Quick Egg Fried Rice Recipe | Your favorite takeout made at home

cooked rice

🥗Healthier: quinoa

💰Cheaper: white rice

Quinoa adds protein and fiber while white rice is more economical.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

💰Cheaper: tamari

Low-sodium soy sauce reduces sodium intake.

sesame oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Olive oil is healthier, while canola is budget-friendly.

shrimp

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: chicken

Tofu is plant-based and often less expensive than shrimp.

Crack 3 eggs into a bowl, season with a little salt and black pepper, and beat them.

Chop 3 green onions finely.

Dice 1 carrot by cutting it in half.

Chop 1/4 of an onion.

Heat the pan to high heat and add avocado oil (or any vegetable oil).

Scramble the eggs in the pan and then set them aside.

Add a little more oil to the pan and stir-fry the chopped onions and diced carrots, adding a little salt to help soften them, for about 1 minute.

After 1 minute, add the leftover rice to the pan and mix it in.

After about 1 minute, add the scrambled eggs back into the pan and mix everything together.

Pour light soy sauce along the wall of the pan and add dark soy sauce for color, then mix and stir for about another minute.

Add the chopped green onions to the pan and mix everything together.

Cooking Techniques

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