Chicken Fried Rice

Chicken Fried Rice

This is a hands-on recipe for showing off. Due to all the steps, it isn’t what I would classify as a simple recipe, but it isn’t hard to make.
It is a great meal to serve for car camping, base camping, cabin, and RV boondocking. It will satisfy at least three hearty appetites.

Chicken Fried Rice

Ingredients:

At home:

Pack the rice through ginger in a quart freezer bag. Tuck the chicken, oil, and soy sauce packets with it. Wrap your eggs in paper towels and tuck them into your mug for safety. (See notes below for using dried eggs.)

In camp:

Place the freezer bag into an FBC Cozy. Add 2¾ cups of boiled water into the freezer bag. Stir well, seal tightly, and put in a cozy for 15 minutes. (See notes for using a second pot)

Heat the oil in a trail wok or 2-liter non-stick pot* (wide and shallow works best) over medium heat. Add the eggs and cook until done, stirring occasionally. Lower the heat to very low if you can. If you cannot, keep the pan just above the flame, not resting on the stove.

Stir in rice, chicken and soy sauce (to taste). Toss till mixed, stirring constantly till heated through and smelling fantastic.

Serves 3.
Notes:
Eggs are fine for the first night out (and can carry for a couple of days if in uncracked shells if you buy unwashed eggs from a local chicken owner).
To make this meal shelf-stable, pick up freeze-dried eggs instead and carry two eggs worth in a small zip-top bag (this is usually ¼ cups powdered eggs, and add 6 Tablespoons cool water to equal 2 fresh eggs). Add the water called for into the bag, seal the bag tightly, and shake until mixed. Proceed as with fresh eggs. This will be thin, but cook quickly.
The recipe uses what we call ‘FBC Hybrid’, where you prepare part of the meal in a freezer bag (FBC Style) and then finish cooking in your pot. This allows the use of only one pot instead of having to carry two. You can also prepare the rice in your pot, then transfer to a bowl (or a clean bag) while you heat up the oil, if desired. If car camping or in an RV, use a 2 Liter pot to make the rice, then a 3 Liter pot to fry it up in. 3 Liter will be easier to stir fry it in, but a wide 2 Liter will do it; it’ll just be more crowded.
I don’t normally use non-stick pots, but cleanup will be far easier in this recipe if you do.
I used lower-sodium soy sauce. Two teaspoons isn’t much, so add as much as you like. Coconut aminos have even less sodium if you’re concerned about your sodium intake.