BETTER THAN TAKEOUT - Shrimp Fried Rice Recipe

Fried rice is such staple dish in Chinese culture. It can be made with many different ingredients: chicken, pork, beef, and seafood. Today we are making shrimp fried rice. It's the perfect combination of taste and nutrition. It is flavorful but not too strong to cover the nature seafood taste. Everything combines together, it is so magnificent. I hope you give this a try soon.

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Ingredient list (serves 2)
- 6 ounces of peeled shrimp
- 6 ounces of vegetable -mix (I used carrot, green peas, onion)
- Few cloves of minced garlic
- 2.5 cups of cooked rice
- 1 egg
- oil to stir-fry

Ingredients for the seasoning
- 1 tsp of sugar (optional, depends on your taste)
- 1/4 tsp of salt or to taste
- 1/4 tsp of black pepper
- Juice from 1/4 of a small lime (Add at the end)

- Combine 1 tbsp of soy sauce, 1/2 tbsp of oyster sauce and some dark soy sauce together. These 3 ingredients can be the base of most Chinese fried rice. They make great flavors.

- You want to use a big wok to make fried rice because there should be enough room to stir fry. If you don’t have a wok, you can use a large sauté pan or fry everything in batches.

- Add 1 tbsp of oil to the wok. Give it a toss and wait until the wok gets hot. Then add some vegetables (carrot, green peas, diced onion, few cloves of minced garlic). Stir them until you think it is ready. It will likely take about 4 or 5 minutes on medium-high heat. I usually just try a piece of carrot and see if it is ok because it takes longer to cook then other vegetables. Then you push everything to the side

- Add in a beaten egg. Wait until it is formed. Use your spatula to break it into small pieces. Mix the veggies and the egg together. Then push everything to the side as well so we have room for the shrimp.

- Add a little more oil to the wok because the egg normally will absorb all the oil. Before the heat was medium-high, now you want to turn the heat to maximum. Fry each side of the shrimp for less than a minute. It should just turn to pink. You don’t want to cook the shrimp through because we will take it out and mix it with the rice later. Mix everything together. Add some salt to taste because if you add the salt later, the rice tends to absorb most of the sodium and the vegetable will taste a bit plain. Take it out and set it aside.

- In the same wok, add about 1.5 tbsp of oil. The key to perfect fried rice is the rice. Day old rice will be good for this recipe. As you can see, every piece of grain is individual. It is so fluffy. By the way, I always cook the rice and other ingredients separately because we like to stir the rice for quite a long time to let the rice gets enough wok heat and will be fluffier. Normally I will stir the rice for about 6 minutes, but it depends on the heat. So when you see the rice is jumping and dancing in the wok. Also, you should be able to smell the rice fragrance that means it is the time to add the shrimp and the vegetable back to the wok. Add the seasoning as well. Keep mixing until all the rice changes the color. Give it a try to adjust the flavor. You might need some sugar or salt. It is up to your taste. Add some diced scallion, some black pepper to taste. Mix everything together. I like to squeeze some line juice in it. It will bring some freshness to the fried rice and it goes perfectly with the shrimp. Toss everything together and you are done.

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[asianhobbo]

Just made it. Tasted delicious. During the frying of the rice it started to become sticky but after I pour the sauce mixture it started to brake up. Next time I will add a little sesame oil.. Overall very pleased,

[KanelBee]

Tried it several times and I am obsessed ! I LOVE IT

[ertznay]

I've made shrimp fried rice many times, but never thought to add lime, it really adds so much. Thanks for the idea.

[himashihettegedona]

This was delicious! I made it a second time and switched out the rice for leftover quinoa and it was still good! Thank you 😊

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delicious the titles is 100%accurate and so easy to comprehend. This is by far the best shrimp fried rice I've ever had. Thank you for sharing
P.s. the Lime trick took it over the top 😋

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