Vegetable Fried Rice

Name: Vegetable Fried Rice
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Chinese, Asian
Ingredients: 473 milliliters bean sprouts; 2 carrots, cut into matchstick-size strips; 4 eggs, lightly beaten; 1 Tbsp grated fresh ginger; 2 Tbsps light brown sugar; 177 milliliters low-sodium soy sauce; 1 Tbsp peanut or olive oil; 1 Tbsp white wine or rice vinegar; 4 scallions (white and light green parts), thinly sliced; 473 milliliters snow peas, cut into thirds; 355 milliliters long-grain white rice

Vegetable Fried Rice requires around 45 minutes from start to finish. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, and vegetarian recipe has 450 calories, 16g of protein, and 8g of fat per serving. For $2.8 per serving, you get a main course that serves 4. It is an affordable recipe for fans of Chinese food. If you have rice, olive oil, brown sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the light brown sugar you could follow this main course with the Apricot tart with brown sugar & cinnamon pas

Instructions

Cook the rice according to the package directions. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the soy sauce, sugar, vinegar, and ginger; set aside.

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Soy Sauce

Vinegar

Ginger

Sugar

Rice

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Bowl

Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add the carrots and stir-fry for 2 minutes.

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Carrot

Add the snow peas, bean sprouts, and 3 tablespoons of the soy sauce mixture and stir-fry until the vegetables are almost tender but still crisp, about 2 minutes.

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Bean Sprouts

Vegetable

Snow Peas

Soy Sauce

Transfer to a bowl. Return skillet to medium heat and add the remaining sauce mixture, the rice, and scallions. Cook until warmed through, about 1 minute. Make a large space in the center of the rice and pour the eggs into it. Scramble the eggs with a spatula until set. Stir the eggs into the rice.

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Green Onions

Sauce

Egg

Rice

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Frying Pan

Spatula

Bowl

Transfer the rice mixture to individual plates and top with the vegetables. Tip: You can improvise with whatever vegetables you have on hand, from fresh broccoli to frozen peas. Or, if youre out of everything green, you can make the dish without the vegetables, just this once.

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Vegetable

Broccoli