This tasty Chinese Prawn Fried Rice is a restaurant favorite. It is made with leftover white rice, shrimp, vegetables, and authentic Chinese seasonings. It can be made in under 30 minutes and served as dinner.
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This homemade Chinese prawn fried rice is a great meal option if you have leftover white rice in the fridge. With a few more ingredients, you can recreate your favorite takeaway dish in no time! The rice is seasoned with classic East Asian ingredients like soy sauce and oyster sauce to add unique umami flavors. The shrimp adds delicious seafood flavor, and the vegetables add a burst of sweetness to every bite.
Serve this delicious rice dish buffet style with Chinese Takeaway Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings, Quick Chinese Beef Noodles Recipe and Singapore Rice Noodles Recipe.
Why This Recipe Works
- This Chinese shrimp fried rice is a delicious fakeaway dish perfect for when you have leftovers.
- This dish is ready in 30 minutes so it is a great weeknight dinner option.
- You can adjust or swap the ingredients in this recipe to suit your taste. For example, the eggs can be omitted if you are not a fan.
- This Chinese rice is made in one pan meaning there is less washing up!
Ingredients
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
- Prawns: Use fresh prawns, peeling and cleaning them before cooking. If you are using frozen shrimp, defrost completely before cooking.
- Soy sauce: You will need normal and dark soy sauce for this recipe.
- Baking soda: Ensure that the baking soda has not expired.
- Vegetable or sunflower oil: Use any flavorless oil to cook the shrimp.
- Mixed vegetables: I use frozen vegetables for this recipe. The mixture includes peas, carrots and sweetcorn.
- Garlic: This recipe calls for fresh garlic for delicious flavor. If you do not have fresh garlic, you can use garlic powder or garlic paste instead.
- Cooked white rice: For the best results, use leftover cooked white rice that has been refrigerated for 2-3 days. Chilling the rice helps to dry it out slightly, preventing it from becoming mushy when cooked with the other ingredients. This ensures a firmer texture, allowing the grains to absorb flavors while remaining distinct and fluffy. Freshly cooked rice tends to be too soft and sticky, making it less ideal for this dish.
- White pepper: You can adjust the amount of white pepper to suit your taste.
Tips and Substitutions
- Vegetables: For this recipe, feel free to use any vegetable of your choice. You can use broccoli, cabbage, or even red peppers.
- Add-ins: Add your favorite ingredients to this dish, such as mushrooms, beef, pork, spring onions, and more!
How to Make Chinese Prawn Fried Rice
- Toss the prawns into a bowl with soy sauce, white pepper, salt, oil, and baking soda, then stir them well. Let them marinate for about 10-15 minutes.
2. Heat some oil in a pan. Add the marinated prawns and cook them for 3-5 minutes on each side until they're perfectly done. Remove them and set them aside.
3. Next, add onions, garlic, and veggies to the same pan and cook for 2-3 minutes. Crack in the eggs, stir everything together, and let them cook for another 2-3 minutes.
4. Toss in the white rice, scallions, and cooked prawns. Add soy sauce, oyster sauce, white pepper, and a pinch of sugar.
5. Mix it all until it is evenly coated in the sauce.
6. Serve this flavorful Chinese prawn fried rice with Jumbo Chinese Vegetable Spring Rolls and Easy Honey Sriracha Sauce.
Recipe FAQs
This dish can be refrigerated in an air-tight container for 2-3 days.
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Chinese Prawn Fried Rice
Equipment
- 1 wok
- 1 knife
- 1 mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 350 g of prawns
- ¾ tablespoon soy sauce
- ¼ teaspoon white pepper
- ⅛ teaspoon of salt
- ⅓ teaspoon baking soda
- 1.5 tsbp of vegetable or sunflower oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup of mixed vegetables peas and carrots frozen
- 1 onion diced
- 3 garlic cloves crushed
- 1 scallion chopped
- 2 cups of cooked rice
- 1-2 tablespoon of dark soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
- ½ teaspoon white pepper
- ½ teaspoon of sugar
- 1 tablespoon of sesame oil
Instructions
- Add prawns, soy sauce, white pepper, salt, oil and baking soda to a bowl and stir. Let it marinate for 10-15 minutes.
- Then, heat sesame oil in a pan. Add the prawn and cook on both sides for 3-5 minutes, or until done. Remove the prawns from the pan and set aside.
- Then add the onions, garlic, and frozen vegetables to the pan and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add the eggs to the pan, stir, and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Next, add the white rice, scallions and cooked prawns to the pan, along with soy sauce, oyster sauce, white pepper, and sugar, and toss everything together.
- Top with scallions and serve.
Notes
- Vegetables: Customize this dish with your favorite veggies! Broccoli, cabbage, and red peppers are great options, but feel free to mix them with whatever you have.
- Add-ins: Get creative with extra ingredients, try mushrooms, beef, pork, spring onions, or anything else you love. The more flavors, the better!
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