I have had a long love affair with fried rice. It’s my go-to meal at Chinese or Thai restaurants. You just can’t go wrong with it!
The Problem
We live on one income so eating out at a nice restaurant is not always an option. Sometimes I have expensive taste when it comes to food. What makes it worse is we’d have to get a babysitter so we could actually enjoy said expensive meal. Because of those circumstances, we don’t go out on dates to Chinese or Thai restaurants very often. So my fried rice cravings go unmet.
The Solution
With the culinary genius of my Hubby, he created a fried rice recipe that tastes like take out but has a much lower price!
I married man that knows how to do tons of DIY projects, makes me laugh, AND knows how to cook.
Yep. I am one blessed woman!
Most recipes I try need to have at least two of the three requirements:
- Great taste
- Frugal
- Healthy
I rarely find recipes that hit all three. This one does.
Our As Good As Take Out Fried Rice recipe is loaded with vegetables and can be made with brown rice which makes this a healthy dinner option as well!
- 2 TBSP sesame oil
- 2/3 cup baby carrots, sliced long ways
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1/3 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup chopped peppers
- 1/2 TBSP minced garlic
- 3 eggs
- 1/8 cup soy sauce (we use low-sodium)
- 2 cups cooked rice (we use a mix of brown and white rice)
- 1-2 TBSP Sriracha sauce (depending on how spicy you want it)
- 1 TBSP garlic powder
- 1 TBSP onion powder
- 1 cup pre-cooked chicken or other meat of choice (this is the perfect way to use leftover meat!) Skip this ingredient if you want a vegetarian version.
- Using a non stick pan, get the oil hot then saute all the vegetables on med-high heat until slightly tender (about 7 minutes)
- Add minced garlic to vegetables and saute for 1 minute
- Move veggies to side of pan
- Scramble 3 eggs in other side of pan
- Once the eggs are cooked and scrambled, stir everything together and add 1/8 cup soy sauce
- Gently stir in the rice, garlic powder, onion powder and meat
- Stir in 1-2 TBSP Siracha sauce (use more or less depending on how spicy you want it)
- Take a taste test. If you wish, you can add any of the flavorings or spices to achieve the taste that fits you. Sometimes we drizzle a little more sesame oil and Sriracha sauce until the taste is just right.
- This recipe can be made slightly healthier by using a 1/2 and 1/2 mixture of brown and regular rice.
Looks delicious! I’ve always wanted to learn to make homemade fried rice. Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again this week!
Incredible! I LOVE LOVE LOVE fried rice, so this is a great recipe. Thanks for sharing on Hump Day Happenings!
I love fried rice! Thanks for sharing with Hump Day Happenings.
Carrie,
Had Chinese food tonight 🙂 Couldn’t figure out why I had been craving it all week till I looked at your blog and remembered that I’ve been wanted to try your fried rice 🙂
Your blog really is in my mind a lot of the day 🙂 Keep up the yummy work 🙂
Isn’t it funny how those cravings hit at crazy times? I’m so thankful for loyal readers like you, Theresa! Thanks so much for the encouragement!
I love fried rice but have never made it myself. Might give it a go now.
Thanks for sharing! Pinning it!
I love fried rice too so this is a great option for those nights when you just can’t get out. Thanks so much for pinning this!
Carrie, this looks amazing! Thank you for sharing and thank you for the visit and sweet comment at The Dedicated House! It means the world. Feel free to post this or any other great post you have at my Make it Pretty Monday party which just went live. Here is the link if you want to check it out. http://www.thededicatedhouse.com/2014/06/make-it-pretty-monday-week-104.html Hope to see you at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
Well… I wasn’t hungry until I saw this delish recipe! Pinning and adding this to next week’s menu. Thanks so much for the inspiration!
~ Ashley
I’m honored to have this recipe on your meal list this week! The best part about this recipe is you can make it just to your taste. I hope you enjoy it!
I will have to try this! I LOVE fried rice.
I hope you love it! Thanks for stopping by!
Oh sounds delish! Does sound better than what you get at the restaurant! Hope you will bring some over to our Snickerdoodle Sunday 🙂
Thanks for your kind words and the invite! I’ll be heading your way now!
I LOVE fried rice and crave a local Thai restaurant’s salmon fried rice with raisins (seriously delicious). Thanks for the ideas for recreating it at home 🙂 FYI I have found I can recreate restaurant versions a little easier if I use cold cooked rice straight from the fridge…
That’s a great tip Jessica! I’ll have to try that–thanks for sharing!
You never fail to deliver inspiration and making me STARVING late at night lol I love chicken fried rice and can’t wait to try yours 🙂
Isn’t it complete torture to see all the best recipes at night? I do the same thing!
I know… I really should read your blog when I wake up in the morning or before cooking dinner… But once everyone is in bed in my only time so alas I go to bed and dream out your recipes 🙂
Well I appreciate you taking your time to read this little blog of mine!
This looks SO good! We love friend rice, but we don’t love the sodium and calories it comes with-we’re definitely trying this soon!
It’s crazy how much sodium is in food. This way you can control it! Hope you enjoy it!