Fried Rice Fried Rice Recipe

Published May 03, 2019 Updated Nov 12, 2024

How To Make Fried Rice

Fried rice is one of the most popular Chinese food ever. Imagine hot-off-the-wok fluffy stir fried rice with ingredients such as chicken, shrimp, egg, pork, mixed vegetables with fried rice seasoning of soy sauce, fish sauce and oyster sauce. It’s delicious! In this tutorial, I am going to teach you how to make easy fried rice with simple ingredients, just like Chinese restaurants. My fried rice recipe is the best in the world! I will also teach you how to use up leftover steamed rice and make it into an appetizing, cheap, and flavorful meal for the entire family!

Fried Rice Ingredients

You can customize the ingredients based on what you have in the fridge.

Cooking oil Minced garlic Protein: chicken, pork, shrimp, egg. You can use either one, or you can use a combination of any of them. It’s totally up to you and what you like. Frozen mixed vegetables: carrots, green peas and corns. Leftover steamed rice Seasonings: soy sauce, fish sauce, oyster sauce, ground white pepper and salt.

Please refer to the recipe card at the bottom of this post for full details on each ingredient.

Cooking Tips

Do not use fresh steamed rice as the rice grains have too much moisture content and too starchy for stir fry. The rice will clump and stick together in lumps. Use leftover steamed rice, or “overnight” rice. It means rice that had been left overnight in the refrigerator as the rain grains are drier and have lost the moisture content. The next time you dine out at Chinese restaurants or takeout restaurants, ask for an extra serving of steamed white rice. Bring it home and keep in the refrigerator. The next day, you have the perfect “overnight” or leftover rice which is great for making this recipe.

What To Serve With Fried Rice

This meal is best served alone or with a soup (such as hot and sour soup), appetizer, main dish (such as ginger scallion fish, braised pork belly (dong po rou) and ginger soy chicken), or a side dish (such as Chinese tea eggs). For a wholesome Chinese restaurant style meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes. I hope you enjoy this post as much as I do. If you try my recipe, please leave a comment and consider giving it a 5-star rating. For more easy and delicious recipes, explore my Recipe Index, and stay updated by subscribing to my newsletter and following me on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram for new updates.