Chicken Adobo and California Avocado Fried Rice Topped with Pickled Vegetables - California Avocados

Ingredients

• 1 cup blended vegetable oil, or vegetable oil
• 1 chicken breast, boneless, skinless, diced into 1" cubes
• 1/8 tsp. black pepper, or to taste
• 2 2/3 Tbsp. garlic, chopped
• 1/2 cup chicken stock
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 2 2/3 Tbsp. white vinegar
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 tsp. sugar
• 4 cups steamed rice
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup scallion, sliced
• 1/4 cup garlic, chopped, fried for topping
• 2 ripe, Fresh California Avocados, peeled, seeded and diced
• Pickled Vegetables, (see make-ahead recipe below)
• Pickled Vegetables Ingredients
• 1 red onion, peeled and sliced thinly
• 1 red pepper, or yellow pepper, seeded and sliced thinly
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/4 cup white vinegar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 ginger root, peeled and sliced
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 Tbsp. mustard seeds
• 1 star anise