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quick fried rice recipe

Quick Vietnamese inspired fried rice

This Vietnamese inspired quick fried rice recipe (or sheet pan fried rice) is easy and super quick to make. A HASSLE FREE cleaning recipe.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 3 cups
Author: Tu

Equipment

  • Sheet pan or casserole (about 8x8 inch size)

Ingredients 

  • 3 c cooked long-grain white rice see notes for guidelines of how to cook rice

Wet ingredients

  • ½ c soy sauce prefer regular one
  • 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 2 large eggs beaten

Veggies

  • ½ c mixed veggies frozen, follow instructions on the package for cooking process
  • ¼ c green onion chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 small piece of ginger minced, yield around 1 tsp
  • 2 links sausages sliced

Others

  • salt and black pepper to taste
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil to coat sheet pan/casserole

Instructions

  • In a mixing bowl, toss together cooked rice with eggs, sesame oil, rice wine vinegar and soy sauce until the rice is completely coated with the mixture.
  • Add mixed veggies, garlic, ginger to the rice and mix well.
  • Add and toss slice of sausages with the rice.
  • Coat the bottom of your sheet pan or casserole with enough vegetable oil. Then add already well tossed rice mixture into the pan.
  • Spread the rice evenly on the pan/casserole and bake for 15 minutes.
  • Use a wooden spoon or spatula to scrape up the rice and spread it out evenly again.
  • Return the rice to back to the oven and cook for another 5 to 10 minutes. The longer you leave it in the oven, the crispier your quick fried rice will be.
  • Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper if necessary. Served hot immediately.

Notes

How to cook rice

  • Rice may be rinsed before cooking to get rid of debris and dirt. But, keep in mind, rinsing process can also remove some of rice's nutrients.
  • So if you have to rinse your rice, just don't over do it. 1 or 2 times max.
  • It is not necessary to rinse most American-grown rice which is almost clean and free of insects.
  • Some kinds of rice like glutinous rice, basmati, or long-grain brown rice may be soaked before cooking. The soaking process helps to soften the grains and remove some starch and speed up cooking process.
  • The standard ratio for cooking rice is generally two parts liquid to one part rice. For quick fried rice recipe, I used 1 cup of uncooked long-grain white rice which yields 3 cups of cooked rice.

Why I chose long grain white rice?

  • Long grain rice is the most versatile one and popular worldwide. The grains remain firm, fluffy and well separated when cooked. It also has the less amount of starch compared to the other two. Because of these characteristics, long grain rice is the best pick when it comes to fried rice. Therefore, this is what I used for this Vietnamese inspired fried rice recipe.