Prawn Egg Fried Rice
This prawn egg fried rice recipe is quick, easy and delicious. It's a perfect recipe for those nights when you don't have much time to cook.
Chinese style egg fried rice recipes are perfect for busy weeknights. You can literally have your dinner on the table in less than 20 minutes!
Our prawn fried rice is packed with tasty ingredients, easy to prepare, super easy to cook and delicious to eat.
You can add in any extra ingredients you like, or skip any you don't. It's a really flexible meal idea and easy to adapt to suit what you like to eat.
Equipment Needed
- Chopping board
- Sharp knife
- Wok or large frying pan
- Saucepan with a lid
- Colander
- Cup or small bowl
- Fork
- Cooking spoon or spatula
Prawn Egg Fried Rice Ingredients
You'll only need a handful of ingredients to make our delicious king prawn fried rice recipe
- ½ cup rice
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1 tablespoon sunflower oil
- 1 clove garlic - grated
- 200g king prawns - we used cooked and chilled prawns
- 2 eggs - beaten
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce - you can make this recipe gluten free by switching to gluten free soy sauce and checking the ingredient label on the products you include.
- 4 spring onions - sliced
- Small bunch coriander - roughly chopped
How To Make Prawn Egg Fried Rice
You are going to just LOVE how quick and easy our king prawn fried rice recipe is to prepare and cook.
Step One - Cook the rice and peas
- Add the rice and frozen peas to a saucepan, add 4 cups of boiling water, bring the pan back to the boil. Once boiling, reduce the heat to a simmer and cook with the lid on for 10 minutes (or whatever the rice packet cooking instructions state)
- Once cooked, drain in a colander.
Cooks Note - Whilst the rice is cooking get the rest of the ingredients ready and start cooking!
Step Two - cook the prawns
- Add the sunflower oil to a wok - tip in the garlic and spring onions and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Next tip in the prawns and fry until they're heated through and piping hot throughout.
Step Three - make the prawn egg fried rice
- Once the rice is cooked and drained. Add the eggs to the pan with the prawns and stir over a high heat so they just start to scramble.
- Then immediately tip in the hot cooked rice and peas and stir into the eggs and prawns.
- Season the prawn egg fried rice with soy sauce to taste. And fry for a few minutes until the eggs are cooked through properly.
Step Four - serve the prawn egg fried rice
- Divide between two bowls and scatter with chopped coriander.
Make Prawn Egg Fried Rice Your Way
You can make our king prawn fried rice recipe your own way - try any of the tasty ideas below
- Spicy Prawn Fried Rice - if you like a kick of spice, add in some freshly chopped chillies or a pinch of red pepper flakes.
- Vegetarian Fried Rice - skip the prawns and turn this into a vegetarian dish, add more vegetables - try mushrooms or courgettes.
- Chicken and Prawn Fried Rice - if you've some leftover cooked chicken, add this in with the prawns for a tasty extra ingredient. Just be sure to reheat it thoroughly.
- Use cheats - you can use cheat ingredients in our recipe - try the sachets of microwave egg fried rice for speed and just stir the garlicky prawns through the cooked rice.
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Prawn Egg Fried Rice
Super easy prawn egg fried rice recipe - great for busy weeknights.
Ingredients
- ½ cup rice
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1 tablespoon sunflower oil
- 1 clove garlic - grated
- 200g king prawns - cooked
- 2 eggs - beaten
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 4 spring onions - sliced
- small bunch coriander - roughly chopped
Instructions
- Add the rice and frozen peas to a saucepan, add 4 cups of boiling water, bring the pan back to the boil. Once boiling, reduce the heat to a simmer and cook with the lid on for 10 minutes (or whatever the rice packet cooking instructions state) Whilst the rice is cooking, get on with cooking the prawns.
- Once cooked, drain in a colander.
- Add the sunflower oil to a wok – tip in the garlic and spring onions and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Next tip in the prawns and fry until they’re heated through and piping hot throughout.
- Once the rice is cooked and drained. Add the eggs to the pan with the prawns and stir over a high heat so they just start to scramble.
- Then immediately tip in the hot cooked rice and peas and stir into the eggs and prawns.
- Season the prawn egg fried rice with soy sauce to taste. And fry until the eggs are cooked through properly.
- Divide between two bowls and scatter with chopped coriander.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 2 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 383Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 397mgSodium: 1521mgCarbohydrates: 28gFiber: 5gSugar: 5gProtein: 36g
Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.
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