How To Make Yangzhou Fried Rice

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

💰Cheaper: tamari

Low-sodium soy sauce reduces sodium intake.

sesame oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Olive oil provides a healthier fat option.

cooked meat

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: chicken

Tofu is a plant-based protein alternative.

rice

🥗Healthier: quinoa

💰Cheaper: white rice

Quinoa is a high-protein alternative.

Wash the basmati rice three times before cooking.

Cook the washed rice in a rice cooker.

Peel the carrot and cut it into strips, then into small cubes.

Chop the green onions and place them in a small bowl.

Cut the lunch meat into slices, then into strips, and finally into small cubes.

Beat the two eggs and set them aside.

Boil a pot of water.

Once the water is boiling, add the carrots and green peas and boil for about 1 minute.

Remove the vegetables and place them in cold water to maintain their color, then drain.

Heat a wok on high heat and add 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil.

Add the beaten eggs to the wok and scramble them, then remove and set aside.

Add 2 1/2 tablespoons of vegetable oil to the wok and then add the cooked rice.

Stir-fry the rice for about 3 minutes or until it is dried.

Add the boiled green peas, carrots, and lunch meat to the rice and stir-fry for about 2 minutes.

Add the scrambled eggs, chopped green onions, sugar, white pepper, and salt to the mixture and stir-fry for 1 minute.

Add the remaining oil before removing the rice from the wok.

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