Cook up a delicious Chinese inspired dinner in less than 20 minutes! This air fryer chicken fried rice is one tasty family friendly dinner that’s made with pantry staples.
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups cooked chilled white rice (500g)
- 1½ cups cooked chicken (210g or one large chicken breast)
- 1 cup frozen peas and carrots (140g)
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ cup oil (4 tablespoons)
Instructions
- Preheat the air fryer to 350F.
- Break the eggs into a small pot and place on a medium heat. Whisk and cook to make scrambled eggs.
- Add the eggs to a baking dish that will fit into the air fryer, along with the rest of the ingredients.
- Mix well to combine.
- Place in the air fryer and set to cook at 350F for 15 minutes.
- Stir the rice ever 5 minutes. Depending on what air fryer you have, the total cook time will be between 12 and 15 minutes.
- The rice should be piping hot to serve.
Notes
- For best results use cooked and chilled rice. The recipe doesn’t work well with just cooked rice and it should be cold when mixed with the other ingredients.
- Preheat the air fryer before placing in the dish. If your air fryer doesn’t have a preheat function, let it run for 5 minutes at 350F.
- Stir a couple of times during cooking, this will help to heat and cook the rice evenly.
- Different air fryer models can run a little differently. Make sure that the rice is piping hot before serving.
- Nutritional values are an estimate and is based on one of three servings.
