice and 1 tbsp extra soy sauce to the coating sauce. And 1 more each of the 5 spice and soy sauce and 2 scrambled eggs just to warm through. Yum!!
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
sounds like a yummy variation, thanks for sharing.