Lee's Quick and Easy Shrimp Fried Rice
When you are a busy person, sometimes you need quick and easy meals to make before you rush off. Lee's shrimp fried rice is one of his favorite Chinese stir fry recipes. When you don't have time for traditional Chinese food recipes, but want your delicious shrimp fried rice made easy, come to Lee for the recipe.
Preparation Time15 min
Cooking Time15 min
Ingredients
- 3 cups cold cooked short grain rice
- 1 cup raw small to medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 3 eggs
- Chinese cooking wine
- Soy sauce
- Sesame oil
- 6 scallions
- peanut oil
- 1/2 cup diced Smithfield style ham (optional)
- 1/2 cup fresh or thawed, frozen green peas (optional)
- 1/2 cup diced celery blanched for 2 minutes and drained (optional)
Instructions
- If desired cut the shrimp into smaller pieces. Mix the shrimp with 1/2 Tablespoon soy sauce and 1 Teaspoon cooking wine in a small bowl and let sit for at least 15 minutes.
- Beat the eggs with 1 tablespoon soy sauce and 1 tablespoon sesame oil.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a wok. When hot pour in the egg mixture and tip wok to swirl the egg around. Use a cooking scoop to lift the edges and allow liquid egg to flow under the cooked part. You want a "pancake" of egg 8-12 inches in diameter.
- Remove from pan when fully cooked. Wipe out the pan with a paper towel and add 1/4 cup peanut oil.
- When hot add the rice at stir constantly and rapidly for 2-3 minutes, breaking up any clumps. Push the rice to the sides of the wok leaving an empty area in the center.
- Add 2 tablespoons of oil to the center of the pan then add the shrimp, scallions, and any optional ingredients you are using. Stir fry for a minute or so until the newly added ingredients are partially cooked, then start mixing them in with the rice.
- Stir fry the entire mixture for a minute or two, then add the eggs. Continue to cook for another minute, cutting the eggs up with your cooking scoop.
- Taste for salt and serve while still hot.
