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Egg fried rice
Ching-He Huang's egg-fried rice recipe from Sainsbury's magazine is a delicious and speedy way to use up leftover rice
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Ready in 10 minutes
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Cooking time 5 minutes
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Prep time 5 minutes
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Serves 4
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs, beaten
- 8 shiitake mushrooms, sliced
- 100 g frozen peas, no need to defrost
- 500 g ready-cooked pure basmati rice
- 4 tbsp light soy sauce
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 pinch ground white pepper
Method
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Heat a wok over a high heat and add half the oil. Tip in the eggs, stir to scramble, then remove to a plate and set aside.
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2
Add the rest of the oil and the mushrooms to the wok and stir-fry until softened. Tip in the peas and stir-fry for less than a minute before adding the rice. Stir-fry for 2 minutes then return the egg to the wok and stir through.
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Pour over the soy sauce and sesame oil, and add a pinch of white pepper before serving piping hot.
Kitchen secret: we've used pouches of ready-cooked rice, but you could use leftover cold cooked rice instead.
