QUICK & EASY FRIED RICE

By peridot728

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 2 teaspoons minced ginger
• 2 green onions sliced and separated
• 3/4 cup frozen carrots or diced fresh
• 3/4 cup frozen peas
• 2 eggs cooked and chopped
• 1 cup chopped cooked chicken pork or shrimp (optional)
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
• 3 1/2 cups cold cooked white rice

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oil in a wok or nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Add in garlic, ginger and the white portion of the green onions. Cook until fragrant.

Add carrots & peas, cook until heated and softened.

Add rice (and protein if using) continue to cook until rice slightly crisped and brown. Don’t stir too much, you do want to get a little bit of caramelization.

Add in cooked egg, soy sauce & sesame oil.

Garnish with remaining green onion and sesame seeds if desired.

NOTES:

HOW TO MAKE FRIED RICE AT HOME
Fried rice is so easy to make at home it’s going to become a staple in your menu! Here are a few of my favorite tips to make sure your dish turns out perfectly every single time!

USE DAY OLD RICE: For the best fried rice, you’ll want to use pre-cooked cold rice. Starting with cold rice will help you to get a good crisp on it which adds tons of flavor. Fresh rice has too much moisture and doesn’t crisp up as well (although it does still taste great in a pinch).

USE A HOT PAN: Making sure your pan or wok is nice and hot will give the best results. You’ll add your oil and you want the rice to crisp & caramelize a little bit to give it flavor.

BE PREPARED: Fried rice is a VERY fast dish to make… you’ll want to make sure all of your ingredients are measured and ready to go.

PRE-COOK YOUR EGGS & PROTEIN: Once you have cooked your aromatics (garlic, ginger, onion) and vegetables, you want to crisp the rice and basically have everything else ready to go. This makes fried rice the perfect dish to use up leftover meat (beef, pork, shrimp or chicken). Just chop your leftovers and add them in with the eggs.