Recipe Tip: Fried Rice with Prawns
Top Recipe for 2 Persons. All ingredients and tips for getting it right. Making fried rice is a brilliant way to use up all kinds of leftovers. We've used prawns here, but any kind of fish or meat will work just as well – and you can let your imagination run wild with the vegetables, too.
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoon(s)peanut oil
- 1large egg, beaten
- 1Thai chilli, cut into fine rings (or to taste)
- 3 cmlong piece of ginger, peeled and finely chopped
- 2spring onions, finely chopped
- 2garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 200 graw prawns, peeled
- 100 grice (dry weight), cooked and cooled down
- 20 mlfish sauce
- 2 teaspoon(s)sugar
- juice of one lime
- coriander and mint leaves, and lime wedges, to serve
Instructions
Step 1
Heat the oil in a wok or large frying pan. Pour in the egg, let it set and then lift it out with a slotted spoon so that most of the oil remains in the pan. The easiest way to do this is to hold the pan at a slight angle so that the egg floats in the oil. Set the egg aside.Step 2
Put the pan back on the heat. Add the chilli, ginger, spring onion and garlic and fry briefly until deliciously fragrant. Add the prawns and stir-fry until they just cooked but still a little glassy.Step 3
Now add the rice. Press it to the bottom of the pan with the cooking spoon, wait a moment, then stir well. Repeat continuously during frying until the rice seems dry. If it sticks, scrape it off the bottom of the pan with the wooden spoon.Step 4
Return the egg to the pan and stir in into the rice, breaking it up into small pieces with the cooking spoon.Step 5
Mix the fish sauce and sugar together in a small bowl to dissolve the sugar. Pour the mixture into the pan, stir to combine, then add the lime juice and toss well again.Step 6
Transfer to a serving bowl, garnish with coriander and mint and serve with lime wedges.Step 7
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