Egg Fried Rice Recipe with step by step pictures. This simple rice dish is made with Egg, Rice, Soy sauce and Vinegar. Quick lunch to make and taste so delicious. I have shared Restaurant Style egg fried rice and street food style egg fried rice.
Egg Fried Rice
This fried rice is an instant fix, if you have leftover rice or want to pack a quick lunch for your kids. I have few more version of fried rice, check out here.
About Egg Fried Rice
I have quite a few fried rice recipe in this blog, both veg and non veg. But this is one recipe which i make quite often, it is not traditional fried rice, it is a street food style recipe which i love so much. I have a variation of this recipe in this blog right here. It is so easy to make.
If you have some leftover rice, you can make this the next day and enjoy it, somedays i purposely cook a little more rice to make this. I made this today and enjoyed it with pepper gobi which will be my next post.
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Egg Fried Rice Ingredients
Rice - You can use cooked basmati rice or jasmine rice. Any Short grain or long grain rice can be used. Only important thing is the rice has to be a day old. Cooked, cooled rice makes the best fried rice.
Eggs - Add good quality, free range, organic eggs.
Aromatics - Ginger, Garlic, Green chillies & Onions are the only basic ingredients you need to make a perfect egg fried rice.
Vegetables - carrots, capsicum and beans can be added.
Sauces - I add only soy sauce in my egg fried rice. a dash of vinegar or chilli sauce can be added.
Seasonings - msg is used in restaurant style egg fried which can be replaced with stock powder or a dash of extra soy sauce.
How to make Egg Fried Rice at Home
Cooking rice
Start by cooking Rice, Wash rice in lots of water, soak it for 30 mins. Drain it and take it in pressure cooker, cover it with 1.5 cup of water and some salt. Cover and pressure cook for 1 whistle. Turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself. Now open the cooker and invert the rice to a bowl or plate and fluff it up, let it cool completely.
Preparing Eggs
Take eggs in a bowl, season with some salt and beat well. Heat 1 tblspn of oil in a kadai or wok. Pour the egg mix in and scramble it. Once it is scrambled, remove it to a plate.
Making Fried rice
Now Heat another 1 tblspn of oil in a wok or big kadai. Add in ginger and garlic and saute for a min. Add in onions, capsicum and green chillies. Saute for couple of mins. Add in salt, sugar and mix well. Now add in soy sauce, vinegar and pepper powder. Mix well. Add in cooked rice and toss well. Fry for 5 mins or so. Add in cooked eggs and spring onion. Toss once and Serve hot.
Variations of Egg Fried Rice
Even though Egg fried rice is very basic recipe. It can be modified according to your taste.
Simple Egg Fried Rice
This version of Egg Fried rice is very simple and basic. Stir fry garlic, spring onions, green chillies and eggs. Add in Cooked rice and season with salt, sugar and black pepper powder.Basic egg fried rice, perfect to satisfy hunger.
Vegetable Egg Fried Rice
This version is made with lots of vegetables like carrot, beans, capsicum in addition to the original recipe. Cook fried rice with butter instead of oil for added flavour. Great dish to put in kids lunch box.
Brown Rice Egg Fried Rice
This version is of egg fried is more wholesome and rich in fibre. I used brown basmati rice instead of regular white rice. The recipe remains the same, uses ginger, garlic, spring onions, eggs, soy sauce, vinegar, salt and black pepper powder.
Stir Fry Egg Fried Rice
Addition of frozen green peas which are defrosted adds a pop of colour in this fried rice. Scramble eggs in a kadai and set aside. Then stir fry onions, green peas, soy sauce, salt, pepper and tiny bit of sugar in oil. Add in cooked rice along with the scrambled eggs.
Best Rice for Making Egg Fried Rice
There are many varieties of rice available in the market, it is important to choose the correct rice for making fried rice. Long grain rice is the best choice sine it has less starch content than short grain rice. Starch content makes the stir fry rice sticky and mushy so it is best to avoid them.
Sticky rice or sushi rice has more starch in them so it cannot be used for making fried rice. In my opinion it is best to use jasmine rice, long grain rice or basmati rice. Jasmine rice has a nice chewy texture to the rice which I really liked in my nasi goreng recipe. But most of the Indo-Chinese restaurants use basmati rice in their fried rice.
Cooking the rice a day in advance and storing it in fridge is important for making fluffy fried rice just like take out. Cold rice makes the best fried rice. Every time I want to make fried rice, I like to cook my rice a day in advance and store in fridge. Fresh rice won’t work for fried rice since the rice grains may break when stir frying.
Leftover cooked rice from the previous day can be stored in an air tight container in fridge for upto 3 to 4 days and turned into fried rice whenever you need. In many Asian convenience store, cooked rice is sold in separate containers specially for making fried rice.
How to Cook Rice for Fried Rice
For fried rice you have to take great care when cooking rice. Traditionally in Asian household rice cooker is used to cook rice which is easy, convenient and timesaving. But if you don’t own a rice cooker, you can cook rice in just a sauce pot. There are two method in which you can cook rice for fried rice. Draining method and absorption method. Any which way you choose, cooking rice is quite easy. Make sure you check my blog post “how to basmati rice”for detailed instructions.
Absorption Method
Cooking rice using absorption method is by far the easy way to cook rice. All you have to remember is to follow few steps and the correct ratio of water to rice. Rice cooked using absorption method needs to sit in the fridge and get cold before making fried rice.
Ratio for Cooking Rice
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 1.5 cup water
- 1 tsp salt
- Take rice in a bowl and wash it really well with different changes of water. Now take it in a bowl and cover with water. Let it soak for a minimum of 15 mins, you can soak it up to 1 hour max.
