Here is a great side dish with the addition of cooked meats. Using quick cooking rice makes this a perfect weeknight meal especially with a busy schedule.

Add some cooked shrimp, steak strips, and cubed chicken and you have a whole meal in one pan! We use frozen mixed vegetables or you can just add some that your family enjoys. Just check out our mix-in ideas.

Easy Fried Rice via @Whats Cookin Italian Style Cuisine.comPhoto byClaudia Lamascolo

Shopping List:

• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon of granulated garlic powder
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1 cup frozen Asian seasoned stir-fry vegetables (or use whatever you like peas, carrots, broccoli florets, etc.
• 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
• 1 cup fast-cooking rice
• Optional: any cooked meat or cooked seafood

Directions:

1. Add the oil to a large fry pan.
2. Scramble the egg with the granulated garlic powder. Place the eggs in the bowl and set aside.
3. In the same pan add broth, vegetables, and soy sauce and bring to a bowl then add the rice and let this absorb the liquid.
4. This should take around 5 to 8 minutes for the rice to soften for quick cooking rice.
5. Fold in the scrambled eggs and serve.

Mix-in Ideas:

• Leftover Shrimp or any seafood
• Leftover steak
• Leftover chicken
• Leftover pork roast
• Leftover venison
• corn
• peas
• carrots
• mixed vegetables
• broccoli florets or cauliflower
• snow peas
• green beans
• peppers
• mushrooms

Other Asian Style Ideas for Dinner:

• serve with Tempura Battered Fried Vegetables or Meat
• Make Homemade Eggrolls for a complete meal
• Try our Steak Hibachi and Shrimp Recipe for the main course dinner
• Add cooked jasmine rice for a thick rich soup
• Oriental Chicken Salad
• Slow Cooker Chicken and Broccoli
• Bourbon Chicken
• Mandarin Orange Pork Chops
• Easy Fried Rice
• Honey Chicken Stir Fry
• Easy Pad Thai
• Sticky Asian Chicken
• Slow Cooker Asian Bourbon Beef
• Better Than Take Out Orange Chicken

More Recipes to Try

Homemade Egg Rolls

Honey Pineapple Chicken Stir Fry

Copycat Bourbon Chicken

Printable Recipe for Easy Fried Rice