How much do you love fried rice? There are many ways to make fried rice and they all taste amazing. I often make fried rice on my busy or lazy day, because it’s easy and quick to make and also cost effective. When cooking fried rice, I often cook them the Cambodian way and using the simple seasoning of the combination of salt, sugar and fish sauce. Those 3 seasoning make almost every Cambodian food taste great. See how I made this fried rice by visiting my Facebook page and check out the video.
Note: if you prefer to use a different type of meat for this recipe feel free to do so.
I used 3 crabs brand fish sauce, you can find it in any asian grocery store. I personally think this fish sauce brand tastes the best, but if you can’t get a hold of that brand feel free to use any other fish sauce you find from your local markets. If you don’t like the smell of fish sauce, try using mint sauce or soy sauce instead.
The flavour of the fried rice can be adjusted by altering the seasoning to your liking, this recipe is made to my preferred taste. Not sweet and not salty, just right for me.
CHICKEN FRIED RICE
Prep-Time: 7 mins Serve: 1
Cooking time: 8 minutes
Ingredients
1 cup cooked jasmine rice
1 stork spring onion, chopped
1 small carrot, chopped into small pieces
6 snow peas, chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 drumstick, thinly sliced
1 egg, beaten
4 tbsp olive oil
1 1/2 tsp fish sauce
3/4 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
Method
Heat oil in a pan over medium high heat, add in the garlic once the oil is heated and cook the garlic until it turns golden brown. Toss in the chicken, turn the heat to high and then stir for 1 minute to allow the chicken to cook out the excess liquid which helps to prevent the garlic from burning. Add in the salt, sugar and fish sauce and then continuously stir to cook the chicken until completely white and cooked through.
Add in the carrots and cook for 2 minutes to soften up and then add in the snow peas and give it a quick stir. Now pour in the rice and stir until the rice is well separated and mixed with the rest of the ingredients. Sprinkle the spring onion and stir to mix again. Make a circle in the middle of the pan and then pour in the beaten egg, scramble the egg for a minute and then mix in with the fried rice and continue to stir until all parts of the scrambled egg are cooked. Remove from the heat and transfer onto a serving plate.