January 2-Chicken Fried Rice

Since I'm trying to blog more this year, and I don't ever do anything, I'm gonna post some of the recipes I come across that I love. So, last night for supper, I made some chicken fried rice. Here's the recipe:

1 cup cooked chicken (diced) {I use the packaged pre-cooked stuff}
1 Tablespoon soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup long grain rice (uncooked)
1/3 cup oil {we only ever have vegetable oil in the house, so that's what I use}
2 1/2 cups chicken broth {now remember...1 can is 2 cups. the first time I made this, I used like twice as much broth as I was supposed to. lol}
1 small onion (sliced) {my mom doesn't usually like onions, so I usually put less onions in}
1/4 cup green pepper (chopped)
1/4 cup celery (thinly sliced) {I usually cut the vegetables up really small, this last time I was trying to hurry so they were bigger pieces, and it was good, but I didn't like it as much}
2 eggs (beaten)
1 cup lettuce (finely shredded)
Combine chicken, soy sauce, salt. Let stand 15 minutes. Cook raw rice in oil over medium heat until brown. Reduce heat to low. Add chicken ingredients and broth. Cover and cook for 20 to 25 minutes until rice is tender. Increase heat to medium. Add onions, pepper, celery. Cook, uncovered, until liquid is absorbed. Blend eggs into rice mixture. Stir in lettuce and serve immediately.

It seems pretty healthy except for the oil, so if you substitute the vegetable oil with something, it could be pretty healthy. And I usually scramble the eggs before I put them in. And I know it sounds funny to have lettuce in there, but it's actually really good. I usually double the recipe and it's GREAT as leftovers.

Oh yeah, and I got the recipe from a community cookbook for Wimbledon, North Dakota 1977. The recipe was by Joan Rose. I gotta give credit where credit is due. :o)