Shrimp Fried Rice
by Chungah
Why order take-out? This homemade version is so much healthier, cheaper and tastes a million times better!
I absolutely love ordering take-out, especially when I’m exhausted out of my mind and I have absolutely no energy to even walk to the kitchen. But when I spend $10 on a measly shrimp fried rice with just 4 shrimps in the entire dish, I knew I just had to make a homemade version. After all, nothing beats homemade, right?
Now the best part about this fried rice is that it is completely customizable to your taste. You can swap out the shrimp for your favorite protein – chicken, pork , or even tofu to keep it completely vegetarian. As for the veggies, I like using a mix of onions, corn, peas and carrot but if you have more veggies just lingering in your fridge – feel free to add those in as well. The more, the merrier, right? And this can be made in less than 30 minutes – easy peasy.
Now who still wants take-out?
Shrimp Fried Rice
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoons sesame oil
- ½ teaspoon ginger powder
- ½ teaspoon white pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 carrot, peeled and diced
- ½ cup frozen corn
- ½ cup frozen peas
- 3 cups cooked rice
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger powder and white pepper; set aside.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add shrimp, and cook, stirring occasionally, until pink, about 2-3 minutes; season with salt and pepper, to taste; set aside.
- Add garlic and onion to the skillet, and cook, stirring often, until onions have become translucent, about 3-4 minutes.
- Stir in carrot, corn and peas, and cook, stirring constantly, until vegetables are tender, about 3-4 minutes.
- Stir in rice, green onions and soy sauce mixture. Cook, stirring constantly, until heated through, about 2 minutes. Stir in shrimp.
- Serve immediately.
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DIY stuff on things like RICE is truly the only way to go. I mean what some places charge for the simple things, like rice, it’s nuts! I mean they must really think we’re all suckers 🙂 Just beautiful and love that you used frozen veggies. Amen, me too, whenever I can!