Date Night at Home

I made Chicken Fried Rice for Dean on Sunday night before he headed back to work on Monday morning.  It was a "date night at home."  I made this dinner, we went on a walk to the new frozen yogurt restaurant near our apartment (Cherry on Top), and then rented the Adam Sandler/ Jennifer Aniston movie: 'Just Go With It.'  

Watch the 'Just Go With It' trailer HERE 

Chicken Fried Rice With Vegetables

Serves: 4

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 40 minutes

Nutrition Score per serving:

(1 1/2 cups): 375 calories, 17% fat (7 g; 1.5 g saturated), 47% carbs (44 g), 36% protein (34 g), 4 g fiber, 42 mg calcium, 2 mg iron, 781 mg sodium

Ingredients

• 2 t sesame oil
• ¹/₂ cup chopped onion
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1 cup uncooked brown rice
• 1 T reduced-sodium soy sauce
• 1 cup diced carrots
• 2 ¹/₄ cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
• ¹/₂ t salt
• ¹/₄ t ground black pepper
• ¹/₂ cup frozen green peas, thawed
• ¹/₄ cup chopped green onions

Directions

Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and sautée 2 minutes, until soft. Place chicken in saucepan and sautée 5 minutes, until browned on all sides, stirring frequently. Add rice and cook 1 minute, until translucent. Stir in soy sauce to coat rice.

Add carrots, chicken broth, salt and pepper and bring mixture to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 30 minutes, until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender.

Stir in peas and green onions and heat through.

The only other thing I added was egg whites for more protein! :)

Molly was watching Dean get/buy the frozen yogurt!