There are many styles of fried rice out there and today I will be sharing with you another one of my simple fried rice recipes. I guess I’ve mentioned this many times in my seafood recipes, I love prawns! I don’t often use seafood in fried rice because when it comes to fried rice I like them with red meat or chicken, but on this occasion I decided to combine my favourite seafood with a favourite dish of mine. Again this recipe is very simple, there are only about 4 main ingredients and some seasonings to make it a flavourful fried rice.
My rule with fried rice is that it must be flavourful and that I can taste and smell the browned garlic in it when I eat it. The reason is because Cambodians like to cook with garlic and I grew up eating fried rice with the browned garlic frying fragrant in it so when I first saw fried rice that is sold in supermarket food courts I thought it would be the same because it’s Asian food! However I often got disappointed. Don’t get me wrong, there are Thai restaurants out there that make beautiful fried rice such as 3 Mama on Pitt street, Sydney.
This recipe is great for those who have had a long day at work and just want to make something effortless and delicious. If you don’t have prawns or any seafood in your fridge or freezer, not to worry. The seafood can be easily replaced with meat, poultry or eggs for you vegetarians out there and you can still have a flavourful simple fried rice.
Note: garlic is one of the essential ingredients in Cambodian cooking. Browning garlic in oil before adding in other ingredients when stir-frying helps to enhance the flavour and the fragrant of the dish. If garlic isn’t used mainly in fried rice (Cambodian style) there may be a slight difference in the flavour and fragrant of the dish. If you don’t like garlic, you can always reduce the amount used or use none depending on your taste.
SEAFOOD FRIED RICE
Prep- Time: 10 mins Serve: 2
Cooking Time: 7 mins
Ingredients
1 1/2 cup jasmine rice, washed and cooked
3 tbsp oil
3 cloves garlic, mince
2 spring onion, thinly chopped
1 tbsp fish sauce/ 1 tsp vegetable stock powder
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
10 prawns, peeled and deveined
Method
Heat the oil in a wok over medium high heat, add in the garlic once the oil is heated and then stir for 2 minutes until it turns golden brown. Toss in the prawns and then add in the salt and sugar. Stir to dissolve the seasoning and cook the prawns for 1 minute.
Now add in the rice and sprinkle the fish sauce over the rice. Stir to combine with the other ingredients for 2 minutes and then add in the spring onions. Continually stir to cook and combine the ingredients together and prevent the rice from sticking to the wok. Transfer onto a serving place and enjoy with some fresh vegetables. If you prefer you can also add in chopped up vegetables to the fried rice as it cooks but I recommend trying it as is first and then experimenting with adding other vegetables after that.