Prawn/Shrimp fried rice is a great recipe for nights when you're looking for a quick way to use up leftover rice. Feel free to experiment with using fresh mushrooms or other vegetables in place of the prawns
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Ingredients:For the marinade:
- 1/2 kg Medium sized prawns
- 2 tsp Oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tsp cornflour/cornstarch mixed with 1/2 tsp of water
For the main dish:
- 1 Medium sized onion diced
- 4-5 cups of cooked rice
- 2 green onion/spring onion
- 2-3 eggs
- Oil for stir-frying, as needed
- Wash,shell and devein the Prawns.If you are using tiger prawns then chop into small pieces.
- Add the marinated ingredients and marinate for 15-20 minutes.
- Dice onions and green onions.
- Add 2 tablespoons oil, or as needed. When oil is hot, stir-fry the onion and shrimp on high heat for a few moments, remove and set aside.
- Beat the eggs lightly with chopsticks, add a dash of salt (Add a bit of oyster sauce if desired) .then pour 1/2 of the egg mixture into the same wok and cook over medium heat,scramble it nicely. Cook for few seconds and save for later.
- Now for the rice heat again 2-3 tbsp of oil,turn the heat down to medium and stir fry the rice.Then add the stir fried prawns and onion.and combine thoroughly .Alternately ,mix the green onion and scrambled eggs ,keeping some for the garnishing with the prawns Add bit of soy and oyster sauce if desire
- Serve the fried rice with the remaining scrambled eggs and the green onion as garnish.
Fried rice cooking tip:
If you are using fresh cooked rice:it will be lumpy and and sticking together.To separate it ,place the rice in a large bowl or plate,add 1tbsp of vegetable oil.Now using a fork,mix the oil into the rice and separate lumps,until the rice has returned into more or less individual grains.
If you are using old rice:There's no need to add anything to the rice,as it should fall apart into individual grains quite easily.Old rice is generally better compared to fresh rice but i recently made this fried rice with fresh rice which i kept in the refrigerator for an hour was still really good!
