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Vegetable fried rice in a bowl with chopsticks. Small bowls of soy sauce and green onions are nearby.

Vegetable Fried Rice

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Chilling Time 10 hours
Total Time 10 hours 30 minutes
Servings: 1 Serving
Course: Main Course, Side Dish
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Cup Leftover Cooked White Rice 1/4 cup dry
  • 1 Egg
  • 1/3 Red Bell Pepper
  • 1/4 Bunch Green Onions
  • 1/3 Can Water Chestnuts 8 oz can
  • 1/3 Bag Edamame 10 oz bag
  • 1 Clove Garlic medium
  • 1/4 tsp Ground Ginger 3/4 tsp if using freshly zested
  • 1 tbsp Soy Sauce regular or reduced sodium
  • 1/2 tsp White Sugar
  • 1/4 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
  • 1 tbsp Crumbled Seaweed optional
  • 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil
  • 1 tsp Sesame Oil

Method
 

  1. The Night Before1: Cook the rice. While the rice is cooking, cook and shell the edamame, dice the bell pepper, and mince the green onion. Store the ingredients in the fridge.
  2. Fried Rice Time!: Mince the fresh garlic and (if using) zest the fresh ginger. To a pan or wok, add 2 teaspoons of the vegetable oil and the beaten egg. Cook on medium-high heat.
  3. Once the egg has cooked, cut it up with a spatula and add the fresh ginger (if using instead of ground) and garlic, cooking until fragrant (roughly 30 seconds).
  4. Add the diced bell pepper, shelled edamame, and water chestnuts to the pan and cook until the bell pepper has begun to soften, stirring occasionally.
  5. Add the rice, remaining vegetable oil, ground ginger, soy sauce, white sugar, red pepper flakes, and crumbled seaweed (if using). Cook on high heat, stirring not too often, until parts of the rice have crisped up.
  6. Take the fried rice off of the heat and stir in the minced green onions and sesame oil.
  7. Enjoy!

Notes

1: Oh no, the night before?: If you forgot to make the rice ahead of time, make it at least a few hours beforehand. It will still work, but remember: the more time in the fridge, the crispier your fried rice can get. Rice cools faster when spread in a flat layer than scooped into a bowl.