Soy Sauce Fried Rice (酱油炒饭)
Make perfect soy sauce fried rice in just 5 minutes! This recipe calls for basic ingredients, easy preparation and comes with many pro tips!
- Prep time
- 2 min
- Cook time
- 3 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3 cups cooked and cooled white rice (see note 1 & 2)
- 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
- ½ tablespoon dark soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon sesame oil
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- ¼ teaspoon ground white pepper
- 1 tablespoon neutral cooking oil
- 4 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 stalk scallions (finely chopped)
Instructions
- 1
Gently loosen the rice grains with a fork. Set aside.
- 2
In a small bowl, mix light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, and white pepper. Set aside.
- 3
Heat a wok/skillet over high heat until hot, then pour in oil (see note 3 if using non-stick cookware). Stir in minced garlic and fry until it turns a little golden.
- 4
Add the cooked rice. Mix with the garlic then use a spatula to spread it into a thin layer. Leave to fry undisturbed for around 20 seconds. Then flip and toss to heat further (loosen any lumps with the spatula).
- 5
Once the rice becomes piping hot, pour the sauce mixture over and toss well to coat the grains evenly.
- 6
Stir in chopped scallions before removing the wok/skillet from the heat. Dish out and serve immediately.