Easy Fried Rice
This fried rice recipe is quick, packed with flavor, and endlessly customizable – and it may just give your favorite Chinese takeout a run for its money!
Servings: 4 servings
Equipment
- Large pan
Ingredients
- 3 cups cooked long-grain rice chilled (Jasmine rice is my favorite)
- 1 cup frozen peas and carrots
- 1 small yellow onion finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 2 large eggs beaten
- 3 tablespoons neutral oil like peanut, avocado, or canola
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons seasoned rice wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 small bunch scallions dark green portion removed and chopped to garnish
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Mix together soy sauce, seasoned rice wine vinegar, and sesame oil. Set aside.
- In a large pan over medium heat, sauté the onion and garlic in 1 tablespoon oil for 2-3 minutes.
- Add frozen peas and carrots, and sauté for 3-4 minutes until just hot.
- Scoop out the veggies into a bowl and set aside.
- Add ½ tablespoon oil to the pan and then the eggs. Scramble eggs until just set, about 30-60 seconds, and then scoop out into the bowl with the veggies, setting aside.
- Increase heat to medium-high and add 1 ½ tablespoons oil to the pan. Add rice and break up clumps.
- Smooth into a single layer and cook for 45-60 seconds untouched, and then toss. Repeat this process for 5-10 minutes until rice has reached desired crispiness and brownness.
- Turn heat off, adding back in the egg and veggie mixture. Toss. Add soy mixture, scallions, and salt and pepper, and toss again until the rice absorbs all that goodness. Enjoy!
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Notes
- 1 cup uncooked long grain rice = 3 cups cooked. Long-grain rice makes the best texture and doesn’t stick together.
- While you can use freshly cooked, hot rice, it can clump together and become gluey. It’s best to chill rice before frying!
- Feel free to add a protein of choice, from cooked chicken to steak to shrimp, etc. Add it right at the end.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 335kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 93mg | Sodium: 831mg | Potassium: 235mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 3519IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 52mg | Iron: 2mg