Egg Fried Rice Recipe – Easy 15 Minute Meal

Dinner in 15 minutes? Don’t mind if I do! This Easy Egg Fried Rice recipe is healthy, packed with vegetables, vegetarian and ready in a flash.

This easy and super healthy Egg Fried Rice recipe is one of my most favourite, super quick, go to, what-on-earth-can-I-make-in-15-minutes dinners. Here’s why:

• Made with microwave rice packs for a SUPER easy store cupboard dinner.
• Uses up whatever leftover vegetables you have hanging around.
• Ready in FIFTEEN MINUTES!
• Just one pan – woohoo!
• Easily adaptable to be Egg Fried Rice with Chicken, Egg Fried Rice with Prawns, Egg Fried Rice with Ham. The list is ENDLESS.

I could go on here, but honestly, I promise, you’ll be SO thankful for this little gem in your repertoire.

Plus, for me, it has the added benefit of using up some of our many eggs. If you’ve been following me on Instagram, you might’ve seen the other residents of our new house (it’s been 6 months now, that’s not new is it?!)

There are eight BEAUTIFUL ladies who joined us earlier this year.

Meet.. Margot, Barbara, Poppy, Wendy the Hendy, Nugget, Scarface the Terrible, Ella (Salmonella!!) and Pablo. (Don’t ask!)

They are laying an egg a day at the moment, which means 56 eggs A WEEK!

I give lots away, but as you can imagine, I’m always looking for more egg recipes.

Plus the fact that eggs are high in protein, vegetarian, and quick to cook they are a brilliant base for a meal.

Nugget the Wyandotte on the look out for worms

How do you make Vegetable Fried Rice?

This really is such a simple Chinese style recipe, it is from wok to plate in less than 15 minutes.

I dare say, it’s probably not VERY traditional Chinese, but as always, using my own little tweaks make this fit with the time I have and the children love it, so, can’t argue with that.

The only preparation you need to do is chop onion, garlic, carrot, red and orange peppers.

TOP TIP! I often use frozen onions, garlic and ginger, and for store cupboard emergencies I keep in both garlic and ginger paste. SO useful. Just try to choose a brand with no, or few, preservatives.

Heat your oil in a deep frying pan or wok. (For a more authentic egg fried rice, substitute olive oil for sesame oil, however, don’t go out and buy it, olive oil is just fine.)

Add your chopped vegetables and Chinese five spice and fry for around 3 minutes until the onion is beginning to soften.

Next, add in your rice, peas, dark soy and oyster sauces.

The Rice

I have use microwavable wholegrain basmati rice, if you prefer you can cook your own rice and add it in, but this makes it so simple and quick. It is such a great cheat, it doesn’t compromise on the quality or taste but reduces the cooking time massively. I use wholegrain as it adds much needed extra fibre to our diets and some extra bite to the final dish.

Dark Soy Sauce

I use dark soy, as it gives colour and taste. If you only have light soy sauce in your kitchen, that’s an okay substitute.

Oyster Sauce

This really is the secret to good Chinese style cooking. It is so worth investing in a bottle to keep in the fridge. Once you get the taste for it you’ll use it all the time!

Once you’ve added them into your pan..

Cook for around three minutes on a high heat, stirring to allow everything to mix well. (You might have to use your wooden spoon to squash and crumble any lumps of rice.)

Now for the exciting bit, whisk up your eggs quickly using a fork.

Make two wells in the rice mixture and pour the eggs in. Leave them to cook for a minute before stirring. Allow the eggs to cook in the mixture for around 4 minutes.

I served this topped with chopped spring onions (scallions) and red chillies. Prawn crackers with sweet chilli sauce on the side are also a tasty extra.

TIPS FOR MAKING THIS EASY EGG FRIED RICE:

• If you like chunky pieces of egg in your egg fried rice then allow the eggs to cook in the wells for a while longer before stirring. For smaller egg pieces, and to get a more sticky rice mixture, stir the eggs more quickly, say in after a minute.
• For a more authentic egg fried rice, substitute olive oil for sesame oil, however, don’t go out and buy it, olive oil is just fine.

• I have used wholemeal basmati rice, this gives extra bite and provides a heathy dose of fibre, however you can use which ever type of rice you prefer.
• I have used four eggs in the recipe, one per person, but we have a glut of eggs! Two would be fine.

What I used to make the Egg Fried Rice recipe:

• I LOVE this pan for making recipes like this. It is an investment purchase, but mine looks as good as it did the day I bought it 10 years ago (yes I’m that old – waaahh!) Kind of wok, kind of saucepan, kind of frying pan, it is PERFECT.

Ways to adapt this Vegetarian Egg Fried Rice Recipe:

• Add cooked pieces of chicken (ready bought or leftovers) to make Egg Fried Rice with Chicken.
• Use straight to wok noodles instead of rice for Egg Fried Noodles.
• Use Frylight and count the Syns of the rice packets for Slimming World Egg Fried Rice.
• Add cooked prawns to make Egg Fried Rice with Prawns.
• Use Garam Masala instead of Chinese Five Spice and replace the Oyster Sauce and Soy Sauce with some Sweet Chilli Sauce to make Indian Egg Fried Rice.

FANCY SOME MORE VEGETARIAN MEALS?… Feast upon these:

• Creamy Butternut Squash and Lentil dahl
• Easy Courgette Fritters Recipe – Oven Baked with Feta Cheese
• Puff Pastry Tart with Cheese and Tomatoes
• Broccoli and Cauliflower Soup

Hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do. I’d love to know how you got on and what you thought of it if you make it. Give me feedback by rating the recipe and leave me a comment below if you do.

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