How To Make Fried Rice | Hilah Cooking

cooked rice

🥗Healthier: quinoa

💰Cheaper: day-old rice

Day-old rice is ideal for frying and reduces waste.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

💰Cheaper: tamari

Tamari is often cheaper and gluten-free.

Heat a wok or large skillet over high heat.

Add 1 tablespoon of oil to the hot wok.

Add garlic and stir briefly.

Add 2 beaten eggs and stir quickly to break them into small pieces, cooking until almost set, then remove to a bowl.

Heat the wok again and add raw minced onion, stirring for a few seconds.

Add about 2 cups of cold leftover cooked rice and the thawed peas and carrots.

Season with salt and stir everything around for 5 to 8 minutes until heated through.

Add the eggs back into the wok and mix with the rice and vegetables, finishing cooking the eggs.

Turn off the heat and season with soy sauce and optionally sesame oil.

Garnish with chives before serving.

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