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Prawn Fried Rice

Published: Jun 17, 2021 · Modified: Dec 6, 2021 · by Khin · This post may contain affiliate links.

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Family favourite quick recipe on how to make King Prawn Fried Rice with eggs and peas. Packed with flavour and a great dish to serve for Chinese fakeaway dinner!

A bowl full of rice, prawns, vegetables on the grey tea towel and a wooden chopstick in the background.

If you love fried rice, you will definitely love our Basil Fried Rice, Chicken Fried Rice, and Spicy Fried Rice recipe too!

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  • Essential Ingredients
  • How to make prawn fried rice
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  • Pro Tips:
  • What to serve with dish?
  • Prawn Fried Rice

In UK restaurants and takeaways, it's also called special fried rice or king prawns fried rice. Basically, made with prawns, chicken, vegetables, and soy-based stir fry sauces.

Fried rice has been my comfort food since my childhood and my dad taught me how to make proper Chinese fried rice. It looks simple yet there are some tips and tricks you might want to know if you want to make your own authentic Chinese restaurant-style fried rice at home. 

Essential Ingredients

Labelled ingredients of making fried rice.

Protein – I am using large tiger prawns for this recipe. Simply season the prawns with salt, white pepper and a splash of Shao Xing cooking wine.

You can swap with other meat and seafood like king prawns/shrimps, squid, scallop, fish balls, boneless chicken thigh/breast as a substitute or an add-on. 

Vegetables – I am not adding many varieties of vegetables since I want to bring out more of the flavour of prawns. I am adding only green peas carrot cubes and spring onions.

Seasoning – the right amount of soy sauce, oyster sauce and sesame oil is essential for the authentic flavour of the Chinese fried rice. As many of you has asked which soy sauces or oyster sauce brand is best for Chinese cooking, we usually use Lee Kum Kee brand sauces in our recipes which is widely available across UK, Europe, the US and most counties across the world.

Cooking oil - Vegetable oil is the perfect oil to make fried rice that has no flavour in it. Most Chinese restaurants and takeaways use vegetable oil in their stir-fries and deep fry dishes. Or you can use any neutral flavour oil-like, sunflower, grapeseed or canola oil.

A close up view of rice, shrimp in the wok with wooden spatula.

How to make prawn fried rice

You will need to follow 5 simple steps to create restaurant-quality fried rice.

  1. First stir fry the seasoned prawns for few seconds and follow with the chopped garlic and cook for 1-2 minutes.
  2. Push the prawns to one side, add the whisked egg and let it set for few minutes and scramble it into small pieces. Remove from pan and set it aside.
  3. Drizzle more oil in the remaining wok and stir fry the vegetables by adding the hard ones first.
  4. Follow with the rice, pour the stir fry sauce over the rice. Stir fry with high heat for 2-3 minutes until cooked through.
  5. Place the fried egg and prawns and toss well to combine everything evenly. Sprinkle chopped spring onions before serving.
Six image collage showing how to make prawns fried rice.

Frequently Asked Questions

What rice is best for Chinese fried rice?

That's one of the most asked questions on my blog and videos posts. If I have to choose one rice, I would choose Jasmine rice which is also used in famous Thai and Chinese restaurants. Thai jasmine rice is a long-grain rice with pleasant popcorn and pandan-like fragrant, widely used in Chinese cooking and Oriental Asian rice recipes.

If you can't find jasmine rice you can use any long-grain white rice, basmati or even medium-grain rice. Only the fragrant will be slightly different. You can still create tasty fried rice with what you can get.

Can you make it spicy?

To make Thai style spicy prawn fried rice, use fish sauce instead of soy sauce and add chopped bird-eye chillies or dried chilli flakes after frying the vegetables.

How to cook jasmine rice?

