Lately I’ve been craving Benihana because we recently went there with friends to celebrate a birthday.  I had never been and was worried that I wouldn’t like the food.  I was majorly wrong.  I fell in love with chicken and steak fried rice.  It was a heavenly blend of shocking new flavors and surprises to my taste buds.

So, to save some money in our pocket books I decided to attempt a recipe I had pinned.  I then found several variations of recipes so I decided to combine what I liked from each of them and make my own.

First I cooked my rice in the Pampered Chef Micro Cooker and then set it aside.

Then, I chopped up the chicken into large bite size pieces (next time smaller) and sauteed them in some olive oil.  All the recipes recommended sesame oil…but we didn’t have any.  I may try sesame oil next time to see if it adds even more flavor.

Here’s the chicken….

Now remember….I’m using my iPhone camera AND we have sucky lighting in our kitchen.

 Then I poured in about a cup of frozen mixed veggies.  The bag we bought had green beans, carrots, peas, and corn.  I also added about half of a chopped yellow onion.  I let those veggies cook for about 2-3 minutes….

And then I dumped in two eggs I had whisked together….