Chaufa de Pollo
A Peruvian-Chinese fusion of fried rice combining chicken chunks, fluffy scrambled eggs, spring onions, and ginger in a soy sauce glaze.
Ingredients
Quantities are for one portion.
- 150 gchicken breast, cubed
- 70 gdry white rice
- 1spring onion (scallion), sliced
- 1 tbspvegetable oil
- 2eggs, beaten
- 1 tbspsesame oil
- 15 mlsoy sauce
- 1 tspgrated ginger
Method
- Rinse the white rice and steam it until fluffy. Allow it to cool, or use leftover cold rice for the best texture.
- Heat a wok or wide pan until very hot. Add a drop of vegetable oil and scramble the beaten eggs quickly. Remove and set aside.
- Add the remaining vegetable oil to the wok. Fry the cubed chicken breast until browned and cooked through.
- Add the grated ginger and the white parts of the sliced spring onion to the hot chicken.
- Add the cold cooked rice to the wok, tossing to separate the grains and heat them through.
- Return the scrambled eggs to the wok. Pour in the soy sauce and toss until all the rice is an even brown color.
- Turn off the heat, drizzle with sesame oil, and fold in the green parts of the spring onion.