Egg fried rice can be made in just 10 minutes if you have some left over rice. You can also add any vegetables you like and make it a great meal on its own. No left over rice? no worries, just cook some rice, let it cool down and put it in the refrigerator for about 1hour and you are ready to go! I know some of you might ask, why not use freshly cooked rice instead of left overs? The answer is, when frying the rice the moisture in the freshly cooked rice makes the rice to steam and turn mushy instead of frying the rice. Now lets move on to the recipe,

Egg Fried Rice

Serves 2

Ingredients:

1 cup cooked day old rice (i used basmati rice, jasmine rice would work well)

1 small onion, peeled and diced

1 small carrot, chopped and blanched

3 to 4 green beans, chopped and blanched

2 red thai chillies, deseeded and chopped

3 eggs, beaten with 1 tablespoons dark soy sauce

3 to 4 scallions/spring onions, chopped

1 tablespoons vegetable oil

salt and pepper to taste

Method:

Heat oil in a wok, scramble the beaten eggs with salt and pepper. Set aside.

In the same wok, add in the onions and fry until golden brown. Add the carrot and beans and saute on high heat for 1 minute.

Now, add the rice, egg, chilli and scallions. Fry on high heat until well mixed, check for seasoning.

Serve hot.

Ingredients:

1 package chow mein noodles
1 cup onion, thinly sliced
2 cups carrot, thinly sliced
2 cups carrot, thinly sliced
1 cup scallions, chopped
3 cloves of garlic, minced
3 t vegetable oil
2 t sesame oil
3 T soy sauce
2 T roasted red chilli paste
1 t rice wine vinegar
3 T hoisin sauce
1 t pepper powder
salt to taste

Method:

Cook the chow mein according to package instructions, drain and drizzle sesame oil, mix well and keep aside.

Mix all the sauces together along with pepper powder, salt and keep aside.

Heat oil in a wok or heavy bottom pan, add onion, garlic and fry. Add in the vegetables and stir fry on high heat until the vegetables are half done and crisp.

Add the noodles and the sauce mix, stir well to coat and check for salt.

Mix in the scallions and serve hot.