Rainbow Fried Rice
Yield 4
Rainbow Fried Rice
An easy, healthy, delicious, and the perfect recipe to cook with kids.
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked and cooled brown rice
- ¼ cup onion, finely minced
- 1 Tablespoon garlic, finely minced
- ½ cup carrots, diced
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 Tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 Tablespoons green onions, thinly sliced
- 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
- ½ cup peas
- 2 eggs
- ½ teaspoon salt
Directions
- Cook the rice, if necessary.
- Prep the vegetables: Mince the onion and garlic and dice the carrots into cubes around the size of peas. Thinly slice the green onions.
- In a small bowl, combine sesame oil, soy sauce and sliced green onions. Set aside.
- Heat the vegetable oil in a large pan (preferably non-stick), then add the onion, garlic, carrots and peas to the pan and saute for 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Whisk the eggs with the salt together.
- Move the vegetables to the sides of the pan to make space in the middle. If necessary, add more vegetable oil to the center space. Add the eggs and scramble until cooked.
- Add the rice to the pan and gently mix to combine all the ingredients. Continue cooking for 1-2 minutes.
- Sprinkle the fried rice with the sesame oil/soy sauce/green onion mixture and stir to combine.
Notes
Variations to Try
- Add diced ham, cooked chicken or shrimp.
- Add more veggies, such as broccoli or cabbage
- Fried rice is a delicious way to use up your leftover rice with just about any vegetables or meat/seafood
Something to Chew On
- This bowl is complete with vegetables, protein (eggs) and whole grains (brown rice).
- In Asia, fried rice can be served all day as a perfect breakfast, lunch or dinner.
- Why does the rice need to be cooled when making fried rice?
Nutritional information is approximate guide only, calculated using an online nutrition calculator. The facts are based on one pancake using one tbsp of mixture. Yields about 12 -15 pancakes.