Vegetable Fried Rice
Wow….my first post of the “New Year”…and I’m feeling good! Hoping that the holiday season treated all of you well and wishing you all a most excellent 2015. The month of December is a bit of a blurrrrr for me. I somehow managed to catch a nasty bug, which is crazy because I haven’t been sick like that in years and shortly after that my “mother-in-love” arrived into town and was with us for two weeks.
We all drove up to Charlotte, NC to visit my Mom and her husband for several days, so you can only imagine what it’s been like around here. But things are slowly getting back to “normal” and I’m getting back into the groove of things.
This morning I decided to make Vegetable Fried Rice for breakfast/brunch. Vegetable Fried Rice a fairly simple recipe and is definitely a favorite of mine when I have leftover rice and a lot of extra fresh veggies in the frig. If you don’t have leftover rice, then you may have to plan this recipe ahead of time, because I personally feel that it just works better with cold rice. And the great thing about this recipe is that you can use whatever veggies YOU like! I just used what I had available, as usual.
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Get the Recipe: Vegetable Fried Rice
Ingredients
- a good drizzle of neutral oil
- 1 small broccoli crown, cut into bite size pieces
- 4 ounces cremini mushrooms, sliced
- 1 small yellow onion, diced
- ½ cup shredded carrots
- 2 to 3 tablespoons tamari, or soy sauce
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon ginger, grated
- ½ teaspoon garlic salt
- 4 cups of cold cooked rice
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, or vegan butter
- 1 cup raw spinach leaves, roughly chopped, or kale
- ½ teaspoon sesame seeds, optional
- salt and pepper, to taste
- a drizzle of toasted sesame oil, or unsalted butter
- 2 large eggs, whisked (optional)
Equipment
- Large Skillet
Instructions
- In a large skillet (or wok, if you have one), heat a good drizzle of oil over medium-high heat. Add in the broccoli, mushrooms, onions, carrots, ginger, and garlic, and sauté until the onions are translucent. Season with garlic salt and give them another toss.
- Move the veggies over to one side of the skillet and add the butter to the empty side and add the rice to the skillet. Let the rice heat in the pan for about 4 to 5 minutes and then stir it all together. Give that all a stir and then drizzle in 2 to 3 tablespoons tamari. Cook for another 4 to 5 minutes or until the sauce has cook off. You don't want your mix to be too mushy.
- Stir in the spinach and sesame seeds and mix those until the spinach has wilted. Taste and season with salt and pepper, if needed.
- Now, if you like eggs in your fried rice, move that rice mixture over to one side in your skillet and drizzle a little sesame sesame oil onto the empty side. Add the eggs into the empty side of your skillet and scramble those until cooked all the way through. Then stir everything in together.
- Serve with tamari on the table for anyone that may want more and enjoy!
Yay! Really efficient recipe! Going to save it and make this soon! Thanks Michelle!
Oh thanks so much Ingrid! Hope you enjoy it!!