Super quick and easy egg fried rice

With the right sauce and 2 cups cooked frozen rice you can make a seriously tasty fried rice in less than 10 minutes using virtually anything!

Enjoy this quick fried rice with eggs and frozen veggies. Add some bacon for added tastiness if you like.

The key in this recipe is scrambling the eggs in a separate pan, then roll them and cut.

It is really helpful for busy mams to have bags of frozen cooked rice on hand at all times? Just put it in the fridge out of the freezer the morning, and the dinner will be ready for 10 minutes.

And if you don’t have the habit to freeze rice– time to get on board the frozen rice! No more waiting for the rice to cook + rest (25 minutes) when you’re whipping up a 12 minute stir fry. If you have frozen rice on hand, you’ll always have an easy answer to the crazy question that haunts so many people each day: What’s for dinner?

This Fried Rice is a super quick one, because you always have eggs, you always have some kind of frozen veg or other veggies in the fridge. You always have a a bag of frozen rice and a couple of rashes of bacon or hum in the freezer somewhere. The bacon is actually optional. Ham is also a great alternative.

TIPS:

Use day old rice that’s been refrigerated or frozen (then thawed) because the rice grains dry out, making them ideal for fried rice. Sticky freshly cooked rice is no good for fried rice. Long grain white rice is best for fried rice because it is the least sticky once cooked. Brown rice, medium and short grain white rice, basmati and jasmine also work great. Sushi rice and risotto rice are not suitable for fried rice.

Cook the rice: Place 1 cup rice in a saucepan with 1 1/2 cups water over medium high heat. Put lid on, then when the water starts to simmer, immediately turn down to low or medium low so the water simmers gently. Leave for 12 minutes or until water is absorbed into rice. Do not stir or remove lid during cook time. Remove from stove but leave lid on, leave for 10 minutes. Fluff with fork. Refrigerate or freeze for use in fried rice. If it’s an emergency, cook the rice per above, spread on a tray and refrigerate until cold, then proceed with recipe.

Chinese cooking wine, or cooking sake, Mirin or dry sherry, is an essential ingredient for making a truly “restaurant standard” fried rice. Though many recipes suggest using liquid chicken broth, please do not do this – it makes your fried rice wet!