Easy Egg Fried Rice (5 Ingredients)
Quick and easy Chinese egg fried rice recipe with fluffy scrambled eggs that coat each grain of rice! Ready from start to finish in 15 minutes!
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 3 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 3 cup rice ((preferably cold, day old rice, see notes))
- 3 tbsp oil
- 2-3 tbsp soy sauce
- 3 eggs
- 1+1/2 tsp oil ((for the eggs))
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1-2 stalk green onions ((finely chopped, added at the end))
- toasted sesame seeds ((optional, added at the end))
Instructions
- 1
Gently break up the day-old rice in a bowl into smaller chunks with your hands and set aside. Approximately 3 cups rice.
- 2
Finely chop up the 1-2 stalks green onions and set aside
- 3
In a small bowl, add in the 3 eggs, 1 1/2 teaspoon oil, and 1/2 teaspoon salt, and beat it until it is fluffy and set aside.
- 4
Heat a large frying pan with a bit of oil over medium heat.
- 5
When the oil is hot, add in the rice and cook it for a few minutes. Use your utensil to break up the rice while it is hot. Cook for about 4-6 minutes
- 6
Reduce the heat to low heat
- 7
Push the rice aside in the pan and add in the scrambled egg mix to the pan. Let it sit for about 1-2 seconds and then use your utensil to give it a gentle mix a few times.
- 8
Push the rice on top of the scrambled eggs and gently mix it until each grain is coated (Don't worry goopy, the egg will cook and dry out in the next steps)
- 9
Set the stove back to medium heat
- 10
Continue to toss and mix the rice until the egg is cooked and evenly distributed with the rice. The fried rice should look dry and not goopy and mushy. Cook for approximately 5 minutes. If the rice still looks mushy, continue to cook it until the heat dries out the eggs.
- 11
Add in 2-3 tablespoons soy sauce and mix well until all the rice has been seasoned with it.
- 12
Turn off the heat and add in the green onions and mix it for 1 minute so that the residual heat cooks it.
- 13
Serve it as a side dish and enjoy!