This Chicken Fried Rice Dish has All the Protein You Need

Chicken fried rice
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Fried rice dishes are very versatile and can be a great way to get lots of vegetables in your diet as well as using up leftover rice. Here is a recipe for chicken fried rice that you can adapt as you need, and has all the protein that you need.

Ingredients

  • 6 ounces of chicken breast
  • 8 ounces of mushrooms
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • 1 large brown onion
  • 10 ounces of tenderstem broccoli
  • Soy sauce
  • 10 ounces of basmati rice
  • 1 tablespoon of cooking oil
  • Salt
  • Black pepper

Instructions

  1. Chop up your onion into small pieces and fry on a medium heat in your oil until lightly brown. Add your mushrooms and a decent amount of salt and cook for 10 minutes.
  2. Chop up your tenderstem broccoli and cook for 5-10 minutes before adding your crushed garlic.
  3. Heat up a separate pan and cook your chicken breasts in small chunks until it is starting to brown on the outside. When it is cooked, add it into your vegetable pan.
  4. Add a generous amount of soy sauce into your pan before adding your rice that ideally has been cooked the day before. Add black pepper and salt to taste and enjoy!