8 Delicious Fried Rice Recipes to Save You Time and Effort
For those staying at home who don't want to cook, how can you avoid going hungry while enjoying something delicious that's also quick and easy? Well, fried rice is undoubtedly the perfect choice. Ordinary egg-fried rice is so last season; come learn how to make these eight delicious fried rice recipes!
Mixed Fried Rice
Ingredients:
1 bowl of rice, 5 shrimp, a little carrot, shiitake mushroom, onion, cucumber, and pea, 1 egg, salt
Method:
1. Devein and chop the shrimp into small pieces. Wash and chop the carrot, shiitake mushroom, onion, and cucumber into small dice.
2. Blanch the peas in boiling water and remove.
3. Whisk the egg, cook it in a pan, then set aside.
4. Leave some oil in the pan, stir-fry the carrot and shiitake mushroom dice for a moment.
5. Add the peas and shrimp, and continue to stir-fry.
6. When the shrimp changes color, add the cucumber and onion dice.
7. Then, add the rice and stir-fry.
8. When the rice is loose, add the cooked scrambled egg and mix well.
9. Season with salt, mix well, and serve.
Pumpkin Sauce Baked Rice
Ingredients:
250g pumpkin, 3 slices of bacon, 30g fresh shiitake mushroom, 250g rice, 50g shredded cheese, 360g pumpkin sauce, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp black pepper.
Pumpkin Sauce Method:
1. Chop about 200g of pumpkin into small dice, and chop 30g of onion into small pieces, set aside.
2. Melt 40g of butter in a pan, sauté the onion until fragrant, add the pumpkin and stir-fry until fragrant. Add 2 bay leaves, 250g of stock (or water), and 1 tsp of Italian mixed herbs. Cook until the pumpkin is soft, the liquid is mostly absorbed, and the sauce is thick. Remove the bay leaves.
Pumpkin Sauce Baked Rice Method:
1. Peel and seed the pumpkin, then cut into small pieces. Slice the bacon and shiitake mushroom, and dice the onion. Preheat the oven to 240°C for 10 minutes.
2. Sauté the onion, then add the bacon, pumpkin, and shiitake mushroom in order, stir-frying until soft. Add the rice, pumpkin sauce, salt, and black pepper, and mix well. Transfer to a baking dish, sprinkle with shredded cheese, and bake in the oven at 240°C for about 5 minutes.
Pickled Cabbage and Broad Bean Fried Rice
Ingredients:
80g pickled cabbage, 100g broad beans, 400g rice.
Seasonings:
Sugar, chicken essence.
Method:
1. Heat oil in a pan. Add the pickled cabbage and stir-fry over medium heat until dry and fragrant. Add a little sugar to enhance the flavor.
2. Add the broad beans and stir-fry until they are bright green and slightly bubbled on the surface. Add chicken essence and mix well.
3. Add the rice and mix well until heated through.
Scallion Oil Rice
Ingredients:
Rice, Shanghai Qing (a type of bok choy), bacon, shallots.
Seasonings:
Salt, chicken essence.
Method:
1. Wash the rice and cook it in a rice cooker as usual.
2. Wash the Shanghai Qing and shred it. Cut the bacon into thick strips. Add a little oil to a frying pan, cook the bacon until it releases some oil, then add the Shanghai Qing. Season with salt and chicken essence. Remove from the heat as soon as the vegetables begin to wilt and set aside.
3. When the rice cooker switches to the "keep warm" mode, add the cooked vegetables and bacon, mix well, cover, and let it steam for 10 minutes.
4. Heat oil in a frying pan, and sauté the shredded shallots over low-medium heat until crispy and fragrant.
5. Before serving, add some scallion oil and crispy shallots to the rice and mix well.
Chinese Sausage and Brown Rice
Ingredients:
50g brown rice, 50g white rice, 2 Chinese sausages, 2 king oyster mushrooms, some dried shrimp.
Seasonings:
Salt, oil.
Method:
1. Rinse the brown rice and soak in water for 4 hours. Mix with the white rice and soak for another 30 minutes with enough water.
2. Slice the Chinese sausage.
3. Slice the king oyster mushrooms and chop the dried shrimp.
4. Add the sliced sausage, mushroom, and shrimp to the rice. Add a little salt and oil, and mix well.
5. Cook in a rice cooker until done. Mix well after cooking, and sprinkle with chopped scallions before serving.
Creamy Curry Chicken Rice
Ingredients:
150g chicken breast, 150g peas, 150g carrot, 1/4 onion, 500g rice.
Seasonings:
1 box of Golden Curry (mild flavor), 200ml milk, salt, chicken essence, rice wine, salad oil as needed.
Method:
1. Cut the chicken into pieces of similar size to the peas. Mix with salt, chicken essence, and rice wine, then add a little salad oil and mix well.
2. Cut the carrot into pieces similar in size to the peas, and dice the onion.
3. Heat oil in a pan. When hot, add the chicken and stir-fry quickly until it changes color, then remove and set aside.
4. Heat oil in a pan. When hot, sauté the onion until translucent, then add the carrot and peas and stir-fry briefly. Add the chicken, crumble in the curry blocks, and add the milk. Stir constantly until the milk is mostly absorbed. Add the rice and mix well.
5. There is one very important step not shown in today's photos because I didn't have time to wait for it to finish before taking pictures. This step is to transfer the rice to a baking dish, sprinkle with shredded cheese, and bake until the cheese is golden brown.
Korean Kimchi Fried Rice
Ingredients:
Cooked rice, Korean kimchi, bacon, zucchini, egg, garlic.
Seasonings:
Chicken essence.
Method:
1. Chop the kimchi, cut the bacon into small pieces, slice the zucchini (after removing the seeds), and mince the garlic.
2. Heat oil in a pan. When hot, add the garlic and stir-fry until fragrant. Add the bacon and stir-fry until it changes color. Add the kimchi, then the zucchini, and finally the cooked rice. Season with chicken essence, mix well, and serve.
3. Fry an egg sunny-side up and place it on top of the fried rice before serving.
Spicy Salmon Rice
Ingredients:
150g salmon, 100g mushrooms, 2 eggs, rice, some chopped scallions.
Seasonings:
Salt, chicken essence, crushed black pepper, white wine as needed.
Method:
1. Bring water to a boil in a pan. Add the salmon and white wine, and cook the fish until done. Let it cool, then flake into small pieces.
2. Cut the mushrooms and blanch them in boiling water.
3. Heat oil in a pan. When hot, add the beaten eggs and quickly scramble them into small,桂花 (osmanthus)-like pieces with chopsticks.
4. Add the rice and mix well.
5. Add the salmon, season with salt, chicken essence, and crushed black pepper, and mix well.
6. Add the mushrooms and mix well.
7. Add the chopped scallions and mix well. Serve.
Sausage, Potato, and Soy Sauce Rice
Ingredients:
1 sausage, 1 potato, 1 green bell pepper, an appropriate amount of rice.
Seasonings:
Soy sauce, mushroom essence.
Method:
1. Cook the sausage, then cut into 0.5cm cubes. Cut the potato and green bell pepper into pieces of similar size.
2. Heat oil in a pan. When moderately hot, add the potato and stir-fry over medium heat until soft.
3. Add the sausage and stir-fry until well combined.
4. Add the rice and pour in an appropriate amount of soy sauce. Stir-fry until the rice is evenly colored.
5. Add the green bell pepper, season with mushroom essence, and mix well. Serve.
These eight delicious fried rice recipes are incredibly simple in terms of ingredients and process, which saves a significant amount of time compared to cooking a full meal.