Grew up as an Asian, we eat rice on a daily basis. There is no rules or exact same ratio or equipment to cook rice. You can either cook, with or without a rice cooker. Water ratio and cooking time can vary, depend on the rice you chose. Here is how we usually cook jasmine rice at home:
Simple Steps to make perfect jasmine rice:
1. Wash rice two to three times with water until the water is almost clear then drain the water out. ( You can use a mesh strainer or colander to drain the rice. ) Washing rice is important to remove the excess starch from the rice grains which creates a fluffy rice result.
2. Rice Cooker - Place washed rice and water in a rice cooker, once it's cooked let it sit for 15-20 minutes. Then gently fluff with a rice spatula. ( Rice to water ratio is 1:1 )
Or Stove Top - Add washed rice and water in the medium-size saucepan. Bring it to boil with no lid on. Then reduce to low-medium heat, close the lid and cook for another 12-15 minutes until no water left. Remove from heat and let it sit for 15-20 minutes. Then gently fluff with a rice spatula. ( Rice to water ratio is 1:1¼ )
Note 1 cup of jasmine rice yields about 3 cups of cooked rice.

Pro Tips:

  1. It is important not to use freshly cooked rice. The moisture is what we don’t want in our prawn fried rice. It’s best to use a day old cooked rice but you can use the rice which is cooled down for hours as well. You can spread the freshly cooked rice in a large tray or container and leave it in the open air for hours to remove the moisture.
  2. Use large wok or pan to give the enough heat to the rice and all ingredients. If you are cooking for crowd, cook in batches if needed. Do not overcrowd the pan.

What to serve with dish?

You can simply serve this on its own or pair it with Hot and Sour Soup, Spring Rolls, Crispy Taiwanese Fried Chicken, or Crispy Shredded Orange Beef and make it a wholesome banquet dinner.

Rice, king prawns, vegetables in the grey bowl with wooden chop stick on the side.

Best Chinese Fakeaway Recipes:

  • Crispy Salt and Chilli Chicken
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  • Chinese Chicken Curry
  • Szechuan Chicken

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Prawn Fried Rice

Ditch the takeaway and make restaurant-quality flavourful prawn fried rice at home! Take under 20 minutes to make everything from scratch.
5 from 21 votes
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese Cuisine
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 2 to 3
Calories: 647kcal
Author: Khin

Ingredients

  • 3 cup Cooked rice about 200g ( or one heap bowl cold rice ) see details in note
  • 200 g Tiger prawns Or king prawns ( peeled and deveined )
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • ¼ tsp White pepper powder or black pepper
  • 1 tsp Shao Xing Cooking Wine see details in note
  • 2 Egg whisked
  • 1 tbsp Garlic Finely chopped
  • ½ Onion Cut small dices ( about 50 g / ½ cup )
  • 1 Carrot cut small dices ( about 50 g / ½ cup )
  • ½ cup Green Peas Frozen green peas ( about 50 g )
  • 2 Spring Onions ( Scallions ) Cut thin slices
  • 2 tbsp Vegetable oil Or neutral flavour oil

Stir Fry Sauce

  • 2 tbsp Oyster Sauce
  • 2 tbsp Light soy sauce Or regular soy sauce/ all purpose soy sauce
  • 1 tsp Sesame oil
  • ¼ tsp White pepper or black pepper

Instructions

  • First season the prawns with salt, white pepper and Chinese cooking wine and set it aside. Add a pinch of salt in the eggs, whisk and set it aside.
  • Heat the wok/pan into medium-high heat, add 1 tbsp of oil, stir fry the prawns for few seconds and follow with the chopped garlic. Cook for another 1-2 minutes and push it one side of wok.
  • Drizzle 1 tsp of oil and add the whisked eggs in. Once the egg is set in the bottom, scramble it into small pieces. Remove the prawns and egg from wok and set it aside.
  • In the remaining wok, add 1 tbsp of oil add chopped onions and stir for few seconds, then add the carrots and green peas and cook for 2 minutes or until cook through.
  • Next add the rice and pour the sauce over the rice and fry with high heat for 2-3 minutes or until the sauce dry out. Place the prawns and eggs back in the wok and toss well to combine everything evenly and continue stir fry for another 1 minute.
  • Turn off the heat and sprinkle the chopped spring onions. Transfer to serving to serving plate and serve immediately.

Notes

  • Rice -  A day old cooked Thai jasmine is best for making Chinese fried rice. You can use any long-grain or medium-grain rice. 
  • Shao Xing Wine - is a Chinese cooking rice wine. You can substitute with Japanese mirin, dry sherry. For non-alcohol version, you can omit cooking wine. 

