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Egg Fried Rice

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This egg fried rice is so good, I could eat it all by itself. The rice is important here, I'm using easy-cook rice as the grains hold together, even if you try to murder it by cooking it for too long, so it's ideal for stir frying, especially this easy egg fried rice! I save even the tiniest amounts of left-overs and put it in a pot, cool it down as fast as possible and then pop it into the fridge. Then I might add it to an omelette for breakfast in the morning. It makes a seriously delicious egg fried rice omelette, try it for yourself :¬)

If you want to use another type of long grain to make fried rice, or egg fried rice, you must cook it the day before and leave it to chill in the fridge overnight, otherwise you'll end up with a complete wok of mush!

Click the Method tab below to see a step by step guide with pictures.

egg fried rice cooked

ingredients

Here's what you need :¬)

serves 2

  • 1 Tblsp veg oil
  • 1/2 cup long grain easy cook rice
  • 1 cup cold water
  • 4 spring onions
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tsp salt
  • Half a cup garden peas
  • 1 teaspoon dark soya sauce
  • 2 teaspoons light soya sauce
  • 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil

method

Soak your rice in a bowl with water, stir around with your fingers and the water will become a cloudy milky colour, change the water at least once, or until the water remains clear when you give it a little stir, this stage is really important as it needs to have no starch remaining or it'll stick to your pan! Once it's done set it into a sieve over a bowl and let it drain until it's bone dry. You can use frozen or left over rice that's been chilled in the fridge overnight, but this easy-cook rice makes it fool proof without having to wait for the rice overnight!

First of all, get all your ingredients ready, including the washed and drained easy-cook rice. Here's a pic of how I prepare:

ingredients for egg fried rice
ingredients
  1. Heat a heavy bottomed pan to high (max) heat
  2. Add the oil and allow it to shimmer with heat
  3. Add your rice*

*have a lid to hand just in case it's still wet as it'll spit furiously and the rice will jump out of the pan. You can tell I have often been impatient and had this happen making a right mess I'm sure ;- )

  1. Stir fry the rice for a few minutes
  2. Add the white ends of the spring onions & stir fry
  3. Push the rice to the side of the pan
  4. Tip the egg in the middle
tip the egg into the middle of the rice
add egg to the rice
  1. Stir the egg through the rice to break it up
egg stirred through the rice
stir egg through the rice
  1. Add the garden peas
  2. Add your water and cover, set a timer for 10mins
add the water to the rice
add water to rice
  1. Check the grains are soft
  2. Leave the lid off & allow the rice to dry out
let the rice dry out completely
egg fried rice cooked
  1. Add your seasonings
  2. stir-fry & allow every thing to combine
  3. Finish the dish with toasted sesame oil & greens of the spring onions
  4. Then push the rice to the sides of the pan
  5. Add the garlic & stir fry one more time
garlic added right at the end
egg fried rice spring onion peas
egg fried rice
egg fried rice in dish
ready to serve