I LOVE fried rice. I know that technically it’s a side dish, but I often serve it as the entree. Add a salad and cook some frozen egg rolls and it makes a fantastic meal.
There are a couple of important things to know when making fried rice.
First:
The rice should be a day old. So, save your leftover rice or cook some the day before. Put it in the refrigerator right away until ready to use. Also, don’t use regular long grain rice. It’s too moist and clumpy. I always use basmati or jasmine.
Second:
Stir-fry in a very hot skillet or wok.
One thing that gives fried rice that delicious flavor are the eggs. Mixing some of the egg yolks into the cold rice coats each piece of rice with flavor and also helps to keep the rice from clumping.
Chop the onion and carrots, heat the oil nice and hot and you are ready to go!
Add the remaining oil and throw in the rice. Stir fry for a good 6-7 minutes.
Move the rice to the side and pour in the egg mixture and allow it to sit and cook for a bit.
Serve with extra soy sauce and Chinese mustard.
Shrimp Fried Rice
Ingredients
- 4½ cups rice, cooked the day before **basmati or jasmine work best
- 3 Tbsp cooking oil
- 12-16 ounces salad shrimp
- ½ medium onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, diced
- ½ cup carrots, chopped
- ¾ cup frozen peas, thawed
- 4 large eggs
- 3 green onions, sliced **for garnish
Sauce
- 4 Tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp chicken bouillon
- ¼ tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Prepare rice 1 day prior and refrigerate.
- Break the eggs into a bowl separating 3 of the egg yolks. Add them to the cold rice and mix well. Whisk together remaining yolk and egg whites. Set aside.
- Heat 2T oil in skillet or wok. Stir fry the onion, garlic and carrots 3-5 minutes.
- Add the remaining 1 Tbsp of oil to skillet. Add the rice and stir-fry 6-7 minutes. Add the peas and stir-fry another minute.
- Move the rice to one side of the pan and pour in the whisked eggs to the hot skillet. Let sit for a couple of minutes, tipping pan to move around. Stir the eggs and let sit a minute or two longer. Then stir into the rice.
- Whisk the sauce ingredients together and pour over rice. Stir well.
- Add the shrimp and combine well, stir-frying until the shrimp is heated.
- Remove from heat and top with green onions.
I love this fried rice recipe and make it often! I switch out the meat to whatever I have- sometimes ham, sometimes chicken. The sauce makes it delicious! My kids love it!