Nutrition

Calories: 647kcal | Carbohydrates: 80g | Protein: 30g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 290mg | Sodium: 2445mg | Potassium: 529mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 6160IU | Vitamin C: 19mg | Calcium: 141mg | Iron: 3mg
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  1. Adrian phillips says

    January 19, 2023 at 9:04 pm

    5 stars
    Very easy to cook and tastes lovely

    Reply
    • Khin says

      January 22, 2023 at 11:06 pm

      So glad that you enjoyed this recipe, Adrian. Thanks for sharing feedback.

      Reply
  2. Bj MCcurley says

    January 10, 2023 at 10:37 am

    Hi Khin, I tried this Recpie but Im not sure of the difference you have with your flavours over there, here in Australia and New Zealand we have a specific taste that is associated with our Fried Rice and other Asian dishes and I have loved thiis particular flavour that permiates the dishes, could i ask you what type of cooking oil you use as Im not sure what im missing every time I cook and I cook Asian dishes at least 4 times per week but seem to be missing themark with one certain flavour that permiates the rice, could it be the use of Palm oil or Corn oil rather than any seasoning that I'm missing? also I've not got the high heat of a Restaurant or Takeaway and just wanted to know if that could be part of the Problem
    Yours Truly
    Chef Bj from New Zealand

    Reply
    • Khin says

      January 22, 2023 at 11:23 pm

      Hi Bj, recommend using vegetable oil or neutral flavour oil like sunflower, canola oil etc. Peanut/ground nut goes well with all Asian fried rice too. To taste exactly like Chinese restaurants, you need to cook with a high-heat carbon steel wok and add a dash of 'msg'. Cooking with high-heat wok brings charred 'wok hei' flavour and msg brings extra umami addictive flavour. Hope this helps.

      Reply
  3. Emelene says

    November 23, 2022 at 5:43 pm

    5 stars
    Absolutely delicious and so easy to make!

    Reply
    • Khin says

      November 23, 2022 at 10:23 pm

      So glad that you enjoyed it, Emelene. Thanks for sharing feedback.

      Reply
  4. Gavina says

    July 31, 2022 at 11:18 pm

    Hello Khin,
    I love how you explain step by step your method of cooking
    I will definitely try cooking this Chinese fried rice
    Thank you
    Gavina

    Reply
    • Khin says

      August 03, 2022 at 9:13 am

      My pleasure. Very glad that you enjoy this recipe, Gavina.

      Reply
  5. Katherine Barry says

    July 10, 2022 at 5:57 am

    5 stars
    Best ever fried rice recipe I've ever made. Thank you so much for sharing. Link is now saved to my recipe collection

    Reply
    • Khin says

      July 17, 2022 at 10:37 pm

      So glad that you enjoy our recipe, Katherine. Thanks for sharing feedback.

      Reply
  6. Helen says

    May 24, 2022 at 4:58 pm

    Tried this recipe this evening, it was the best by far. Will be saving this recipe for sure

    Reply
    • Khin says

      June 05, 2022 at 10:07 pm

      So glad that you enjoyed it, Helen! Thanks for trying out this recipe and sharing feedback with us.

      Reply
  7. Jim says

    December 31, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    5 stars
    This is the best fried rice I have found on the web, the ingredients and method are what has the difference in my fried rice.

    I see that there a recipies for many of my favorite dishes here so I will be back.

    Reply
    • Khin says

      January 01, 2022 at 4:33 pm

      Thank you so much for trying out this fried rice recipe, Jim. So glad that you enjoyed it.

      Reply
  8. Mo says

    November 01, 2021 at 7:46 pm

    Best fried rice I’ve tried, full of flavour. I used cooked frozen king prawns that I had defrosted for 2 days in the fridge beforehand, and one pouch of micro basmati rice, added corn and it worked a treat!

    Reply
    • Khin says

      November 02, 2021 at 11:06 pm

      Sounds delicious! Thank you, Mo for trying out this recipe and sharing feedback.

      Reply
  9. Christine Sookhoo says

    June 21, 2021 at 2:03 pm

    A must ry

    Reply
  10. Fatima says

    June 18, 2021 at 2:39 am

    Love how you explain everything in details. Thank you!

    Reply
    • Khin says

      June 18, 2021 at 12:14 pm

      Thank you Fatima! Hope you enjoy trying out!

      Reply

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