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So Easy Egg Fried Rice – Quick Asian Dinner Recipe

So Easy Egg Fried Rice

description: This easy egg fried rice recipe is quick, flavorful, and perfect for weeknight dinners. Uses leftover rice, eggs, peas, and carrots for a satisfying takeout-style dish. author: Brandi Recipes prepTime: PT5M cookTime: PT10M totalTime: PT15M recipeYield: 4 recipeCategory: Dinner recipeCuisine: Asian keywords: egg fried rice, leftover rice recipe, quick fried rice, easy Asian dinner, healthy rice dish
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Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • recipeIngredient:
  • - 3 cups cold cooked white rice preferably day-old
  • - 2 tablespoons vegetable oil or sesame oil
  • - 3 large eggs beaten
  • - ½ cup frozen peas
  • - ½ cup diced carrots
  • - 2 green onions sliced (white and green parts separated)
  • - 2 cloves garlic minced
  • - 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • - 1 teaspoon oyster sauce optional
  • - ½ teaspoon white or black pepper
  • - Salt to taste

Method
 

  1. recipeInstructions:
  2. - Step 1: Prep all your ingredients — dice vegetables, slice green onions, and beat the eggs.
  3. - Step 2: In a large pan, heat 1 tbsp oil and lightly scramble the eggs. Remove and set aside.
  4. - Step 3: Add remaining oil and sauté garlic, carrots, and the white parts of green onions for 2–3 minutes.
  5. - Step 4: Increase heat, add the cold rice, and stir-fry 3–4 minutes until warmed through and slightly crispy.
  6. - Step 5: Add peas, scrambled eggs, soy sauce, oyster sauce, pepper, and salt. Mix well.
  7. - Step 6: Finish by garnishing with green onion tops. Serve hot.

Notes

nutrition:
calories: 320 kcal
fatContent: 12 g
saturatedFatContent: 2 g
carbohydrateContent: 42 g
proteinContent: 9 g
fiberContent: 3 g
sugarContent: 3 g
aggregateRating:
ratingValue: 5
ratingCount: 18