Basic Fried Rice || Two Easy Recipes for Egg Fried Rice

Basic Fried rice is considered one of the best, essential foods in Chinese tradition. This yummy Plain fried rice recipe is a base for you to incorporate many other ingredients, such as animal proteins or additional vegetables.

Furthermore, it’s very easy to make and also customizable with any of your favorite mix-ins. Egg fried rice is usually made with leftover rice, which makes your dish clumpy, so you must have to make a pot of rice a day in advance and then leave it in your fridge for a bowl of fantastic fried rice.

Ingredients of Basic Fried Rice:

• Three tablespoons of butter
• Two eggs whisked
• Two medium carrots, peeled and fully diced
• One small size white onion
• Half cup frozen peas
• Three cloves garlic, minced
• salt and black pepper for taste
• Four cups of cooked and chilled rice
• Three green onions, thinly sliced
• Four tablespoons of soy sauce or more to taste
• Two teaspoons of oyster sauce
• Half teaspoons toasted sesame oil

Method #1:

Step #1

First of all, you have to heat a half tablespoon of the butter in a large size sauté pan over medium-high heat until it fully melts. After that, add egg, and cook until scrambled, and stir it. Then, remove the egg, and transfer it to a separate plate.

Step #2

In the second step, add one tablespoon of butter to your pan and heat it until melted. Add some carrots, onion, peas, and garlic, and season it with a generous pinch of the common salt and pepper. Sauté it for almost five minutes or until the onion and carrots are soft.

Step #3

After that, increase heat to high, and add in the remaining one and half tablespoons of butter, and stir until melted. You have to simultaneously add the rice, green onions, soy sauce, and oyster sauce, and stir it constantly until combined.

Step #4

Continue sautéing for an additional three minutes to fry your rice, stirring occasionally. Then you have to just add in the eggs and stir constantly to combine them. Remove it from the heat, and stir in the sesame oil until fully combined. Taste and season it with some extra soy sauce, if required.

In the end, serve immediately, or refrigerate it in a best-sealed container for up to three days.

Ingredients of Egg Fried Rice:

• Three cups of cooked rice
• Two tablespoons of sesame oil
• One small white onion chopped
• One cup of the frozen peas and carrots thawed
• Two or three tablespoons soy sauce more or less to taste
• Two large eggs lightly beaten
• Two tablespoons of chopped green onions optional

Method #2:

Step #1

First of all, you have to preheat a large size skillet or wok to medium heat. After that, pour sesame oil into its bottom. And then, add white onion and peas, and carrots. Now you have to fry it until tender.

Step #2

Moreover, slide your onion, peas, and carrots to the side, and then you have to pour the beaten eggs onto the other side. By using a spatula, scramble two eggs. Once cooked, you have to mix the eggs with the vegetable mix.

Step #3

In the end, add the rice to all the veggie and egg mixture. Pour the three tbsp. of soy sauce on its top. Stir constantly and fry the rice and veggie mixture until heated through and combined. Add the fully chopped green onions if required. Your delicious and plain fried rice is ready to serve.