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Egg Fried Rice Recipe

Egg Fried Rice Recipe

Elaine Fung
Vegetarian egg fried rice. Easy to make yet big in taste. The perfect base recipe for adding your favorite vegetables, meats, and seafood.
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 20 mins
Course Rice
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 4 Servings
Calories 430 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 6 cups Cooked White Rice Day-Old Rice
  • 3 Eggs Beaten
  • 3 Green Onions Finely Chopped
  • 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil
  • 2 tsp Salt
  • 1 tbsp Soy Sauce
  • 1/4 tsp Sesame Oil

Instructions
 

  • Bring day-old rice to room temperature and loosen it with a fork.
  • Heat cooking oil in a wok.
  • Add egg mixture till it begins to set.
  • Add rice and mix well with the egg, breaking up the eggs into small pieces with the spatula.
  • Add salt and mix well.
  • Add soy sauce around the edge of the pan then mix well with the rice.
  • Add green onions and sesame oil and mix well.

Notes

  1. Day-old rice is preferable because freshly cooked rice is too soggy for this dish.
  2. To avoid sogginess use a flipping motion when frying the rice by lifting it from the bottom of the pan with a spatula and folding it over in quick motions.
  3. Other ingredients such as cooked shrimps, chicken or minced beef, diced BBQ pork, or ham can be added to this dish.
  4. Blanched and drained frozen mixed vegetables, sweet corn, chopped Chinese broccoli (Gai Lan) stems, small broccoli florets are tasty vegetarian options too.
  5. For fish sauce fans, reduce the amount of soy sauce and add some fish sauce.