Homemade Veggie Fried Rice
Any fried rice fans?!
Making homemade fried rice at home is a super easy and delicious way to use up odds and ends from your fridge. It’s a simple dish to make and your whole family will LOVE it!
Prepare rice the night before for an even quicker meal! Customize this recipe to the type of veggies and add-ins your family likes. This also happens to be a yummy idea for a satisfying and budget-friendly Meatless Monday family meal.
Homemade Veggie Fried Rice
yield: 4 SERVINGS
prep time: 10 MINUTES
cook time: 15 MINUTES
total time: 25 MINUTES
Skip the take-out and make your own delicious fried rice at home in minutes!
Ingredients
- 3 cups cooked brown rice (I used quick-cooking rice)
- 2 and 1/2 cups chopped veggies (I used a mix of red onion, shredded carrots, edamame, corn & peas)
- 1Â clove minced garlic
- pinch of ground ginger
- pinch of red pepper flakes
- 3 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 eggs plus 1/8 teaspoon sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon of sesame oil
Directions
1
Heat oil in your largest skillet on medium-high heat and cook/brown eggs on both sides with a little sesame oil (cook eggs more like a well-done pancake as opposed to scrambled eggs). Move cooked eggs to a cutting board, chop, and set aside.
2
Heat canola oil in the pan and add onions, garlic, carrots, ginger, and red pepper flakes. After a couple of minutes, add rice, chopped eggs, and remaining veggies to the pan. Let fry a couple of minutes and stir occasionally. Then add soy sauce and sesame oil. Enjoy!
Hip Tip: Cold rice from the night before is a little drier and works great for stir fry. Next time you cook rice, cook a large batch and consider freezing the extras for future batches of fried rice.
Easy fried rice perfection!
We are huge fried rice fans in our house, and everyone loves this method of cooking it at home! The taste and textures are YUMMY! There are seriously so many ways to change up this idea to fit different veggies, and you can also add pieces of chicken if desired. Enjoy!
Make this easy, delicious weeknight chicken stir-fry recipe!
Sounds tasty. I’m vegetarian so meatless everyday; but definitely will try.
Did you forget to put the number of eggs in ingredients? Directions call for eggs but I do not see them listed.
Woops! I just reached out to Lina and asked her to update the ingredients with # of eggs.
It says 2 eggs plus sesame oil —listed above soy sauce- Thanks
I read that 4x and didn’t see it :p!
Yum! Can’t wait to try this!
Really in need of this.. Thanks Collin!
I LOVE making my own fried rice at home! So easy. I like to add shrimp to mine sometimes. Amps up the protein! And there are so many combinations to try–mine always comes out different depending in what I throw in!
It doesn’t say how many eggs to use.
It says 2 eggs
It says two eggs plus a small amount of sesame oil
Whoops i think the sesame oil at the end is what threw me off.
I add scrambled eggs to mine too.
Follow the tip. Cold rice is best, otherwise it is super sticky! Been making homemade fried rice for years & love it!
I agree! I cook my rice 2 days ahead of time and refrigerate it, uncovered. The drier the rice, the better! I also use fish sauce and no sesame oil because I enjoy Thai fried rice over regular fried rice. We love this dish so much that I invested in a nice wok!
Collin do you have any FRIENDLY Braces recipes. I just got my braces this Tuesday and I’m sick of soup and pasta. Any other alternatives? (Something flavorful & won’t make it painful to brush and floss)
I LOVE making this recipe! I’m a college student so it is super easy to throw a bunch of stuff together, and yummy too 🙂
I make something similar to this on days where there just isn’t a lot of time to prepare dinner. While the rice is cooking in the rice cooker, I sautee a bag of frozen veggies in coconut oil (it’s the only oil we use for cooking, but you could use whatever oil you want). Then mix it together with a couple tablespoons of soy sauce.
I love easy, quick, nutritious meals.
That sounds great! I’m trying coconut oil next time!
Also try cauliflower rice instead of rice just as delicious but better for you.
We love fried rice! It’s a breakfast favorite for us. We usually put eggs and sausages with it. Best way to reheat rice the next day is to wet a paper towel, place on top of rice and heat in microwave. No more hard or dry rice!
Oh nice tip!
We add a dash of water to the rice, then microwave, same concept.
Great recipe! I like to add 1/4 tsp of Chinese 5-spice to my fried rice.
If you love garlic like I do, put lots of it, maybe 3-4 cloves. Minced it, saute it and add a little salt until brown. Then add the rest of the ingredients. Then you have garlic fried rice! The more garlic, the better!
You can also use leftover rotisserie chicken, beef or pork, and you’ve got a complete meal.
This was delicious! I added Spam for myself, probably too much sodium/nitrates for the kids though (and for me) but it is a treat.
I cube leftover pork chops for my fried rice and add chopped green pepper, too.
Great recipe to use leftovers in. LOL I have about 2 tenders left from last night I can put them in this instead of feeding them to the dog. Love it. I love recipes that use leftovers.
Yes, and excellent idea!
i eat rice everyday in different forms.
1. plain white/brown rice with lentil soups and lots of vegetables.
2.when cooking rice add a pinch of salt and 1/2 table spoon of oil (any oil) so that the rice doesn’t stick and we don’t have to keep in fridge.
3.today i made fried rice in instant pot..easy peasy . add 1 tbsp oil….add frozen vege , little saute it and add whatever you want to it like red chillies or pepper, salt add one cup rice (which is just washed not cooked), for 1 cup of rice i add 1/2 cup of water, close the instant pot. keep for 3 or 4 mnts in high….that’s it …i eat them with homemade yogurt…. you can cook all this in pan too.
4. you can add coconut milk when rice in cooking it tastes so rich
5. left over rice….dont feel like eating rice again…..mash it little make it little liquid… add salt, pepper and any vegetable….eat it like vegetable pancake…..etc etc.