Easy Fried Rice
Yes! Everyone loves this rice made with very few ingredients and some butter. It's so easy, fast, and perfect for using leftover rice. So very delicious!
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Servings: people
Calories: 299kcal
Equipment
- wok or non stick pan using a non stick surface is best and a pan with some depth so the rice doesn't come out
- spatula use silicone or wok spatula
Ingredients
- 3 cups leftover rice must be rice precooked and refrigerated overnight
- 1 tbsp oil olive oil or neutral oil is fine
- 2 large eggs scramble
- 3 tbsp salted butter
- 3 cloves garlic fresh
- ¾ cup onion Any kind of onion. Chopped small.
- ½ cup carrots Large and fresh. Chopped really small.
- 2 tbsp Low Sodium Soy Sauce
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- ground black pepper to taste
- salt to taste
- scallions garnish and add as you like
Instructions
- For writing purposes I will use the word "pan" for deep pan or wok.
- Heat your pan with some oil on medium high heat.1 tbsp oil
- Scramble the eggs and drop in the pan. Once the egg starts to cook, fold over and remove. The egg should be mostly cooked, but definitely you can see it is still undercooked. Set it aside.2 large eggs
- In the same pan, now add the pats of butter.3 tbsp salted butter
- Drop in the garlic, onions, and carrots. Mix and sauté for one minute. Now adjust to Medium heat. Do not use a high flame.3 cloves garlic, ¾ cup onion, ½ cup carrots
- Drop in the rice. Press the rice down gently to break it apart. Make a nice layer in the pan. Let the rice sit there for one and a half minutes. Do not move the rice.3 cups leftover rice
- Now begin to mix. Take your spatula, and unless you are very good at a wok and can flip the rice round and round in the air, use your spatula to fold the rice around. Mix, fold, mix, fold. Press gently and break up clumps of rice that are sticking together.
- Once the rice is starting to breakup and become separated well, add in the soy sauce and the oyster sauce. Fold and mix, fold and mix. Be gentle so the rice isn't crushed or broken. It should be fluffy and fold and mix without hurting the rice.2 tbsp Low Sodium Soy Sauce, 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- Do this for at least five minutes of fold and mixing often.
- Sprinkle salt and sprinkle pepper. Fold and mix. Repeat the folding and mixing. The rice should be very nicely coated and also the rice morsels separated, even looking, even in color, and not clumpy.salt, ground black pepper
- Add in the eggs and break the eggs up with the spatula. Fold and mix in.
- Immediately remove from the heat and serve right away. If you will not serve it right away, put the rice in a serving platter (or else the heat from the pan is going to keep cooking the rice and eggs)
- Garnish with sliced scallions all over the top.Serve and enjoy!scallions
Notes
Serving Suggestions:
- serve with chili oil sauce or sriracha on the side
- add little cubes of ham or add more veggies like peas or edamame
- brown previously frozen tofu and make it tofu fried rice
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Easy Fried Rice
Amount per Serving
Calories
299
% Daily Value*
Fat
14
g
22
%
Saturated Fat
6
g
38
%
Trans Fat
0.4
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
4
g
Cholesterol
23
mg
8
%
Sodium
854
mg
37
%
Potassium
235
mg
7
%
Carbohydrates
40
g
13
%
Fiber
3
g
13
%
Sugar
4
g
4
%
Protein
5
g
10
%
Vitamin A
4061
IU
81
%
Vitamin C
5
mg
6
%
Calcium
37
mg
4
%
Iron
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.