The BEST Fried Rice Recipe
Learn how to make the BEST Fried Rice Recipe in less than 20 minutes at home for a savory and satisfying better-than-takeout dinner!
Servings: 3
Calories: 400kcal
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons sesame oil divided
- 3 large eggs beaten
- 4 ounces diced Chinese sausage (about 3 sausages)
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 2/3 cup frozen peas and carrots
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 16 ounces leftover cooked short grain rice
- pinch white pepper
- 2 thinly sliced green onion
Instructions
- Place a large skillet over high heat. Add 1 tablespoon sesame oil. Add eggs and scramble in skillet until fully cooked. 1 to 2 minutes.
- Transfer eggs to a plate and place skillet back over heat.
- Add an additional 1 tablespoon oil to skillet. Add sausage and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add garlic and peas and carrot and cook for 30 seconds.
- Stir in oyster sauce and soy sauce.
- Add rice and mix around to evenly coat. Continue to cook rice for 3 to 4 minutes until slightly crisp around the edges.
- Add egg back to the skillet, along with a pinch of white pepper and toss together until evenly distributed.
- Remove from heat and stir in green onion. Serve.
Notes
Tips and Tricks for Success
Follow these essential tips for the best, better than take-out fried rice!
- Start with cold, leftover rice. Letting rice sit in the refrigerator overnight firms up each rice grain to keep its shape and give you the signature fried rice texture. Freshly cooked rice can lead to mushy fried rice.
- Start with a HOT pan. Cooking at high heat helps everything brown and crisp up without overcooking. If the heat is too low, you'll have to cook everything much longer for the outside to get toasty brown.
- Don't overcrowd the pan. You'll want to use a large skillet for this dish, but if all you have is something smaller, only add as much sausage, peas, and carrots to fill the bottom of the pan, working in batches if necessary. Overcrowding increases the chances of steaming the ingredients instead of sautéing them, which will prevent giving them the nice sear and crispy bits we all love so much in fried rice!
- Add more sauce as needed. Start with the amount of soy sauce in the recipe, but feel free to add more as you taste it. Some people like the salty taste more than others. Two tablespoons of soy sauce is just right for us, but you can customize it to your liking.
Nutrition
Calories: 400kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 164mg | Sodium: 898mg | Potassium: 161mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 318IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 3mg