Prawn Fried Rice Recipe (Shrimp Fried Rice)
Prawn Fried Rice recipe with step-by-step photos and a recipe video. Easy prawn fried rice made with cooked rice stir-fried with prawns, eggs, and vegetables. It is seasoned with salt, pepper and a few sauces. Make this quick, easy & one-pan meal within 30 minutes.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 480kcal
Equipment
- Deep bottom pan
Ingredients
For scrambled eggs
- 2 eggs
- salt to taste
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper powder
To cook prawns
- 150 grams prawn or shrimp peeled and deviened
- salt and pepper to taste
To make fried rice
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 1 teaspoon ginger finely chopped
- 2 teaspoon garlic finely chopped
- 1 small onion finely chopped
- 1 green bell pepper finely chopped
- 1 carrot peeled and finely chopped
- ½ cup fresh peas boiled. (or use frozen)
- ¼ cup fresh corn boiled. (or use frozen)
- 3 cups of cooked rice
- 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon sriracha optional
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce skip if not available
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 1 teaspoon black pepper powder
- salt to taste
- 2-3 tablespoon finely chopped spring onion greens
Instructions
How to make Prawn/Shrimp Fried Rice
- In a small mixing bowl, add eggs, salt and pepper. Whisk it to combine. Set it aside.
- In a pan, heat 2 teaspoon of oil over medium heat.
- Add prawns and season it with salt and pepper. Stir-fry and cook for 3-4 minutes until the prawns are cooked. Timing depends on the size of prawns. Remove to a plate.
- To the same pan, add 1 tablespoon oil over medium high heat. Add the egg mixture and make scrambled eggs. Remove to the same plate.
- In the same pan, heat 2 tablespoon oil over medium high heat.
- Add ginger, garlic, onion, bell pepper and carrot. Stir fry for 3-4 minutes.
- Add peas and corn and stir fry for a minute.
- Next, add cooked prawns, and scrambled eggs back to the pan.
- Add cooked rice, soy sauce, sriracha, oyster sauce, vinegar, black pepper powder and salt.
- Combine everything. Stir-fry for 2-3 minutes.
- Taste and add more sauce or spice as per your liking.
- Finally add spring onion greens, give it a quick stir and remove from heat.
- Prawn fried rice is ready to serve.
Video
Notes
- Cleaning the prawns – Rinse the prawns in water. Check out for spoiled prawns (discolored or slimy). Prawns should always be white or grey in color. De-shell & de-vein it.
- Cooking rice - Use day-old cooked rice or cold rice. If you are using fresh rice, let it cool down completely. Keep it in the refrigerator for 2 hours. You can use it.
- Cooking prawns - Do not overcook prawns. If overcooked it may turn hard (chewy or rubbery).
- Cook fried rice always on high heat. Keep all the ingredients handy. Cooking on high heat makes the rice and veggies crisp.
- You can add any vegetable of your choice.
- Finely chop the veggies so that they cook faster on high heat.
- Do not cook the veggies completely. There should be a slight crunch in them.
- You can use chicken instead of prawns to make chicken fried rice.
- If you are using fresh peas, cook them before you add them to fried rice. Cook it in boiling water for 10-15 minutes or until cooked. Drain and set it aside.
- To make spicy prawn fried rice, add some chopped green chilies.
- Once you finished cooking, add 1-2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil over it and toss, for that authentic Chinese flavor.
- Skip Sriracha, if you do not have. Or you can add any chili-garlic sauce.
- Do not let the fried rice stay at room temperature for more than 2 hours. Better to refrigerate the leftovers.
Nutrition
Calories: 480kcal