Rice Recipe | Shrimp Fried Rice II

The real shrimp fried rice, restaurant style. This is how I used to cook fried rice when my father still owned a restaurant.

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups uncooked white rice
• 3 cups water
• 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 cup fresh bean sprouts
• ½ cup chopped onion
• 1 ½ cups cooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined without tail
• ¼ cup chopped green onion
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 4 tablespoons soy sauce
• ¼ teaspoon sesame oil

Cooking Directions

1. In a saucepan bring water to a boil. Add rice and stir. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Set aside and allow rice to cool.
2. Heat a large skillet or wok for 2 minutes. When the skillet or wok is hot, pour in vegetable oil, bean sprouts and onions. Mix well and cook for 3 minutes.
3. Mix in cooled rice and shrimp and cook for another 3 minutes. Stirring constantly.
4. Mix in green onions, eggs, salt, pepper, soy sauce and sesame oil. Cook for another 4 minutes, stirring continuously, until eggs are cooked and everything is blended evenly.

Nutrition Facts

• calories483.4
• carbohydrateContent60.3 g
• cholesterolContent186.6 mg
• fatContent17.5 g
• fiberContent1.9 g
• proteinContent20 g
• saturatedFatContent3.2 g
• sodiumContent1637.6 mg
• sugarContent2.3 g