Since my shrimp fried rice recipe is so popular, I decided that I must share a vegetable fried rice recipe too. This popular Asian side dish is completely vegetarian. But if you wanted to add in your favorite protein, you can do that too. Otherwise just plan to serve it with your favorite grilled meats or Asian main dishes. It will be a delicious addition to any meal.
Ingredients needed:
vegetable or canola oil eggs onion carrot green bell pepper leftover white rice garlic ginger soy sauce white pepper frozen peas toasted sesame oil green onion sesame seeds
How to make Vegetable Fried Rice:
Chop all of the veggies. Heat oil in a skillet. Scramble an egg loosely, and then remove the egg from the pan.
Add a little more oil to the pan, and then add onion, carrot and green bell pepper. Note that the vegetables should be pretty finely (and evenly) chopped so they can cook in a small amount of time for your vegetable fried rice!
The next step is stirring in already-cooked rice. You can certainly steam rice freshly and use that. However, fried rice turns out better if you’re using leftover (day old) rice. It won’t be as moist and fresh, so it will have a chance to absorb all of the other flavors in the dish. Garlic, ginger, soy sauce and white pepper are added in… then frozen peas, scrambled egg and toasted sesame oil.
Finally, you’ll garnish your vegetable fried rice with green onions and sesame seeds.
Eat with chopsticks or a fork! Vegetable fried rice is excellent served with Asian barbecue chicken or Kung Pao Beef. It will be delicious with any Asian style meal that you choose to make for dinner. Enjoy!
