Egg Fried Rice with King Prawns
How to make this simple and impressive looking basic egg fried rice recipe; with king prawns.
Ingredients
Method
- Serves 2
- 400g / 14oz Day old cooked Basmati rice
- 170 / 6oz King Prawns
- 1 Large egg
- 40g / 1½oz Frozen sweet peas
- 2 Spring/green onions finely chopped
- 4 baby carrots finely chopped
- 1 clove of garlic finely chopped
- 1 tsp Dark soy sauce
- 1 tsp Chicken or MSG granules
- ½ tsp Salt
- The rice ingredients for 2 servings
- 150g / 5½oz Basmati rice
- 1tsp Olive oil
- ½tsp Salt
- Cook the rice the day before making the dish and keep refrigerated overnight as shown in the video: as freshly cooked rice on the day would be too sloppy for fried rice.
- Finely dice the onions, carrots and garlic and place aside.
- Beat the egg.
- If using prawns (I use king prawns in the video) pre part cook them as shown.
- Have everything handy and ready to go.
- Heat up your wok or frying pan (hot).
- Add 1 tbls of vegetable oil and quickly cook the egg to a scrambled consistency, once cooked remove from the pan and set it aside.
- Add another tbls of vegetable oil (hot) fry off the onions, garlic, and carrots for one minute.
- Add the rice and break up any clumps so it is all loose and single grained.
- Add the seasoning, chicken powder or MSG, salt, and finally the soy sauce, mix and toss well for 2 minutes.
- Add the egg back into the pan mix again for one minute before adding the frozen peas.
- Finally add the prawns mix for a further minut until everything is piping hot and serve.
- See video for presentation ideas.
- Enjoy.
Equipment & products used in my kitchen
