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Is Fried Rice Better at a Restaurant Than at Home?

For my family, fried rice from a restaurant, although tasty, isn't safe for us since my son has an egg allergy. So if we're at a restaurant, we order white rice. But at home, I've made this egg-free veggie fried rice countless times and it's always a hit. Sometimes I'll add more veggies to make it a filling main dish for dinner, and sometimes I'll leave it as is and have it as a side dish. However you make it, this recipe is tried and true and tastes delicious!

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Ingredients

• 2 cups (3–4 medium) carrots, peeled and chopped
• 1 medium sweet yellow onion, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups frozen peas
• 2 cups (uncooked) white rice
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1/4 cup tamari or soy sauce
• 1/4 cup water
• pinch salt & pepper
• green onions, chopped for garnish
• 1 1/2 cups frozen or canned corn

Instructions

1. Cook the rice either in a rice cooker or on the stove so that it is ready by the time you are done cooking the veggies. I like to start the rice cooker right as my first step, just before I begin cooking the veggies, since it takes about 20 minutes for the rice to cook.
2. In a frying pan on medium heat, add olive oil and onions. Sauté them until they begin to turn translucent.
3. Add chopped carrots to the pan. Stir to coat in oil and to ensure even cooking.
4. When the onions begin to brown, increase heat to medium-high. After a few seconds, add half of the water and continue to stir.
5. Keep stirring the carrots and onions. As the water cooks off, add the remainder of the water. You are just sort of steam cooking the carrots a little so they aren't too hard in the finished rice.
6. Once most of the water has cooked off, reduce heat back to medium and continue stirring. Add peas and corn, and stir to combine all ingredients.
7. Once all ingredients are warmed through, add cooked rice to the pot and stir until all ingredients are combined.
8. Continue cooking for 3–4 minutes to allow the rice to brown a little in the pan.
9. Pour soy sauce/tamari over veggie rice mixture and stir to coat. If you want a darker rice, add more soy sauce/tamari.
10. Garnish with green onions and enjoy!

Veggie Fried Rice

This content is accurate and true to the best of the author’s knowledge and is not meant to substitute for formal and individualized advice from a qualified professional.

© 2019 Lisa Bean

Comments

KristiRea on July 16, 2019:

We love fried rice, definitely will try it this way. Thanks.

Miebakagh Fiberesima from Port Harcourt, Rivers State, NIGERIA. on March 07, 2019:

Hello, Lisa, I am a food enthusiast. I like fried rice in many various forms., but I will try your receipt. Many thanks for sharing.

Pamela Oglesby from Sunny Florida on March 07, 2019:

This looks like a delicious fried rice to me. I haven't made fried rice in years, but we do buy in from a good restaurant. I really like it and your reciped looks like it would not be too hard to make.

Umesh Chandra Bhatt from Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India on March 06, 2019:

Fried rice is a common recipe and easy to make. For that special flavour, I sometimes put a few chopped garlic cloves with onion before sauteing.

We relish this generally with curd.