Easy Chicken Fried Rice with Yum Yum Sauce
This delicious Chicken Fried Rice with Yum Yum Sauce is like having authentic chicken fried rice in your own kitchen. This delicious and healthy dinner is perfect for your Chinese food cravings. So easy to make and absolutely fabulous, you have to try this recipe.
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Chicken Fried Rice with Yum Yum Sauce
This authentic chicken fried rice with Yum Yum Sauce is based on my favorite chicken fried rice from a local hibachi restaurant. They usually serve with an amazing sauce called Yum Yum sauce. The rice and sauce are perfect together and now it is the only way I like my rice.
What Makes This Authentic Chicken Fried Rice?
This recipe is made just like the kind you get when you order take out or from a hibachi restaurant. You might think it is weird that there is butter at the end of the recipe. I learned this trick from the hibachi restaurant. When I asked them why they do it that way, they said that the butter gives the rice the best taste. I happen to agree with them.
What is YumYum Sauce
Yum Yum sauce is a creamy sauce that is served at a lot of hibachi restaurants. It is served with chicken, shrimp, and vegetables. It is also served with rice. With just a few ingredients, it comes together in no time and then it just needs to sit in the refrigerator for an hour. I have found that using cheap mayonnaise is the best for making this. Store brand or generic has a milder flavor and this makes all of the flavors meld together well.
Ingredients in Yum Yum Sauce
- Mayonnaise
- Water
- Ketchup
- Sugar
- Garlic powder
- Paprika
- Salt
- Ginger
- Onion powder
How to Make Yum Yum Sauce
To make Yum Yum sauce you want to mix everything together in a bowl.
Once it is well combined, cover the bowl with a lid or with plastic wrap.
Refrigerate for at least an hour.
Stir well before serving.
Chicken Fried Rice Ingredients
- Sesame oil
- Onion
- Carrots
- Frozen peas
- Eggs
- Cooked white rice
- Cooked chicken
- Soy sauce
- Butter
- Salt and pepper to taste
How to Make Chicken Fried Rice
Heat a large frying pan or wok. Saute the onions and carrots in sesame oil until the carrots and onions are tender.
Add the peas and stir well.
In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs.
Move the vegetable mixture aside in the pan and pour the eggs into the empty side of the pan. Scramble to eggs. Once the eggs are fully scrambled, stir the eggs into the vegetables.
Add the rice and chicken and stir everything together well.
Stir the soy sauce into the fried rice.
When everything is done cooking, add butter to the rice and stir together. Once the butter is melted, season the rice with salt and pepper and serve hot with yum yum sauce.
Chicken Fried Rice with Yum Yum Sauce
Ingredients
Yum Yum Sauce Ingredients:
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon onion powder
Chicken Fried Rice Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil or vegetable oil
- ½ cup onion diced
- ½ cup carrots diced
- ½ cup frozen peas no need to thaw
- 2 eggs
- 3 cups cooked white rice
- 2 cups cooked chicken shredded
- ½ cup soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon butter
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Yum Yum Sauce Directions:
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In a small mixing bowl, whisk together all ingredients until well combined.
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Cover the bowl with a lid or plastic wrap, then refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
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After refrigerating the sauce, stir well before serving.
Chicken Fried Rice Directions:
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Heat a large frying pan or wok over medium heat. Add the sesame oil, onions, and carrots; sauté until the carrots and onions are starting to become tender.
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Add the peas to the pan and stir well.
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In a small bowl, beat the eggs with a fork. Push the vegetable mixture to one side of the pan, then pour the eggs onto the other side of the pan. Use a spatula to scramble the eggs. Once the eggs are fully cooked, stir into the vegetables.
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Add the rice and chicken; mix well.
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Add the soy sauce then stir into the fried rice.
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Add the butter and stir the rice until the butter is melted.
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Season the fried rice with salt and pepper if desired.
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Serve the right hot with “yum-yum sauce.”
