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Prep Time: 10 minutes Fried Rice
Co king Time: 35 - 40 minutes
Se ving Size: 3 - 5
Inst uctio s Ing edients
• First, start by washing your 2 cups of rice, put cold water over your rice, and stir and drain; repeat this • 2 cups jasmine rice.
step 4 - 6 times till the water is clear. Pick out any burnt brown pieces of rice or anything you may see in • 2 tbsp butter.
the rice.
• 3 tsp salt.
• Grab your wide-set pot ( this is so that the rice has enough room to cook. If the pot is too narrow, it can
• 3 tsp extra virgin olive oil.
cause only parts of the rice to be cooked ) for rice. Put 3 cups of water, and put your heat on medium. Add
1 tbsp of butter and 3 tsp of salt to your water. • 1/4 cup diced white onion.
• After 10 minutes, this should come to a boil; it is ready when it is bubbling vigorously. Add your 2 cups of • Five minced garlic cloves. ( 1 tbsp )
rice and bring your heat down to low. Mix, then put a small spoon in the middle. If it stands, it is good; if • One egg. ( optional )
it doesn't, pour a tbsp of water out, mix and do it again., now put a lid on it. Your water should be right
• 4 tbsp low sodium soy sauce.
above your rice.
• 4 tbsp oyster sauce.
• While this sits, do not touch it at all! After 15 minutes, turn your rice over, there should still be a little
water in it, but the majority of it is evaporated. After that, put the lid back on for another 15 minutes. • 1 tsp pepper. ( optional )
• After that, turn the rice again and taste. If some are cooked, and some are not, add 1 tsp of water and let • 1 /2 bunch of green onions. (optional )
sit for an- other 5 -10 minutes. If it's soft, turn the heat off and let the rice sit, and it will separate. If it is
• 1/4 cup shredded carrot. ( optional )
mushy, take the lid off and let it sit with the heat on low after 5 minutes, set aside with the lid off, and let
• 1/2 cup green peas. ( optional )
it cool off.
Fried Rice
Tips & Tricks
• First, start by dicing 1/4 cup white onion.
• Smash and mince your five garlic cloves. ( 1 tbsp )
• There are a million ways to make rice.
• If you want to add carrots, shred 1/4 cup carrot.
This was the best way for me to learn
• Dice up 1/4 cup green onion. ( 1 sprig )
when I was a beginner, so use this to refer
• Grab your medium-size skillet ( preferably nonstick); you want something with at least 2 - 3 inch
to all your rice making for different
depth to fit this amount of rice. Set your heat to low to medium.
recipes.
• Start by putting 2 tbsp of butter and 3 tsp of oil; once that melts, add your chopped vegetables ( except
• If you followed the recipe and your rice is
your green onions ) to roast for 5 minutes, then add your egg to cook if you’d like. Chop the egg up
hard, don’t be afraid to add more water
with a spatula and add your rice.
and let it sit for another 15 minutes on low
• Add 4 tbsp soy sauce and 4 tbsp oyster sauce, mix fast till all the rice is coated completely; when
to cook through; some stoves are different,
you’re done, add 1 tsp of pepper if you’d like.
for example, if you have an electric stove,
• Now garnish with your green onions mix and enjoy!
it may take you another 10 - 15 minutes
than usual to make your rice, just use the
same techniques.
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