Easy fried rice: key ingredients
- White, long grain rice. Your fried rice will turn out best if you use cold, long-grain rice (like jasmine rice). It's really important to properly cool the rice down so if you're in a rush and just cooked the rice, spread it thinly on a tray, cover loosely with some cling wrap and pop in the fridge until cool.
- Soy sauce. We usually use whatever soy sauce is on hand, but of course you can use gluten-free soy sauce (tamari) or low-sodium soy sauce instead and still create a flavourful fried rice.
- Oil: A good neutral vegetable oil works best for frying, but you can add sesame for added flavour, if you like.
- Bacon: While we do think the bacon really helps the flavours in this dish, if you don't have it to hand, we have used ham as an alternative.
- Peas: frozen peas that have been thawed beforehand works best.
- Carrot: Adds colour and texture. We prefer grated or very finely julienned in this recipe.
- Eggs: We form an omelette with the eggs to mix through our fried rice, but you could always create a scrambled eggs texture, if you prefer.
- Shallots: Don't be tempted to skip these. They add colour, flavour and texture. If you've got a fussy eater in your household, you can dial them back a touch, but they really do help round out the flavours of the dish.
- Additions: Have some sesame oil and oyster sauce on hand? Brilliant! (We've listed vegetable oil here, but sesame oil brings extra flavour to your plate, as does a splash of oyster sauce or fish sauce). A great way to use up leftover veggies and protein, fried rice recipes can be bolstered with plenty of healthy ingredients and can easily be made vegetarian or vegan.
You could also jazz things up with kimchi to make a kimchi fried rice.
If you'd like to make a low FODMAP version of this fried rice, check out our tips in the Notes section of this recipe.
Once you've mastered how to cook this simple egg fried rice recipe, why not explore more variations with our easy fried rice recipes collection? And, if you're after something really lazy, our easy, oven-baked, one-tray fried rice is a great option to try.
How to make our best easy fried rice: get the full recipe below
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