Honey Sesame Chicken Fried Rice
- 50 min
- Serves 7
- 21 ingredients
20 minutes to prep, 30 to cook. A high‑protein, meal‑prep‑ready fried rice packed with crispy honey‑glazed chicken, colorful vegetables, and a savory‑sweet sesame sauce. The dish balances salty soy, tangy vinegar, and sweet honey for a satisfying flavor, and it stores perfectly for a week of nutritious lunches.
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Method
Crispy Honey Sesame Chicken: Add the diced chicken to a bowl with 35 ml salt‑reduced soy sauce, 2 minced garlic cloves, 0.5 tsp black pepper and 1 tsp onion powder. Mix well then transfer to a zip‑lock bag or container with the 100 g potato starch and shake until fully coated.
Crispy Honey Sesame Chicken: Spread the coated chicken onto a lined baking tray, spray lightly with cooking oil and air‑fry at 400°F (400°F) for 14–18 minutes, flipping and spraying halfway through, until golden and crispy.
Fried Rice
Meanwhile, cook the frozen mixed vegetables in a pan over medium heat. Add the 4 eggs and 200 g egg whites and scramble until cooked through.
Stir in the white part of the spring onion, the 980 g day‑old cooked white rice and 40 ml salt‑reduced soy sauce. Add the diced green onion and mix well.
Honey Sesame Sauce
Cook the 5 minced garlic cloves briefly in a pan over medium heat. Add 60 ml salt‑reduced soy sauce, 60 ml water, 100 g reduced‑sugar ketchup and 25 ml rice wine vinegar.
In a small bowl mix 1 tsp potato starch with 80 ml cold water until smooth, then stir the slurry into the sauce and cook until thickened.
Remove from heat, add 80 g honey and 20 ml sesame oil and mix well. Coat the crispy chicken in the honey‑sesame sauce.
Meal Prep
Divide the honey‑sesame chicken and fried rice evenly into 7 servings.
Tips while you cook
- Coat chicken evenly
- Toss the diced chicken with soy sauce, garlic, pepper, onion powder, then shake in potato starch before air‑frying.
- Flip and spray halfway
- During the 14–18 minute air‑fry, flip the chicken and spray lightly with oil at the midpoint for uniform crispness.
- Prepare slurry before adding to sauce
- Mix 1 tsp potato starch with 80 ml cold water until smooth, then stir into the simmering sauce to thicken.
- Add honey and sesame oil off heat
- Remove the sauce from heat before stirring in honey and sesame oil.
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Chicken fried rice, 5 ways
Five creators posted their own. Every one is built on chicken, egg and rice.
- Aussie Fitness50 min17 ingr.Only this one uses salt reduced soy sauce, onion powder and potato starch
- Jonny Marsh50 min15 ingr.Only this one uses gochujang paste, shaoxing vinegar and lime
- Ganesh mehta25 min14 ingr.Only this one uses onion, capsicum and chilli powder
- RJ50 min15 ingr.Only this one uses red onion, dark chunky paste and cabbage
- Dylan Cutrona35 min8 ingr.Only this one uses smoked paprika and oyster sauce
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