- Now strain the rice, take it in a sauce pan. Cover with 1.5 cup of water, add some salt and mix well. Bring this to a boil, cover the pot and simmer to the lowest flame. Cook this for 12 to 15 mins by which time the rice must have absorbed all the water.
- Now turn off the heat, open the lid and fluff it with a fork. Cover the pot again and leave to sit for 15 minute. Use as required.
Draining Method
The key point you have to remember when cooking basmati rice by draining method is, you have to always stand near it and also keep on tasting the rice, so you never end up in mushy sticky rice.
Ratio for Cooking Rice
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 5 to 6 cups water
- 2 tsp salt
- Take rice in a bowl and wash it really well with different changes of water. Now take it in a bowl and cover with water. Let it soak for a minimum of 15 mins, you can soak it up to 1 hour max.
- Take water and salt in a sauce pan. Bring it to a full boil. Once it starts to boil, strain the soaked rice in a colander and add it into the water. Cook until rice is tender which will take around 6 to 7 minutes.
- Once rice is cooked, strain the rice in a sieve and cover with a lid for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes you can spread the rice in a plate and use as required.
How to Make Egg Fried Rice (stepwise pictures)
Ingredients
1)Take all your ingredients. Make sure you get ready with all your ingredients. I chopped some onions, bell peppers, green chillies, ginger and garlic. Make sure you prepare all these steps before you start cooking.
Scrambling Eggs
2)Crack open few eggs in a bowl. I like to mix my egg with salt in a bowl before adding it into the wok for even mixing.
3)Season with eggs to your liking. I added some salt alone. You can season eggs with white pepper powder and soy sauce too.
4)Scramble it well using a spoon and set aside.
Making Scrambled Eggs
7)Now we are going to make scrambled eggs. Heat oil in a large wok or a kadai. Make sure the heat is on high. We are going to make this fried rice in super high heat.
8)Add eggs into the oil and mix well. Keep mixing it and keep cooking till the eggs are cooked.
9)Don't over cook the eggs, because it may get rubbery. So scramble it lightly and remove.
9)Remove the scrambled eggs to a plate and set aside.
Stir Frying Aromatics
10)Heat more oil in the same wok. Let the oil get super hot.
11)Add in the chopped ginger and garlic. You can skip adding ginger, but i like the flavour of ginger. Once the ginger and garlic is added, stir fry for a minute.
12)Add onions, capsicum and green chillies. Make sure you chop them finely.
14)Stir fry on high heat for 2 minutes.
Add in Seasonings
15)Now we are going to add seasonings. Add salt and sugar.
16)Add a dash of soy sauce.
17)Add vinegar. If you don't have vinegar you can skip or add some lemon juice.
18)Add in black pepper powder.
19)Mix well. This is your onion seasoned mixture.
Toss in Rice
20)Now add in the cooked cooled basmati rice and toss well.
20)Stir fry on high heat till the mixture is coated with the rice.
21)Now add in the scrambled eggs. and toss it well.
22)Add in spring onions and extra pepper powder if needed.
22)Toss the mixture really well on high heat.
23)Serve hot.
Tips & Tricks for Egg Fried Rice
- Make sure you use day old cooked rice for best texture.
- Eggs amount can be increased as per your taste.
- For added taste, egg fried rice can be topped with a fried egg.
- Chilli oil can be drizzled for added taste.
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Egg Fried Rice | Restaurant Style Egg Fried Rice Recipe
Ingredients
- 1+1 tbsp Oil
- 3 Eggs
- 1 tbsp Ginger minced
- 1 tbsp Garlic minced
- 1 medium Onions chopped finely
- 4 Green Chilli chopped
- 1 Capsicum / Bell Pepper chopped finely
- 2 tsp Soy Sauce or to taste
- 2 tsp Vinegar or to taste
- 1 tbsp White Pepper Powder or to taste
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp Sugar or to taste
- 2 Spring Onion a handful finely chopped
For Cooking Rice
- 1 cup Basmati Rice
- 1.5 cup Water
- 1 tsp Salt
Instructions
- Start by cooking Rice, Wash rice in lots of water, soak it for 30 mins. Drain it and take it in pressure cooker, cover it with 1.5 cup of water and some salt. Cover and pressure cook for 1 whistle. Turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself. Now open the cooker and invert the rice to a bowl or plate and fluff it up, let it cool completely.
- Now take eggs in a bowl, season with some salt and beat well.
- Heat 1 tblspn of oil in a kadai or wok. Pour the egg mix in and scramble it. Once it is scrambled, remove it to a plate.
- Now Heat another 1 tblspn of oil in a wok or big kadai. Add in ginger and garlic and saute for a min.
- Add in onions, capsicum and green chillies. Saute for couple of mins. Add in salt, sugar and mix well.
- Now add in soy sauce, vinegar and pepper powder. Mix well.
- Add in cooked rice and toss well. Fry for 5 mins or so.
- Add in cooked eggs and spring onion. Toss once.
- Serve hot.
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Notes
- Make sure you use day old cooked rice for best texture.
- Eggs amount can be increased as per your taste.
- For added taste, egg fried rice can be topped with a fried egg.
- Chilli oil can be drizzled for added taste.
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sindhu
Is there any substitue for soy sauce and vinegar aarthi?
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Hello my name is idilin. Your recipe looks delicious. I will surely try this recipe in my kitchen. I've been watching your shares. Thank you.
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Aarthi
@sindhuSoy sauce has no alternative, but for vinegar you can use lemon juice
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So sorry about Maha and am glad she is recovering. Take care and thanks for the lovely recipe. - Anupama
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A perfect and healthy dish when hungry. I tried this recipe today... It came out very well...
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