This easy fried rice recipe can be made 10 ways, they are all healthy and all natural!10 Recipes for Fried Rice include: Fried Rice with Chicken, Cauliflower Fried Rice, Fried Rice with Shrimp, Pork Fried Rice Recipe, Vegetarian Fried Rice, Thai Fried Rice, Vegan Fried Rice, and even Fried Rice in Pineapple.
In a hot wok or large skillet add the eggs. Scramble in the pan and then transfer to a clean bowl.
Add in onion, and any protein (pork, chicken, shrimp) and cook until protein is cooked through.
Add the peas and carrots, and garlic cook for a moment, then add in the rice.
Top with soy sauce, sesame oil, salt and pepper and the scrambled eggs. Toss well and cook until rice is hot. Then top with green onions and serve.
How to Make Fried Rice Chicken Recipes:
Follow Traditional Fried Rice directions…
Add 1 cup of thin sliced chicken breast or thigh, and 1 sliced red bell pepper to the wok or skillet when you add in the onions.
Continue with the fried rice according to directions in the how to section or recipe card below.
How to Make Fried Rice with Egg:
Follow Traditional Fried Rice directions…
Add in extra veggies and or protein as you desire.
Top with a fried, runny egg.
How to Make Fried Rice Cauliflower:
Follow Traditional Fried Rice directions…
Add in extra veggies and or protein as you desire. (See recipe card below)
Instead of adding in cold, precooked rice, add in cauliflower rice and cook for 5-7 minutes.
How to Make Shrimp Fried Rice:
Follow Traditional Fried Rice directions…
Add 1 pound of cleaned shrimp, and 1 sliced red bell pepper to the wok or skillet when you add in the onions.
Continue with the fried rice according to directions in the how to section or recipe card below.
How to Make Pork Fried Rice:
Follow Traditional Fried Rice directions…
Add 1 cup of ground pork, or chopped pork, and 1 sliced red bell pepper to the wok or skillet when you add in the onions.
Continue with the fried rice according to directions in the how to section or recipe card below.
How to Make Vegetarian Fried Rice:
Follow Traditional Fried Rice directions…
Add 1 sliced bell pepper in with the onions.
Top with a fried, runny egg. (optional)
How to Make Thai Fried Rice:
Make the traditional fried rice, adding in chicken and shrimp (both are optional).
Add 1 sliced red bell pepper, 1 cup pineapple chunks (I like to use frozen) with the peas and carrots, or in the place.
Omit the sesame oil, and replace with sriracha and the juice of 1/2 lime.
Top with unsalted cashews and chopped cilantro.
How to Make Vegan Fried Rice:
Make the fried rice recipe, omitting the eggs and replacing with crumbled tofu or vegan eggs. (See recipe card below)
Add 1 sliced bell pepper in with the onions, and double the peas and carrots.
How to Make Fried Rice in Pineapple:
Cut a pineapple in half, down the middle (see photo in section above).
Use a small pairing knife to cut around the edges, and then cut lengthwise and across as you would with an avocado. Then use a sharp spoon to scoop out, and finally cut into bitesized chunks.
Make the traditional fried rice, adding in chicken and shrimp (both are optional).
Add 1 sliced red bell pepper, 1 cup pineapple chunks (I like to use frozen) with the peas and carrots, or in the place.
Omit the sesame oil, and replace with sriracha and the juice of 1/2 lime.
Add the rice dish to the hollowed out pineapple.
Top with unsalted cashews and chopped cilantro.
Notes
Special Tips to Make this Recipe Easier and Faster:
Buy the frozen bags of mixed peas and carrots, they will save you time chopping and also save you money! Often you can get an organic bag of peas and carrots for as low as $1, so stock up when they are on sale.
Don't bother with defrosting the peas and carrots... just dump them in. Easy, right?!
Make the rice the night before, or even easier, but the packets of frozen precooked rice in the grocery freezer section. It will save you time, and makes a great pantry/freezer staple which will make this easy recipe, even easier and more accessible.
Use leftover chicken, pork, shrimp, and even scrambled eggs! My mother used to get so mad when I did not finish my meals, she would put them in the fridge and force me to eat them for breakfast (I wonder where all my unhealthy eating habits came from). The next time your kids don't eat all their scrambled eggs at breakfast, cover and move them to the fridge and reuse them to make this recipe.