Chinese Fried rice
Special fried rice is a treat in a one-pot dish. They are perfect meals with all the healthy ingredients in a single plate. Colorful, nutritious and spicy in Chinese style yet homemade.
Servings: 3
Ingredients
- 3 cups cooked basmati rice refrigerated for 8 hours
- 4 tbsp cooking oil
- 1 tsp sesame seed
- 1 tbsp garlic finely chopped
- 1 tbsp ginger finely chopped
- 1/4 cup onion chopped
- 1/4 cup green onion chopped
- 1/4 cup green beans chopped
- 1/4 cup celery chopped
- 1/4 cup carrot chopped
- 1/8 cup capsicum bell pepper, chopped
- 2 green chilli sliced lengthwise
- 1/4 cup peas frozen
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp ground pepper
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Mix together egg, 1/4 tsp ground pepper and salt in a bowl. Keep aside.
- Heat a wok or a pan that can be super-heated on high flame.
- Add the cooking oil. Crackle the sesame seed.
- Add garlic and ginger and stir-cook until it starts to change color.
- Saute onion until soft and translucent. Add chilli and cook for 1 minute.
- Now add the carrot, beans, celery, capsicum and green onion. Add salt and stir cook on high heat for 3 minutes.
- Then add the green peas and cook for 2 minutes.
- Move the cooked vegetables to one side of the pan. Add the egg and scramble it. Stir and mix with the vegetables.
- Add the cooked rice into the pan and mix well without any lumps.
- Add soy sauce and remaining ground pepper and mix well. Cook for 2 minutes on medium-high heat with occasional stirring.
- Remove from heat.
- Serve hot. Enjoy.