Description
Enjoy an effortless meal of fragrant jasmine rice cooked just right with authentic seasonings and combined with savory bacon and fresh green onions.
Ingredients
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- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 cups rice, cooked and cooled, preferably overnight
- 2-3 eggs, scrambled, divided SEE NOTE 1
- pinch of salt, more to taste
- 3 green onions, sliced, white and green parts separated
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce or tamari for gluten-free
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
- 1/2 pound bacon, diced and cooked
- 1/2 - 1 cup frozen peas and carrots, thawed (optional) SEE NOTE 2
Instructions
- Warm a large skillet (10" or more) on the stove over medium-high heat and add the olive oil.
- In a small bowl, scramble the eggs and add a pinch of salt.
- In another small bowl, add the soy sauce, sesame oil, fish sauce, sugar, and white pepper and stir to combine.
- When the oil is hot and flows easily in the pan, pour half of the scrambled eggs into the hot oil. Using your wooden spatula or spoon, quickly push the eggs from the outside into the center, starting from the top, then the bottom, then each side. Continue to do this until the eggs are mostly solid, then add the white of the green onions.
- Fry the green onion whites for a minute, then add all the rice. Stir the rice around, getting it coated in oil, pushing the bits of egg into the rice, and breaking it up.
- After 3-4 minutes of frying the rice, pour the last scrambled egg into the pan and quickly stir to incorporate it into the rice.
- Next, add the soy sauce mixture, again stirring quickly to coat all of the rice. Look for the color change to see what parts of the rice haven't been coated in the sauce.
- Let the rice cook for 2-3 more minutes. Taste for salt levels and stir in the green parts of the sliced green onions and the bacon.
- Enjoy it on its own or as a side dish with a larger meal.
Notes
NOTE 1: For ease, scramble the eggs all together, but be aware you will add them in different steps. If using 3 eggs altogether, add 2 eggs (or 2/3rds of the bowl) in the first round and 1 egg in the 2nd.
If using 2 eggs, use half at a time.
NOTE 2: If using frozen vegetables in your easy fried rice, add them to the dish at the same time you add the soy sauce mixture.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: main dish, side dish
- Method: Stove-top
- Cuisine: chinese
