Quick & Easy Chinese Shrimp Fried Rice
Savory rice fried with succulent shrimp, vegetables and aromatics - made in one pan with simple ingredients! This easy Chinese shrimp fried rice recipe is ready in just 30 minutes, making it a better-than-takeout, family-friendly meal.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 7 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 4 1/2 cups cooked jasmine rice
- 1 lb jumbo shrimp (or large shrimp, peeled & deveined)
- 1 shallot (or 1/4 small onion, finely diced)
- 3 garlic cloves (minced)
- 1/2 cup carrot (small diced, or sub with frozen)
- 1/2 cup peas (fresh or frozen)
- 3 large eggs (beaten)
- 4 tbsp vegetable oil (or any neutral oil)
- ½ green onion (finely chopped)
- 1.5 tsp regular soy sauce (or light soy sauce)
- 1.5 tsp Shaoxing Cooking Wine (or dry sherry / dry white wine / chicken broth)
- 1.5 tsp cornstarch (or potato starch / tapioca starch)
- 1.5 tsp vegetable oil (or any neutral oil)
- 2 tbsp regular soy sauce (or light soy sauce)
- 1/2 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 2 tsp sesame oil (toasted kind)
- 1 tsp chicken bouillon powder
- 1/8 tsp white pepper (or black pepper)
Instructions
- 1
In a large bowl, marinate the shrimp with marinade ingredients as listed above for 5 minutes and set aside.
- 2
In a small bowl, combine the sauce ingredients as listed above. Set aside.
- 3
Heat 3 tbsp (45 ml) vegetable oil in a large pan or wok on medium-high heat. Fry shrimp until halfway cooked. Remove the shrimp from the pan and set aside.
- 4
Sauté garlic and shallots for 10 seconds until fragrant. Add peas and carrots and stir fry for 10 seconds. Push to the side of the pan.
- 5
Add remaining vegetable oil into empty space. Add beaten eggs and let them set for 10 seconds before scrambling. Then toss everything together.
- 6
Add shrimp and toss together. Add rice and pour sauce along edges of the pan, letting it toast for 5 seconds. Then toss until rice is evenly coated and there's no sauce left in the base of the pan. Remove from heat and garnish with green onions.