Flexible Fried Rice Recipe for those days you want to do a Refrigerator Clear Out. Cook for one, for two, or for the whole family. Use the vegetables, meat and dairy that you have in your home fry up delicious fried rice. Home cooking idea for dinner any time and budget friendly cost and sustainable. Flexible recipe idea for quick prep, quick cook and delicious, healthy eating.
2 tbspoil for panideally peanut oil or other high temperature oil
1-2tbspsoy sauce (light)
Flexible Ingredients (OPTIONAL, based on what you have at home - choose none, one, some or all of these ingredients)
1cupmeat (cooked or uncooked) - cubed ham, cubed chicken or poultry, prawns/shrimp, cubed beef steak, cubed pork, flaked fish whatever you have at home
1cupvegetables (cooked or uncooked) - use left overs, fresh, frozen, cannedwhatever you have at home, frozen peas are especially delicious to add
7water chestnuts/bamboo shoots/mini cornoptional, if you have them in your pantry
2largeeggs
2spring onions or onion/shallot/leek of your choice
¼cupnuts or seedscashews, peanuts, sesame seeds are especially tasty
1chili or chili flakesoptional for pan seasoning flavor enhancement
1tbspground gingeroptional for pan seasoning flavor enhancement
1tbspground garlicoptional for pan seasoning flavor enhancement
1tbspfish sauceoptional to add umami flavor
1 tbsprice wine or sherryoptional to add acidic flavor
½tbspsesame oiloptional & recommended, to add finishing taste
Instructions
Prepare before cooking
Make sure all ingredients are prepared and handy since cooking is hot and fast
Heat wok or large pan until medium hot on the stove top, add one tablespoon of oil
Cook
If you have eggs, cook them now in the hot pan. Scramble them and allow them to become well cooked and firm
Add pan seasoning ingredients (optional) - ginger, garlic, chili pepper or chili flakes, onion
If you have uncooked meat, cook it now, searing in the hot seasoned pan; cook until seared outside and still uncooked inside
Any fiberous or heavy vegetables that are uncooked go next (for example, broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms); cook until just becoming tender
Add all vegetables (except spring onions or bean sprouts); cook until just becoming tender
Add seasoning sauces - rice wine/sherry/lemon juice and fish sauce
Add rice, scraping the bottom of the pan and tossing as you heat it through and pan fry it
Add soy sauce, to taste ... start tasting the flavor now on the rice and adjust to your taste
Add any cooked meat
Continue to stir-fry for 3-4 minutes until all ingredients are cooked through and tender
Taste and adjust the seasoning, if necessary
Turn off the stovetop heat, sprinkle the sesame oil on top
Serve hot!
Video
Notes
Make sure to choose meats and vegetables that will go well together.The key to a great fried rice is:
tasting and adjusting the seasoning and
cooking at medium-hot heat very quickly adjusting the temperature to ensure all is cooked at high heat yet taken off the heat before it burns.
Try it with any handy ingredients and find your favorites. Enjoy!