Arroz Chaufa de Pollo: Mouth-watering Chinese-Peruvian Fried Rice
The most widely consumed dish from the Chinese-Peruvian fusion cuisine known as chifa. Arroz Chaufa de Pollo is a delicious meal of chicken, rice, and eggs, with ginger, soy sauce, spring onions, garlic and peppers. It's easy to prepare and will satisfy the hungriest of people at the dinner table.
Course Lunch, Main Dish, Starter
Cuisine Peruvian
Keyword chifa, fusion food
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Total Time 45 minutesminutes
Servings 4people
Ingredients
4eggs
1chicken breastdiced
2tablespoonsgingerfreshly grated
2teaspoonsgarlicfreshly chopped
½cupred bell pepperroughly chopped
2cupsuncooked rice
½cupsoy sauce
¼cupsesame oil
1cupspring onionschopped
2tablespoonsvegetable oil for frying
Pinch of salt
Instructions
Whisk the eggs together and fry with a bit of oil to make an omelet. Cut in small squares and set aside.
Boil the rice until cooked and set aside to cool.
Chop the red bell peppers and spring onions
Chop the chicken into cubes
In a wok or large frying pan, stir fry the diced chicken, seasoned with 1 tablespoon of grated ginger.
When the chicken gets a Golden color, add the chopped red bell pepper, spring onion and omelet squares and the other tablespoon of grated ginger.
Add the cooked rice, soy sauce and sesame oil. Stir fry at a high heat until the soy sauce and other ingredients are mixed through the rice evenly, for no longer than 5 minutes.