Lunch Today: Easy (and Healthy) Chicken Fried Rice

I made one of my favorite simple dishes for lunch today: chicken fried rice. This is a great meal to make when you want something quick, satisfying and healthy.

A lot of times I don’t end up posting recipes on here because I forget to take pictures of the food. Well, today I only got the above picture (snapped on my handy iphone) but I decided to post anyway because who knows when I’ll actually take anything better.

So, here is what you need:

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, minced (or 1/2 t.)
• 1 egg
• 2 cups cooked brown rice, cold (follow the instructions here to cook fantastic brown rice!)
• 1-2 cups shredded rotisserie chicken (depending on how much chicken you like – I used about 1 1/2 cups today)
• salt

Note: I like to keep both cooked rice and shredded chicken in the freezer so that I can just pull them out when needed for a quick meal.

Directions:

1. Heat olive oil in a large pan. Add the onion and garlic and saute until the onion begins to feel tender.
2. In a small bowl, beat egg and then add to the onion and garlic and cook.
3. Add rice and chicken. Cook and stir until the rice hot. Add salt to taste and enjoy!

This dish is so simple that I probably didn’t need to type up the directions. But anyway… if you’ve never made chicken fried rice before you should try it; it’s SO yummy!