Curried Fried Rice For One

Fri, 11 November 2022

Fiona Uyema's Curried Fried Rice For One

Ingredients:

Essential:
• 2 tsp preferred oil
• 1 portion freshly cooked or leftover rice
• 50ml good quality Chinese curry sauce
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 egg, beaten

Flexible Ingredients: optional; use some or all depending on what you have:
• 1 portion of choice protein: uncooked meat, leftover cooked meat, seafood or fish, tofu, chopped into bite-sized pieces
• 1 portion vegetables, fresh or frozen, chopped into bite-sized pieces
• 1 tsp garlic
• 1 tsp ginger
• 1 tsp chilli
• 1 spring onion, finely chopped
• Sesame seeds or chilli flakes, to garnish

Recipe:

1. Heat oil on a non-stick wok/frying pan on medium-high heat.
2. Season the egg with soy sauce, add to the wok. Cook until just scrambled. Set aside.
3. In the same wok, stir garlic, chilli, ginger, spring onions - whatever you have.
4. Next, if you have uncooked meat/ leftover cooked meat, add this now, searing in the hot seasoned pan.
5. Add the chopped mixed vegetables. Stir fry until cooked.
6. Add the curry sauce, warm through.
7. Add the cooked rice and scrambled egg to the wok, tossing with the rest of the ingredients to heat it through.
8. Serve in a bowl, topped with a fried egg if you wish!
9. Garnish with sesame seeds or chilli flakes.