A Chinese-inspired restaurant style of preparing vegetable fried. It is quick and easy to make with ingredients in hand. Serve hot with your favorite Chinese gravy.
Homemade Chinese Fried Rice
A restaurant style of preparing vegetable fried in an Indo Chinese spices.
Ingredients
- 2 cups basmati rice washed & soaked for 15 minutes
- 4 garlic cloves finely chopped
- ¼ cup chopped vegetables spring onion (white portion), spring onion (green portion), carrots, capsicum, green beans, mushrooms ( or any among these of your choice).
- 1 egg + 1 tbsp oil for cooking optional
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 3 tbsp light soy sauce or 1 tbsp dark soy sauce mixed with 2 tbsp water
- 1 tsp sugar
- ¾ tsp salt
- 2 tsp black pepper powder or less
- 1 tbsp sesame oil or more
- ¼ cup vegetable oil for cooking
Instructions
- Heat a large sauce pan with 3 liters of water and salt. Bring to a boil and add the soaked rice. Cook till rice is 90% cooked. Drain the rice in a colander and pour cold water over the rice. Drain all the water and keep the rice covered in a refrigerator.
- Heat a non-stick pan and add oil. Pour the whisked egg (salt & pepper) and make a thin omelet. Remove and chop finely. Set aside. ( can also make a scrambled egg)
- Heat vegetable oil in a large non-stick vessel and fry garlic till light brown. Add all the vegetables except for the green spring onion. Cook on high flame for 30 seconds. Then add vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, salt, and black pepper powder. Stir well.
- To this add cooked egg and cooked rice. Gently stir and cook for 2 minutes till everything is well combined.
- Finally add chopped green spring onion and sesame oil.
- Serve hot with any Chinese gravy.
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