Simple Fried Rice Recipe

Course: Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine: American, Chinese

Diet: Gluten Free

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 20

Servings: servings

Calories: 200cal

Author: Ashley Fehr

Skip the takeout and make this simple Fried Rice at home! With soy sauce, toasted rice, vegetables and eggs, it's delicious on its own or paired with your favorite main dish.

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Ingredients

2 tablespoons oil
1 small onion (finely chopped)
1½ cups frozen peas and carrots (or mixed vegetables)
3 cups cooked long grain rice
1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
2 cloves garlic (finely minced)
1 teaspoon fresh minced ginger
1 teaspoon sesame oil
½ teaspoon salt
⅛ teaspoon black pepper
2 large eggs

Instructions

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and add the oil. Add the onion and cook 2-3 minutes until softened.
Add the frozen vegetables, cook and stir for 3-4 minutes until tender.
Add the rice and press into a single layer. Let cook for 2 minutes, then stir and press down again. Repeat this process several times until rice is warmed through and slightly toasted.
Meanwhile, stir together the soy sauce, garlic, ginger, sesame oil, salt and pepper. Reduce heat to medium, pour over rice and stir to coat.
Push the rice to the edges of the skillet. Add another drizzle of oil to the middle of the skillet and add the eggs, quickly scrambling with a spatula but not mixing with the rice.
Scramble and cook until cooked through, then stir into the rice and serve.

Notes

Ingredients and Substitutions:

Vegetables: you can use any fresh or frozen vegetables you like. Firmer vegetables should be cooked with the onion, and softer can be stirred in with or in place of the frozen.

Rice: you can use any kind of cooked, cooled rice!

Soy sauce: you can use up to 2 tablespoons soy sauce, depending on your tastes.

Sesame oil: this isn't necessary but adds a lovely, nutty flavor. You can simply skip it if you don't have it.

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