Chinese Egg Fried Rice Recipe

Chinese egg fried rice recipe that is easy, simple and quick. This vegetarian fried rice is flavorful, delicious, make use of simple ingredients, and is ready in less than 15 minutes. Let me show you how to make fried rice that will put your favorite takeaway to shame.

This Chinese fried rice is another simple takeaway recipe from me to you because no Chinese takeaway is complete without a rice or noodles dish.

Fried rice is one dish I cook a lot not just because I love rice dishes but whichever variety it is, be it egg fried rice, chicken, shrimp, or special fried rice, they are rich, flavorful, and quick to make.

This egg fried rice is vegetarian and can be served as a main meal but I love serving it with salt and pepper chicken, pepper steak, beef in black bean sauce, chicken and broccoli, amongst other sides some of which I've listed in what to serve with section below. You can basically serve it with most protein side dishes.

Let me show you to make egg fried rice that is tasty, simple, and absolutely delicious.

Egg Fried Rice Recipe

You will love this fried rice with egg recipe. Not only is it easy and use a few simple ingredients, but It is also quick and ready in less than 15 minutes. It's a perfect meatless Monday recipe and you can adapt it to suit diets like slimming world or weight watchers.

This simple fried rice recipe is made with rice, eggs, soy sauce, oil, and a few other ingredients to create the tastiest, basic fried rice. It's a good way of repurposing leftover rice.

It's healthier than takeout and you know the ingredients in your food. No artificial preservatives, no guessing if and how much MSG is in your food.

You can adjust the salt and pepper to taste and it's cheaper to make homemade fried rice from scratch than buying takeaway.

Ingredients For Egg Fried Rice

The detailed ingredient list and directions is in the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.

For this perfect egg fried rice, you will need these ingredients:

Cooked Rice- Plain cooked rice. Easy cook long grain rice is my preferred rice and it gives separate grains. You can also use Jasmine rice but that has a sticky texture. I have a detailed recipe on how to cook long grain rice and instant pot jasmine rice.

Eggs

Oil - Vegetable oil or sunflower oil. 

Soy sauce - I use dark soy sauce for this recipe.

Sesame oil - This is a must in my Chinese fried rice. I love the flavor and taste it gives the dish.

Onion- I use brown onion but you can use white, red, or any other of choice.

Garlic

Spring onions - This is also known as scallions or green onions.

Mixed vegetables - A mix of peas, carrots, and sweetcorn. Vegetables are nutritious and bulk up the food.

Black pepper- Adjust to taste. Use more of it if you like spicy egg fried rice.

Salt

How to Make Egg Fried Rice

This uses pre-cooked chilled rice but that doesn't mean you can't cook the rice on the same day. After cooking the rice, spread it out on a baking sheet and leave to completely then chill in the fridge for 30 minutes. It's then ready to use.

Scramble eggs - Break the eggs in a bowl, add salt and whisk. Place a wok or frying pan on the stove, add oil or butter then add the whisked eggs. Scramble the eggs and take off heat. Turn onto a plate and set aside. 

Saute Onions and garlic- Place a wok on the stove then add oil. Add in garlic and onion then saute for a minute before adding the mixed vegetables and black pepper. Fry the vegetables for 2 minutes.

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Stir fry rice- Add in the cooked rice then add the soy sauce, sesame oil, and the scrambled eggs. Stir till all well combined and the rice is heated through. 

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Take off heat and serve. 

Variation

Chicken fried rice- If you have leftover chicken, shred, and add to the rice at the time you add in the scrambled eggs. If using uncooked chicken, stir fry it in a separate pan first. I will make a separate post of my chicken fried rice recipe soon.

Beef fried rice - Stir fry beef then add it in at the same time you add the rice in the wok.

Shrimp fried rice - Season shrimp and stir fry then add it in the wok when you add rice.

There are other variations like pork, tofu, vegetable fried rice.

What to Serve With Fried Rice

With the vegetables and the eggs, this can be served on its own as the main dish. I also mentioned earlier in the post I like to serve it with salt and pepper chicken and pepper steak. Some other sides you can serve this delicious fried rice with are 

Baked chicken wings

Stovetop chicken breast

Orange Chicken (instant pot) - I will be sharing the non-instant pot version soon.

How to Store

To store, leave to cool then put in a ziploc or airtight container, label, and then store in the fridge where it will last for up to 3 days or in the freezer where it'll last for up to 3 months. 

You can reheat with microwave from frozen or if not frozen, reheat on the stove. To reheat on the stove, add into a pot then add some water, cover the pot with lid, and steam for 5 minutes or till heated.

Tips

• Make sure to use cold rice. If the rice is freshly cooked, spread it out on a baking sheet and leave to cool to cool in the fridge for 30 minutes before use.  
• You can add in any other fast-cooking vegetables of your choice such as broccoli and cauliflower. 
• Although this is typically cooked with white rice you can use brown rice if you wish.
• Adjust the pepper to suit your taste.
• You can add a teaspoon of oyster sauce to this recipe if not vegetarian.
• If you don't want to scramble the eggs separately, you can move the rice to one side of the skillet or wok and add oil and whisked eggs on the other side, scramble and mix in with the rice.

More Rice Recipes On the Blog

Spicy rice

Curry rice

Jollof rice

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