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Vegetable Fried Rice

Vegetable Fried Rice brings together ginger, carrots, and red bell pepper. This version calls for rice that is already cooked. The quick notes will help you get the small jobs lined up before you start.

Prep
15 min
Cook
12 min
Total
27 min
Original yield
Serves 4
Ingredients
11 listed

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Recipe categories & planning details
Meal type
Main course
Cuisine
Asian
Preparation & total time
Quick dinners · Prep: 15 minutes or less · Total: 30 minutes or less
Budget (estimated)
Low cost
Dietary characteristics
Vegetarian
Dish type
Rice dishes

A few quick notes

1. Have the cooked rice ready

This version calls for rice that is already cooked. Have that ready before starting the pan, and keep its amount separate from dry rice when checking what you need.

2. Keep a bowl or plate nearby

Part of the food comes out of the pan before going back in later. Have somewhere ready to put it, and keep that handoff in the recipe’s order.

3. Match the preparation in the method

Take a look at the chopping, slicing or shaving step before bringing the parts together. Use the preparation described there so the food goes into the next stage in the form the recipe expects.

Get to know the ingredients

Ginger

Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Mince the garlic, grate the ginger, dice the carrot and bell pepper, slice the green onions (separate the green ends from the white ends), and measure the frozen peas.

Carrots

Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Add the diced carrots and stir and cook for about two minutes.

Red bell pepper

Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Mince the garlic, grate the ginger, dice the carrot and bell pepper, slice the green onions (separate the green ends from the white ends), and measure the frozen peas.

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Ingredients

Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.

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Make room for Vegetable Fried Rice

Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.

The last little job

Keep the last little job in mind

The recipe finishes with this step: Taste and adjust the soy sauce or sesame oil to your liking. Set out what you need for that finish before the cooking gets busy.

A little more help as you go

Set out the finishing ingredient

Keep the finishing ingredient within reach while the main preparation is going on. Add it at the step in the method so the last job is easy to complete.

Have the pan ready for its first job

Read the pan-heating step before beginning. Have the ingredients for that stage ready, then follow the heat and additions in the recipe’s order.

Have the whisking step ready

Set out the ingredients for the whisking step together. Follow that part of the preparation before moving to the next cooking or mixing stage.

A few questions you might have

What should I get ready before starting?

Set out the skillet. Read the first preparation step before you get going: Prepare the vegetables before hand so they're ready to go when needed.

Which little step is worth remembering?

This version calls for rice that is already cooked. Have that ready before starting the pan, and keep its amount separate from dry rice when checking what you need.

What check should I look for as it cooks?

Keep this part of the method in view: Add the eggs and gently scramble until cooked through.

Is there another preparation step to plan for?

Keep the finishing ingredient within reach while the main preparation is going on. Add it at the step in the method so the last job is easy to complete.

Storage & reheating safety

For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.

These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures

Recipe source: Budget Bytes. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.

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