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Fried rice with steamed white rice, egg, chicken, shrimp and mixed vegetables. Easy and the best fried rice recipe ever, much better and healthier than Chinese restaurants or takeouts!
How To Make Fried Rice
Fried rice is one of the most popular Chinese food ever.
Imagine hot-off-the-wok fluffy stir fried rice with ingredients such as chicken, shrimp, egg, pork, mixed vegetables with fried rice seasoning of soy sauce, fish sauce and oyster sauce. It’s delicious!
In this tutorial, I am going to teach you how to make easy fried rice with simple ingredients, just like Chinese restaurants. My fried rice recipe is the best in the world!
I will also teach you how to use up leftover steamed rice and make it into an appetizing, cheap, and flavorful meal for the entire family!
Fried Rice Ingredients
You can customize the ingredients based on what you have in the fridge.
- Cooking oil
- Minced garlic
- Protein: chicken, pork, shrimp, egg. You can use either one, or you can use a combination of any of them. It’s totally up to you and what you like.
- Frozen mixed vegetables: carrots, green peas and corns.
- Leftover steamed rice
- Seasonings: soy sauce, fish sauce, oyster sauce, ground white pepper and salt.
Please refer to the recipe card at the bottom of this post for full details on each ingredient.
How To Make Fried Rice
Step 1. Heat a wok or pan with the oil. Add the garlic and stir-fry until aromatic, then add the chicken, shrimp, and mixed vegetables. Stir-fry until the chicken and shrimp are halfway cooked.
Step 2. Add the rice and stir well to combine with the ingredients. Then, add the fish sauce, soy sauce, oyster sauce, and white pepper. Continue to stir the fried rice for a couple of minutes.
Step 3. Using a spatula, push the rice to the side of the wok to create a ‘well’ in the middle. Pour the beaten eggs into the ‘well.’ Wait for 30 seconds, then cover the eggs with the fried rice.
Step 4. Leave the mixture for 30 seconds to 1 minute, then continue to stir-fry until the eggs break into small pieces and mix well with the fried rice. Add salt to taste and stir quickly. Dish out and serve hot.
Cooking Tips
- Do not use fresh steamed rice as the rice grains have too much moisture content and too starchy for stir fry. The rice will clump and stick together in lumps.
- Use leftover steamed rice, or “overnight” rice. It means rice that had been left overnight in the refrigerator as the rain grains are drier and have lost the moisture content.
- The next time you dine out at Chinese restaurants or takeout restaurants, ask for an extra serving of steamed white rice. Bring it home and keep in the refrigerator. The next day, you have the perfect “overnight” or leftover rice which is great for making this recipe.
Frequently Asked Questions
This recipe is only 457 calories per serving.
What To Serve With Fried Rice
This meal is best served alone or with a soup (such as hot and sour soup), appetizer, main dish (such as ginger scallion fish, braised pork belly (dong po rou) and ginger soy chicken), or a side dish (such as Chinese tea eggs). For a wholesome Chinese restaurant style meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
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Fried Rice
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 oz. (125g) boneless and skinless chicken breast, cut into cubes
- 4 oz. (125g) shrimp, peeled, shelled and deveined
- 1 cup frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
- 12 oz. (350g) leftover steamed white rice
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon oyster sauce
- 3 dashes ground white pepper
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Heat a wok or pan with the oil. Add the garlic and stir-fry until aromatic, then add the chicken, shrimp, and mixed vegetables. Stir-fry until the chicken and shrimp are halfway cooked.
- Add the rice and stir well to combine with the ingredients. Then, add the fish sauce, soy sauce, oyster sauce, and white pepper. Continue to stir the fried rice for a couple of minutes.
- Using a spatula, push the rice to the side of the wok to create a 'well' in the middle. Pour the beaten eggs into the 'well.' Wait for 30 seconds, then cover the eggs with the fried rice.
- Leave the mixture for 30 seconds to 1 minute, then continue to stir-fry until the eggs break into small pieces and mix well with the fried rice. Add salt to taste and stir quickly. Dish out and serve hot.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Delicious. I had leftover rice from takeout and the meat I had was char sui pork I made for steamed buns. Came out so well.
Lovely! Thank you for your comment.
Is there anywhere for us to find the original recipe before the modified version in February?
No, sorry. What did you want to know about the old recipe?
I would like to make this, but it is incredibly high in salt. I have reduced sodium soy sauce. Is there a low-salt fish sauce or oyster sauce I could use?
Yes you can use fish sauce or oyster sauce.
This turned out so well!! Loving your recipes. I agree with Ryan above, the best thing to do with leftover rice! Yumm!!