Vegetable Fried Rice
Love the taste of take out fried rice from the Chinese restaurant? Now make your own and add the ingredients that you prefer. We show you how easy it really is. The trick is to make your rice ahead of time and refrigerate it. Then when it comes time for dinner this dish comes together simply in minutes.
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
1 hour hr 15 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr 25 minutes mins
Course Dinner, Side Dish
Cuisine Asian
Servings 6
Calories 383 kcal
Equipment
- 1 Wok
- 1 Kitchen Shears
- 1 Rice Cooker
Ingredients
- 3 Cup Jasmine Rice pre-cooked & cooled in fridge
- ½ Cup White Onion diced
- 1/4 Cup Bell Pepper diced
- 1 Teaspoon Garlic minced
- 1/2 Teaspoon Ginger
- 1/2 Tablespoon Butter
- 1 Teaspoon Coconut Oil
- 2 Eggs
- 2 Scallions aka Green Onion chopped
- 1 -1/2 Tablespoon Soy sauce dark
- Pepper to Taste
Instructions
- Gather your ingredients
- In a frying pan, add oil and turn the heat to high.
- Add the onion and pepper, cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the garlic and ginger, reduce the heat to medium and cook for another 1-2 minutes (make sure not to burn the garlic)
- Move onion/pepper mixture to side of pan and crack the eggs in the pan scrambling slightly, add pepper and continue to cook for 2-3 minutes until the egg is cooked.
- Add the pre-cooked rice and butter, mix together
- Return the heat back to high, constantly folding in the rice.
- Turn the heat off, add the soy sauce over the top
- Cut and sprinkle the scallions on top.
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Notes
When you pre-cook the rice, remove it prior to it being all the way done. This will prevent it from becoming mushy when you fry it.
For food safety reasons rice should be laid flat on a cookie sheet to cool and placed in fridge within 1 hour of cooking.
For a recipe for cooking rice visit How To Cook Jasmine Rice
Don't skip the cooling in the fridge to cool ahead of time step
Nutrition
Calories: 383kcalCarbohydrates: 76gProtein: 9gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.04gCholesterol: 57mgSodium: 118mgPotassium: 176mgFiber: 2gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 343IUVitamin C: 10mgCalcium: 42mgIron: 1mg
Keyword easy, Filling, kid-friendly, Quick, Repurpose Leftovers, side
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So good, I always add an extra egg for addn’l protein
So easy and good!