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Easy Egg Fried Rice.

Egg fried rice is one dish to go to when there is nothing much left in the house to eat. It is quick and simple and you need basically an egg for this.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Dinner, lunch, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese, Japanese, Malaysian, Nyonya
Keyword: Chinese, cooking oil,, Dairy free, Easy, Egg, garlic, Nyonya, rice, Shallots, soy sauce, street food, vegetarian
Cost: £1.00

Equipment

  • Wok or a frying pan
  • Spatula for cooking

Ingredients

  • 600 g Cooked rice (overnight) better to use only ordinary long grain.
  • 20 g Shallots - sliced
  • 2 cloves Garlic - chopped
  • 150 g Mixed frozen vegetables, thawed and cut if necessary (optional)
  • 3 cloves Garlic - chopped
  • 1 Spring onion - chopped
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 tbsp Light soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp Dark soy sauce ( optional)
  • 1 tsp 1 tsp Sesame oil  
  • Cooking oil
  • White pepper powder  
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

  • In a wok or frying pan spray the pan with cooking oil or heat up 1 tbsp of oil.
  • Add in the shallots and fry until it is lightly coloured. Add in the garlic and fry until it is light brown.
  • Add in the vegetables and fry for about 2 minutes.
  • Add in the cooked rice making sure you fluff it to separate it before adding.
  • Toss around for a few minutes and add in the dark and light soy sauce.
  • Continue to toss until rice is heated through.
  • Move the rice to one side of the wok. Add some oil to the space. Break the eggs and add it to the empty space. Give the eggs a bit of a stir to mix up the yolk and whites.
  • Then add in a swirl of soy sauce and a few dashes of white pepper powder.
  • Let it set to about ¾ done. Then flip the eggs over. Make sure that the eggs continue to set.
  • Then mix and break the eggs and combine with the rice thoroughly making sure that there are no lumps.
  • Continue to toss the rice
  • Add in a swirl of sesame oil.
  • Adjust seasoning by adding more soy sauce, salt and pepper.
  • When done, stir in the chopped spring onion.
  • Dish out and serve with cut chilli or sambal. The best is ketchup.

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Notes

It is best to use regular cooked long grain' rice. Jasmine rice is a bit sticky. You can use a combination of both.