Teriyaki Chicken Fried Rice

Skip the takeout and try out my ground chicken fried rice made with teriyaki sauce, gluten free ingredients and some secret spicy sauce!

Fakeout Tuesday featuring CHICKEN FRIED RICE!!! I haven’t had this dish in forever but my sister got me craving fried rice!! We were not going to give in to her temptation of going to my local Chinese takeout. Hello major points. So I pulled out my recipe and made my version!

I couldn’t believe how quick and delicious this recipe was when I first made it. It is so hard to stop sampling it to take some photos! It is a great dish served with lots of vegetables. You can add any of your favorites or serve some edamame on the side. Either way, I guarantee you’ll be asking for more!!

What I Love About Teriyaki Chicken Fried Rice

What I love about this fried rice is that it is made with teriyaki sauce, ground chicken, gluten free ingredients and some secret spicy sauce!

Plus, of course, some vegetables. This dish is easily customizable depending on which vegetable you want to put inside. Specifically, I chose onions, peppers, carrots, peas and cauliflower. Yes, cauliflower! I sneak some riced cauliflower in there just for more veggies!

Make this dish for a quick weeknight dinner or prepare it ahead of time for a meal prep. I like to do both! We will make all four servings and eat two that night and then two for lunch the next day. It heats up pretty well in a work microwave.

You can make this with only riced cauliflower, if you are going low carb. Plus, this dish is great with other cuts of chicken or other types of meat. You can also make it vegetarian by skipping the meat all together.

No matter what you do, this teriyaki chicken fried rice recipe is very customizable and even more delicious.

Quick Tips from Allie Carte

• Use any vegetables that you love
• Swap out the ground chicken for pieces of chicken breast
• Substitute a different type of meat
• Make this dish vegetation by skipping the meat
• Use riced cauliflower to make this dish super low carb
• Make this recipe sweeter or spicier!

What You Need for Teriyaki Chicken Fried Rice

Like I said, this recipe is completely customizable. You can use any vegetables, any type of meat, whatever you want! I am just going to go over how I did it; however, you can make it your own.

There are no fancy gadgets required. You just need a big pot and a stovetop.

• Minced garlic
• Diced onion
• Vegetables
• Sesame oil
• Ground chicken
• Seasonings
• Splenda
• Liquid egg whites
• Ketchup
• Sriracha sauce
• Soy sauce
• Teriyaki sauce
• Rice
• Riced cauliflower

It may seem like a lot of ingredients; however, l like using all of them to have a flavorful dish. Sometimes chicken fried rice can be a little bland but not here!! But, we can go over some suggestions and substitutions.

Minced Garlic and Diced Onion

These are going to be separate from the vegetables of choice as these provide a nice flavor base. Minced garlic and diced onion are sautéed at the start of this recipe. Do you really need them? Not particularly. However; I do think it adds a bit of flavor.

Plus, I love the texture of onion, I know, strange, but I do. It is always my philosophy that you cannot have too much garlic; therefore, we add the garlic! 

You can buy pre-minced garlic; however, I love mincing my own with this mini food processor. You can also use that for the onion depending on how small you want the pieces.

Vegetables

This dish is easily customizable depending on which vegetable you want to put inside. Specifically, I chose onions, peppers, carrots, peas and cauliflower. Yes, cauliflower! I sneak some riced cauliflower in there just for more veggies!

However, you can pick any vegetables that you love or just leave them out!

Sesame Oil

Just your typical sesame oil. However, if you are trying to cut back some oil, you can skip this ingredient and use cooking spray.

Ground Chicken

I make this teriyaki fried rice with chicken but, try this with ground beef if you prefer a red meat. Typically, I will use a 99% fat-free ground chicken breast; however, you can substitute a different fat percentage. I think the best fried rice recipe is with ground chicken but, I am very biased towards it. 

You can also use this recipe to marinate some chicken (or steak) strips and make a more stir fry recipe from that.

Seasonings

For the seasonings, I just used some basic seasonings that you probably have.

• Ginger
• Oregano
• Garlic powder
• Onion powder
• Paprika
• Seasoned salt

I know I promised you a spicy chicken fried rice. We will get there. For the sauce, we will add in some sriracha sauce; however, if you think you can handle it, add in some ground red pepper.

Splenda

I guess the Splenda would be included in the seasonings; however, I wanted to give it its own time. This is going to be a sweet and spicy chicken fried rice. Hence, the Splenda for the sweetness.

I use Splenda because I love Splenda; however, you can choose a different alternative or just some real sugar.

You do not necessary need the sugar; however, I do think it compliments the spicy and salty flavors VERY well. Just try it!

Liquid Egg Whites

For the eggs, I do prefer liquid egg whites as it is a smoother, less clumpy consistency; however, regular eggs do work. Whisk the eggs before beginning to make things easier.

Ketchup

Well, here is where things get a little interesting. The sauce that I use is a take on my world famous yum yum sauce mixed with your classic flavors of teriyaki chicken fried rice.

I use sugar free ketchup as that is what I always do and love! However, you can use regular ketchup if you wish.

Soy Sauce

This is a gluten free chicken fried rice; therefore, we will be using gluten free soy sauce. I also use a low sodium version as well. However, you are more than welcome to use a different type of soy sauce.

Teriyaki Sauce

Same thing goes for the teriyaki sauce. A gluten free chicken fried rice will call for some gluten free teriyaki sauce. However, you can use a normal kind.

Rice

You will need to make your own rice and this recipe is not going to teach you how. For this recipe, I find that 1 cup or so of cooked rice works the best. That will be ½ cup dry. You can follow my stovetop rice recipe, my instant pot rice recipe or you can just use a rice cooker.

Riced Cauliflower

Finally, our last ingredient, some riced cauliflower. This one is the easiest to cook as you just pop it into the microwave. Feel free to use as much or little as you wish or just skip it.

How to Make Teriyaki Chicken Fried Rice

What is great about this recipe is that you just need a large pot and a stovetop!

Start by getting all your ingredients ready.

Mince the garlic and dice up the onion and any other vegetables that you are using. I like them pretty small; however, you can make them your desired size.

Heat a large pan over medium/heat. Drizzle on the oil and allow that to heat up. Once heated, add the garlic and all the vegetables. Sprinkle them with a little bit of salt and sauté until slightly soft, about 3 minutes.

Add the ground chicken and start breaking it up. Sprinkle on the seasonings and continue to breakup while cooking. Continue to break up and mix in the seasonings until the chicken is fully cooked.

Move the chicken to the sides of the pan, forming a hole in the middle. Pour in the eggs and allow them to heat up a little. Keep mixing and scrambling the eggs until fully cooked.

Reduce the heat to a low. Pour on all the sauce and mix to fully combine. Add in the cooked rice and riced cauliflower and toss to coat again.

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Teriyaki Chicken Fried Rice

Skip the takeout and try out my ground chicken fried rice made with teriyaki sauce, gluten free ingredients and some secret spicy sauce!

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