Special Fried Rice
Classic takeaway favourite house special fried rice recipe made with a day old rice, prawns, char siu chicken, eggs, and vegetables. Easy to make at home and ready in 20 minutes. Learn how to make the famous Chinese fried rice at home with simple tips and instructions.
Servings: 2
Calories: 646kcal
Equipment
- 1 Large wok or pan
Ingredients
- 3 cup Cooked long grain rice About 200 grams, or 2 serving rice
- 100 gram Char Siu Chinese BBQ chicken, pork, or a choice of cooked meat, ( cut in small pieces )
- 150 gram Prawns Peeled and deveined prawns/shrimp
- 2 Egg Whisk and season with a pinch of salt
- 50 gram Green peas About ½ cup
- 1 Carrot Cut into small dice
- ½ Onion Cut into small dice
- 2 cloves Garlic Finely chopped
- 2-3 Spring onion Cut thin slices
- 2-3 tbsp Cooking oil Neutral flavour oil
Prawn marinade
- 1 tsp Soy sauce Regular or light soy sauce
- 1 tsp Shao Xing wine Chinese cooking rice wine
- 1 tsp Corn starch Or potato starch
- ¼ tsp White pepper powder Or black pepper
Seasoning
- 2 tbsp Soy sauce Regular soy sauce or light soy
- 1 tsp Chicken powder Chilli bouillion powder or Msg
- 1 tsp Sesame oil Toasted sesame oil
- ½ tsp White pepper powder Or black pepper
Instructions
Prepare Ingredients
- Fluff the rice gently by using your hand or spoon. Make sure to break up the clumps to separate the grains to prevent it from getting sticky.
- Cut char siu meat and vegetables.
- Season the prawns with soy sauce, Shao Xing wine, white pepper, and corn starch. Mix it well and set it aside.
How to stir fry
- Heat the large wok or pan over medium-high heat. Drizzle oil, add onions and follow with the chopped garlic. Next, add carrot and stir fry for a few seconds.
- Then add the marinated prawns and cook for 1-2 minutes then push the prawns to one side of the pan. Drizzle more oil in the pan and add the whisked egg. Let it set for a few seconds and break the egg into small pieces.
- Add char siu and green peas and continue stir fry for a few seconds.
- Now add the rice and seasoning ingredients, soy sauce, white pepper, chicken powder, and sesame oil. Combine everything well and stir fry for 1-2 minutes.
- Finish with spring onions and make a final quick toss. Remove from heat and serve immediately.
Notes
- What type of rice to use? You can use your choice of long-grain rice. Chinese long-grain rice, Thai jasmine rice, or regular long-grain rice are popular options. I personally don't like to use basmati rice or short-grain rice to make Chinese fried rice.
- Cooked Rice: A day-old or leftover rice cold rice is ideal for this recipe. Do not recommend using soft mushy rice or freshly cooked warm rice.
- Protein choice: Instead of prawns and char siu chicken, you can also add, chicken, cooked meat, minced meat, shrimp, crab meat, crabstick, fish balls, tofu, etc.
- Char Siu: is a Chinese BBQ meat and is usually added in restaurants and takeaways special fried rice. I used leftover Char Siu Chicken which I have in my fridge. You can substitute with a choice of BBQ chicken, pork, lamb, grilled or cooked meat.
- Salt: I don't usually add salt because soy sauce and chicken powder contain salt content. You can make a taste test and add salt and pepper to your taste. Or if you want to reduce sodium intake, you can use low-sodium soy sauce instead of regular soy sauce.
Nutrition
Calories: 646kcal | Carbohydrates: 84g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 285mg | Sodium: 1601mg | Potassium: 634mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 5645IU | Vitamin C: 17mg | Calcium: 141mg | Iron: 3mg
