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Fried Rice Recipe

With this special fried rice recipe, prepare delicious and flavorful Chinese fried rice at home.
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Prep Time 50 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 6
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese
Ingredients Method Video

Ingredients
  

  • ½ kg Rice (good quality)
  • 3 tsp Salt (used while cooking the rice)
  • 1 cup Cabbage (julenned)
  • 1 cup Carrot (julienned)
  • ½ cup Capsicum (julienned)
  • 2 to 3 Green Chilies (sliced)
  • ½ cup Peas
  • 1 Sliced Scallions (Fresh green Onion)
  • 1 tsp Garlic Paste
  • 1 tsp Ground Black Pepper
  • 1 Chicken Cube
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 tbsp White Vinegar
  • 2 tbsp Soy Sauce
  • 3 to 4 drops Food Color Yellow (optional)
  • 1 tsp Salt (or to taste)
  • 3 tbsp Cooking Oil or Butter
  • 2 tbsp Roasted sesame oil (optional)

Method
 

Fried Rice Preparation
  1. Take ½ kg of good quality rice and clean them. Then wash two to three times till the water flows clear. Soak the rice in fresh water for 20 to 25 minutes.
    soaking of rice in water
  2. Chop the veggies to be included in the fried rice dish.
    Steam the peas and julienned carrots. Set them aside.
    Steaming of peas and julienned carrots
Cooking the Rice
  1. Pour 3 liter of water into the pan, cover it, and bring the water to boil on high flame. It will take 3 to 4 minutes. Add the soaked rice to the water.
  2. Cook the rice on high flame for 8 to10 minutes till al dente.
    Cook the rice till al dente
  3. After cooking, drain the water from the rice through a strainer and set them aside.
    drain the water from the rice through a strainer
Frying the Eggs
  1. Whisk 2 eggs in a bowl and sprinkle 1 pinch of salt over it. To develop the color, put 2 to 3 drops of yellow food color (optional) into it. Beat the eggs well.
  2. Take 1 & ½ tbsp cooking oil in a pan. Heat the oil slightly and fry the eggs on medium flame. Keep stirring while frying the eggs. It will take 1 & ½ minutes till the eggs get fried. Set aside the scrambled eggs.
How to Cook Fried Rice
  1. Heat 3 tbsp cooking oil in a non-stick pan and add 1 tsp garlic paste. Fry over the low flame till the garlic is lightly browned.
    heat cooking oil in a non-stick pan and fry garlic paste till lightly browned
  2. Now set the flame to high and add ½ cup steamed peas to it.
    add steamed peas to fried garlic paste
  3. Add julienned cabbage and steamed carrots and stir-fry them.
    add julienned cabbage and steamed carrots
  4. Sprinkle 1 pinch of sugar over it. Then add 2 tbsp soy sauce and 1 tsp ground black pepper. Stir-fry all the ingredients.
    sprinkle sugar, add soy sauce, and ground black pepper
  5. You can add chicken cube 1 piece mixed with vinegar 1 tbsp to it. You can use chicken powder 1 tsp as a substitute. Sprinkle 1 tsp of salt over it. You can also add 1 tbsp white vinegar. Mix well.
    add chicken cube mixed with vinegar and sprinkle salt
  6. Add ½ cup julienned capsicum to the other vegetables.
    add julienned capsicum
  7. Add cooked rice. Next, mix the rice and the veggies with the specific method.
    add cooked rice and mix with the veggies
  8. Add fried eggs along with 2 to 3 fresh green sliced chilies and the green part of fresh green onion. Mix all the items with the specified method.
    add fried eggs, fresh green sliced chilies, and the green part of fresh green onion
  9. It will take almost 2 to 3 minutes to fry the rice and veggies together. Turn off the flame and put the fried rice in the serving dish.
    put the fried rice in the serving dish

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