Try making easy fried rice at home! You'll find that delicious fried rice doesn't have to be loaded with oil like restaurant versions, and you can even make it with healthier brown rice.
3cupscooked white rice, preferably a day old and cold (1 cup uncooked)
1tablespooncanola, avocado, or grapeseed oil
1/2cupdiced onion (about 1 small onion)
1cupfrozen peas and carrots, thawed
2clovesgarlic, minced or grated
1teaspoonminced or grated ginger
2tablespoonsreduced-sodium soy sauce
1teaspoontoasted sesame oil
2large eggs, beaten
3green onions, thinly sliced
Instructions
Heat a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat.
Add oil and rice and cook, stirring only once or twice, for 8-10 minutes until rice begins to turn golden brown.
Push rice to one side of the pan and add onion, and peas and carrots to the other side of the pan. Cook vegetables 4 to 5 minutes or until tender, stirring frequently.
Add garlic and ginger and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
Mix vegetables and rice together and add soy sauce and sesame oil, stirring to combine.
Push vegetables and rice to the side of pan.
On the other side of the pan, add eggs, and cook, stirring with a spatula, until scrambled. Chop up slightly using spatula.
Mix the vegetables and eggs together and top with green onions.
Serve immediately. A serving is one generous cup full.
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Notes
Use brown rice, if you prefer.
Add or substitute other vegetables, including greens such as spinach, arugula, or baby kale.
Add sauteed shrimp, cooked chicken, or tofu, if desired.