Easy Fried Rice
Learn how to make a healthier version of Fried Rice using this recipe. If it’s one of your favorite sides to get when ordering takeout, now you can have it at home as often as you’d like!
Prepare Easy Fried Rice at Home
When you’re ordering from your favorite takeout restaurant, do you often get the Fried Rice? If so, learn how to make it at home using cooked rice, soy sauce, veggies, and a few other ingredients. It’s not a difficult dish to make. Once you know how to prepare it at home, you can make it with some of your favorite entrees. The recipe is a slightly healthier version of what you’d get at a takeout restaurant!
The Ingredients You’ll Need to Make Fried Rice
Get ready to throw down in the kitchen and make the best Fried Rice ever with these ingredients:
- Cooked Rice. You’ll need approximately four cups of cooked rice to add to your frying pan.
- Sesame Oil. Use regular or toasted sesame oil, depending on what you can find or what flavor you prefer.
- Eggs. Beat four eggs before you add them to this rice dish.
- Peas & Corn. Use a frozen bag of mixed peas and carrots to add to your pan with your rice, eggs, and oil.
- Soy Sauce. Add soy sauce into the pan for that perfectly tangy, salty flavor.
You can also add meat to your Fried Rice, such as ground chicken.
Which type of rice is best to use?
The type of rice you’ll use to prepare this dish depends primarily on your preference. It’s fine to use white rice or brown rice. If you’d like to keep it simple, white rice is fine. If you want to make the dish even healthier, you can use brown rice.
Is it better to use frozen or fresh peas and carrots?
It’s better to use a bag of frozen peas and carrots mixed. The veggies will start to cook perfectly with the rice when they’re added to the frying pan with the other ingredients.
Which type of meat should I add to this rice?
Add your favorite meat to the Fried Rice recipe. It’s a good idea to use ground chicken, pork, or beef in this recipe. If you don’t like meat or don’t eat it too often, you can add shrimp or crab to your rice. These types of ingredients make the rice even more filling and delicious.
Do I need to use fresh garlic cloves?
Yes, it’s ideal to use fresh garlic cloves for your Fried Rice. You should have at least three cloves, if not four, to add to your rice for flavor. If you don’t have fresh garlic, use minced garlic from a jar as a substitute.
What should I serve with this Fried Rice?
You can serve this flavorful Fried Rice with some of your favorite entrees. It’s an excellent side dish to eat with broccoli, shrimp, seasoned chicken, beef, and more. While you can serve it as a side dish, it’s also great to eat on its own! Or add our slow cooker sesame chicken!
