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    How to Make Fried Rice

    By: Jessica · Posted: May 19, 2019 · Updated: Mar 4, 2025 · This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy.

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    How to Make Fried Rice: This Chinese fried rice recipe is now a favorite recipe to have at home after my husband perfected after three tries! 

    My husband and I have been having so much fun in the kitchen lately. He absolutely loves making this beef tenderloin and helping with this easy fried chicken recipe, but now…

    …after the third time of creating and perfecting this Chinese Fried Rice recipe, it’s time to share this one with you.

    Restaurant Style Fried Rice, easily made at home! https://fantabulosity.com

     

    How to Make Fried Rice

    I’m sure you’ve had many different styles of fried rice like I have. 

    Some are loaded with peas and green onions, different types of meat or even fruit like pineapple! 

    With this fried rice, you can add your preference of toppings and vegetables to make it your very own!

    NOTE: We LOVE garlic in our house, so we use 3 cloves in our recipe, but feel free to cut this back in yours. I’ve noticed ours has a little more garlic flavor than restaurant fried rice.

    What Kind of Rice to Use for Fried Rice?

    When we’re making it at home, we use whatever rice we have on hand. However, our absolute favorite rice to use for any dish, is basmati rice, which is used in a lot of Indian Recipes like this Chilli Chicken Recipe. But feel free to use:

    • Basmati Rice
    • Jasmine Rice
    • Instant Rice
    • Long Grain

    Note: Just make sure directions on rice packaging matches up (or are similar) to how we cook our rice in the recipe card below. If not, follow the directions on the type of rice you’re using, so you have a fully cooked rice, before finishing the fried rice recipe.

    Do I Have to Use a Wok Pan to Make Fried Rice?

    Nope. You can use a regular skillet, but we love using a wok because it makes things much easier (and fun) to toss the rice around while it’s cooking.

    What are the Different Types of Fried Rice

    There are many different types of fried rice, and that’s what I love about sharing easy recipes with you here on Fantabulosity because they’re super flexible to customize to your liking! Here are a few ideas:

    How to Make Chicken Fried Rice

    One of the most popular fried rice dishes in our family, whether at home or at our local favorite Chinese restaurant, is chicken fried rice.

    This is easy to do! You can make chicken similar to how we made chicken bites, chicken breasts in the crock pot, or grab a rotisserie chicken and use the meat from that along with this fried rice recipe below!

    How to Make Shrimp Fried Rice

    If you’re wanting to make shrimp fried rice, there are different ways you can do this! 

    • Buy pre-cooked shrimp that just needs to be warmed up.
    • Make your own shrimp like this garlic butter shrimp on the stovetop.
    • Use a shrimp marinade and grill your shrimp like in this grilled shrimp recipe.
    • Or get creative and use this fried shrimp recipe! Doesn’t that sound amazing?

    Just don’t forget to remove the tails of the shrimp before adding them to the rice for much easier eating! 

    How to Make Stir Fry Rice

    My grandma used to LOVE making stir fry. She’d steam white rice and serve mixed veggies and soy sauce with it and would call it day. It was one of my FAVORITES! 

    Well taking hers up a notch, we love making stir fry with this fried rice recipe and tossing in stir fry vegetables like:

    • Frozen mixed stir-fry veggies

    or

    • Canned bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, water chestnuts and baby corn.

    Other Types of Fried Rice:

    • Pineapple Fried Rice
    • Pork Fried Rice
    • Tofu Fried Rice
    • Cauliflower Fried Rice (look for frozen cauliflower rice!)
    • Cashew Fried Rice
    • Lobster, Scallop or Crab Fried Rice

    So no matter if you want to enjoy it alone or if you want to add something into your fried rice recipe, this recipe will be fantastic to use…

    What to Serve with Fried Rice

    If you’re looking for a side dish for fried rice, you’ll LOVE this pan-fried dumplings recipe!

     

    What Should I Serve with Fried Rice?

    You can eat fried rice just as it is, but serving the standard Chinese food favorites like:

    • Sweet & Salty Chicken

    Or if you’re looking for a completely different type of side dish to serve with fried rice, here are some of our favorites:

    • Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps
    • