Chinese-Style Easy Vegetable Fried Rice
Comments: An excellent way to serve leftover boiled white rice.
This fried rice can be frozen as soon as it has cooled down, ready to be reheated whenever desired.
Preparation time : 25 minutes
Cooking time : 15 minutes
Servings: 4
IngredientsPreparation
  • 1 tablespoons [15 mL] sunflower oil
  • 3 green onions, finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 hot red pepper, membranes removed and seeded, finely chopped
  • 1 [1-inch / 2.5-cm] piece fresh gingerroot, finely grated
  • 1/2 sweet green pepper, membranes removed and seeded, into fine strips
  • 2 or 3 really small eggplants, quartered
  • 3 ounces [85 g] sugar peas, ends removed, blanched then sliced
  • 6 miniature corn-on-the-cobs, halved lengthwise then blanched
  • 1 tomato, into 8 segments
  • 1 1/2 cups [375 mL] bean sprouts
  • 3 cups [750 mL] drained boiled white rice
  • 2 tablespoons [30 mL] catsup
  • 2 tablespoons [30 mL] light soy sauce
  • Fresh coriander leaves, to garnish
  • Lime segments, to garnish
  • Over high heat, heat sunflower oil into a wok or a large heavy frypan.
  • Stir-fry together finely chopped green onions, crushed garlic, finely chopped hot red pepper and finely grated gingerroot into hot oil, to soften green onions.
  • Add sweet green pepper strips and eggplant quarters; mix well.
  • Then add sugar pea slices, blanched miniature corn-on-the-cob halves, tomato segments and bean sprouts.
  • Stir-fry for 3 minutes.
  • Add drained rice; using 2 spoons, lift mixture to mix together all ingredients for 4 to 5 minutes, until no more steam escapes from mixture.
  • Then mix in catsup and soy sauce; pour into a serving bowl.
  • Serve fried rice immediately, garnished with fresh coriander leaves and lime segments.