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Fried Rice with Shrimps

December 28th, 2013 in Fish, Main Dishes by
Total cooking time: 30min
Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe

One more recipe for fried rice, this time with shrimps.

As any fried rice, it is pretty easy and fast to cook, especially if you use frozen vegetables, just don’t forget to unfreeze them as well as shrimps in advance before cooking.

Most of the salt for this recipe comes from soy sauce, only eggs need a bit of additional salting.

Ingredients:


How to prepare, step-by-step:

  1. Prepare ingredients: if you use frozen ingredients, let them thaw before cooking:
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 1
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 1
  2. Rinse rice under cold water until water runs clean, pour rice to a pot, fill pot with water so it covers rice completely and more; put pot on burner, bring to slow simmer and cook rice until softened but not cooked through completely; pour rice to colander to remove water and set it aside:
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 2
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 2
  3. Clean shrimps (remove shell and such) if needed; warm up deep skillet with 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil; add shrimps to the skillet and fry them over medium heat for a minute, stir:
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 3
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 3
  4. Season shrimps with crushed red chilli pepper flakes and curry powder:
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 4
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 4
  5. Add a tablespoon of soy sauce, cook for a minute more:
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 5
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 5
  6. Then add sesame seeds, and cook for 1-2 mins more, continue stirring:
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 6
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 6
  7. Then move shrimps and all juices produced during cooking to a bowl, set bowl aside:
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 7
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 7
  8. Reduce heat under skillet to a bit lower. Crack 2 egg to the skillet:
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 8
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 8
  9. Using spatula scramble eggs and cook, salt to taste:
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 9
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 9
  10. Add sliced carrots, cook for about 5 mins:
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 10
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 10
  11. Then add peas:
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 11
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 11
  12. Add 2 tablespoons of soy sauce, stir and cook vegetables together for few minutes more, just until carrots are cooked as you like them (crunchy or soft):
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 12
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 12
  13. Pour rice you cooked earlier to the skillet:
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 13
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 13
  14. Add remaining amount of soy sauce you have left (or more to taste), mix everything and continue cooking over low heat:
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 14
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 14
  15. Pour shrimps along with all juices from the bowl to the skillet:
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 15
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 15
  16. Mix, cook everything together for 2-3 mins:
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 16
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe: Step 16
  17. And serve:
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe
    Fried Rice with Shrimps Recipe
Enjoy!

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