EASY Shrimp Fried Rice
By Tiffy Cooks
The easiest shrimp fried rice recipe you can make with leftover vegetables in your fridge, with tips and tricks on how to prevent a mushy, clumpy fried rice! The trick? Cold leftover rice!
Ingredients
Shrimp marinade:
- 1 lb shrimp or prawns peeled and deveined
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- ½ tsp white pepper
Fried rice ingredients
- 3-4 eggs large, beaten and seasoned with salt and pepper
- 4 green onion chopped (separate whites and greens)
- 5 cups cold cooked rice
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp white pepper
- 5 tbsp oil
- 2.5 tbsp vegetarian oyster sauce
- 1.5 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 cup frozen vegetables
Instructions
- In a bowl, marinate prawns with soy sauce, cornstarch, and white pepper. Set aside while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
- Turn the heat up to medium-high and add in 2 tbsp of oil. Once the oil is hot, add in the prawns and saute for 3-4 minutes or until the prawns are 90% cooked. Remove them and set aside.
- In the same pan, add the rest of the oil. Once the oil is hot, add the white parts of the green onion and your eggs.
- Let the egg sit for 30 seconds and then fry for 2-3 minutes, breaking the egg apart.
- Add in frozen vegetables and scramble for 1-2 minutes.
- Turn the heat to high, add cold-cooked rice, cooked prawns, and season with 1 tsp of white pepper, soy sauce, vegetarian oyster sauce, and sugar. Saute together for 2-3 minutes.
- Add in green onion and sauté for another 1-2 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 599kcalCarbohydrates: 68gProtein: 28gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 13gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 283mgSodium: 1490mgPotassium: 403mgFiber: 3gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 2837IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 129mgIron: 2mg
