Easy Fried Rice Recipe

Serves 4

15 min

A customizable Chinese-inspired fried rice with scrambled eggs, vegetables, and day-old rice crisped in a hot skillet with soy sauce and sesame oil.

prepIf using freshly cooked rice, spread on a baking sheet and chill 1 hr to dry out
2 large eggs, beaten	Scramble eggs, 1 min			Stir in remaining sesame oil, rice vinegar & eggs	Season to taste, garnish with scallion tops & serve
2 tablespoons plus ½ teaspoon neutral oil (divided)
½ medium white onion, chopped	Cook onion, carrots & peas, 3–5 min	Add garlic, ginger & scallions, stir	Fry rice with soy sauce & sesame oil, 3–5 min
2 medium carrots / 200 g, peeled and diced
150 g frozen peas
3 garlic cloves, chopped
10 g chopped fresh ginger
4 scallions, chopped (dark green tops reserved for garnish)
600 g cooked and chilled white rice
3 tablespoons soy sauce or tamari
1½ tablespoons toasted sesame oil (divided: 1 tablespoon + ½ tablespoon)
2 tablespoons rice vinegar

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