Shrimp Fried Rice

On the menu tonight – Shrimp Fried Rice!

I love fried rice and this version is SO easy to make. While I know how to make rice, I like to take a shortcut when I make fried rice. Whenever we order Chinese food, we never eat all the rice. You can only have plain rice as a side with so many things. SO, what to do? Fried Rice!

Fried Rice… you can go vegetarian – garlic, peas, carrots, and green onion. OR Pescatarian – same as vegetarian and add shrimp. OR you can go Carnivore – same as vegetarian and add your choice of meat. My recommendation would be Spam. Yes – Spam. Spam and pineapple. Today, I went with shrimp for the protein.

When I say this dish comes together quickly, we’re talking about 15 minutes. I mentioned the Chinese food rice, the second shortcut is frozen peas and carrots. Frozen veggies are just as fresh as fresh – they have to be. The veggies are frozen right away after being picked and processed wherever they are grown. Just don’t let them sit in your freezer for 6 months and expect them to taste fresh. They are PERFECT for fried rice. The carrots are already diced way better than you or I are going to dice them and there’s no prep for the peas. So, for prep on this dish all I had to do was smash and finely chop the garlic, measure out the soy sauce, fish sauce, and sesame seed oil.

For the cook, just heat up a large skillet or even a roasting pan, sans the rack, and heat up the oil. Cook the scrambled eggs, remove and let cool. Then add in the shrimp and garlic, cook about 3 minutes. Don’t forget to flip the shrimp so the other side gets to cook. Then, add the peas and carrots, cook an additional 3-5 minutes. Add the rice, soy sauce, fish sauce, and sesame seed oil. Stir to combine and continue stirring to let the rice get a little crispy.

Serve immediately with a little chopped green onion on top. I hope the next time you are in the mood for Fried Rice, I hope you’ll try my Shrimp Fried Rice.

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Shrimp Fried Rice

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By Patrick – Serves: 8-10

Prep Time: 10 minutes – Cooking Time: 15 minutes – Total Time: 25 minutes

Shrimp Fried Rice

Ingredients

• 1/4 - 1/2 lb shrimp - deveined
• 2- 3 cups cooked rice
• 12 oz pkg frozen peas and carrots
• 2-3 cloves garlic, minced or smashed and finely chopped
• 2 eggs, scrambled
• 2 Tbsp Soy Sauce
• 1 Tbsp Fish Sauce
• 1/4 tsp Sesame Seed Oil
• 1/4 - 1/2 tsp white pepper
• 1 Tbsp vegetable oil

Instructions

1

Pre-heat large cast iron skillet or roasting pan over medium-high heat (you want some room to groove on this one)

2

Add about 1/2 tsp oil to the pan

3

Add the scrambled eggs and cook to finished - but barely finished and remove from pan. The eggs will get cooked more with the rice later

4

Add the shrimp and garlic and cook about a minute and a half, then flip the shrimp to cook another minute and a half on the other side

5

Add the peas & carrots mix, the rice, fish sauce, soy sauce, and sesame oil, cook another 3-5 minutes

6

Add the white pepper and stir to combine

7

Continue stirring the mixture to let some of the rice get crispy bits

8

It should be ready now... serve immediately and garnish with the chopped green onion

Notes

This same recipe could be tweaked so many ways. As I mentioned the Spam Fried Rice. For that one, you'll want to add some pineapple and bell pepper.