Fried Rice Restaurant Style

681 Reviews
  • Prep: 15 min
  • Cook: 30 min
  • Ready In: 45 min

“A quick fried rice like you get at your favorite Chinese restaurant. A couple of eggs, baby carrots, peas and soy sauce is all you need.” - by jostrander

Ingredients

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Original recipe yields 8 servings

Directions

  1. In a saucepan, combine rice and water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes.
  2. In a small saucepan, boil carrots in water about 3 to 5 minutes. Drop peas into boiling water, and drain.
  3. Heat wok over high heat. Pour in oil, then stir in carrots and peas; cook about 30 seconds. Crack in eggs, stirring quickly to scramble eggs with vegetables. Stir in cooked rice. Shake in soy sauce, and toss rice to coat. Drizzle with sesame oil, and toss again.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (8 total)

  • Calories
  • 261 cal
  • 13%
  • Fat
  • 8.4 g
  • 13%
  • Carbs
  • 39.7 g
  • 13%
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Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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TONIARHODES1
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TONIARHODES1

"really easy and yummy! IMPORTANT NOTE: if you want it to taste like true restaurant style, you need to put the rice only in a pot over high heat and stir it around for about 5 minutes or so before coo..." See moreking. it helps the grains of rice to stay separate (more like restaurant style) and less sticky. i also used frozen peas/carrots from a bag..worked great!"

TAMISA
716

TAMISA

"This is a great recipe! The only thing I want to add is that to get that authentic "taste" of restaurant fried rice, you should add about half a bottle of Oyster Sauce. Easily found in the asian secti..." See moreon at the grocery store. Back off on that much if it tastes too strong, but after years of living in Japan and trying many versions of fried rice recipes, oyster sauce is the ticket!"

CamBerWeb
457

CamBerWeb

"I found this quite tasty after a few adjustments. I cooked it in beef broth instead of the water and added a little minced garlic, grated ginger, sesame oil and green onions! Just like the restauran..." See moret!! Yum!"

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