This is the perfect healthy, fast-food meal. If you’re tempted to make mac n’ cheese, make this instead. Have rice already cooked ahead of time, sitting in the fridge, and throw this together in just a few minutes. It’s the kind of meal I’ve thrown together often when I wasn’t sure what else to make, and it’s always a hit. It’s also great because I don’t always have meat, so the eggs in there add a little bit of protein.

Easy Fried Rice
Makes approx. 6 servings

Ingredients:

4 c. unseasoned cooked rice (2 c. raw white rice cooked in 4 c. water)

4 c. chopped assorted vegetables (I like to use broccoli, cabbage, bell peppers, carrots, or bean sprouts)

1 small onion

2 cloves garlic

4 eggs

salt and pepper, to taste (for eggs and vegetables)

1/3 c. soy sauce

1/2 tsp. sesame oil

1/2 Tbsp. ground ginger

Hot pepper flakes, optional

Directions:
(1) Cook the rice, if you don’t have some leftover on hand. A quick method to keep you from burning it, if you’re prone to doing that, is to cook the rice in the microwave for 15-20 minutes.

(2) In a large frying pan or wok, stir fry the vegetables, onion, and garlic in a bit of oil with a salt and pepper (to your taste) until slightly softened (slightly undercooked at this point is best).

(3) Meanwhile, in a separate frying pan, scramble the eggs in a little butter with salt and pepper; set aside.

(4) Add the rice to the stir-fried vegetables, and season with soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger, mustard powder, and (if desired) sesame seeds and a light sprinkling of hot pepper flakes. Stir fry for a few minutes until the rice is well coated with the spices, add the eggs, and stir fry till heated through. Serve.

I’m so happy to finally have this recipe written out; it’s been such a good stand-by, but I never bothered to measure anything until now.

Enjoy!

Suzanne