Why, you fry it, of course!
Fried rice is as common as it is everywhere when you eat outside and you can do it at home too. Don’t need to fork our RM3.50 for a measly plate of rice outside with little ingredients and sometimes, lousy taste.
Here’s what I do when I felt like adding some jazz to our plain steamed rice with whatever ingredients I could rustle up in the kitchen.
Healthy Fried Rice
It is a complete meal by itself so it is easy and no need to cook anything else. It is one of Mr Picky’s (that’s the three-foot tall male at home) favourite, although I change the recipe for fried rice all the time.
Okay, so here’s the recipe for:
Simple Fried Rice with Vegetables
Ingredients
Cooked brown rice (about 3 cups..I think…enough to serve two adults and a child)
4 tbsp green peas
2 sausages, sliced
1 ham, sliced
4 fresh shiitake mushrooms, chopped
3 onions, chopped
half clove garlic, diced
1 cup – 2 cups green leafy vegetables (whichever type you have lying around), chopped
1 egg
3 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
Instructions
1. Prepare your ingredients.
Have your rice cooked and ready
All your ingredients cut and chopped
2. Heat up some cooking oil (I use olive oil) in a wok and sautee the garlic till fragrant.
3. Then add in the mushrooms, onions and peas
4. Stir fry for a few minutes over low to medium heat before adding the sausages and ham
5. Add in the green leafy vegetables and stir fry some more
6. Then, in goes the rice. Remember to stir and mix it well
7. Add in the sauces (which you have earlier mixed in a bowl) and stir to make sure all of the rice is coated with the sauce.
8. Make a space on the side of the wok.
9. Break an egg directly into the side of the wok and let it cook for a few minutes
10. Once the egg is almost cooked, just stir and mixed it all together with the rice.
11. Stir fry it for a few minutes and then remove from heat.
12. Here's the simple fried rice ready to serve hot!
And…
Here's a closer look of the fried rice with sausages, ham, egg and vegetables
Enjoy!
This recipe is pretty simple and is quite versatile as you could substitute the ham and sausages with strips of chicken breast meat or any other meat you fancy.
Otherwise, if you are vegetarian, just leave out the meat and substitute it with some mixed beans. Just remember to soak and blanch the beans first before stir frying it in Step 3 or else it won’t cook so easily.
If you prefer some spiciness to it, just add some chili flakes while stir frying in Step 3 and you’ll have yourself some spicy fried rice!
Oh, by the way, most of these ingredients are ‘estimated’ amount. I forgot to take the exact measurements so…heheh…you’ll have to try it out and gauge how much you need.
Why is this healthy? Well, it contained lots of greens and it’s fried in oilve oil. Furthermore it is brown rice! It is as healthy as it could get.
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Grumpy loves fried rice, I just don’t make it enough! Thanks for the recipe, maybe he will be getting it sooner now!
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I love fried rice chock full of veggies. Your version looks very tasty. I have leftover brown rice in my fridge, I might have to make this tonight.!
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This looks so good!
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Delicious AND healthy!! Yummy!!!
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Haha.. simple and quick.. loving it… if got sambal and chilli padi… lagi shiok…
Yes, very healthy except the sausages, which you must not miss out becoz it’s for the sake of your kids uh?!
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Dont add garlic to fried rice when you have onions. It runs the taste on the fried rice. Dont add garlic and onions together. Like if you want to fry noodles dont add onions too. You fry with garlic. It kills the aroma and taste.
Hi everyone, thanks for your comments here.
I added the sausages because it’s what I have in the fridge…heheheh
As for the garlic and onions combination, I like the mixed aromas of both fried garlic and onions, that’s why I have both. Of course, if you like a garlicky aroma, you leave out the onions and vice versa.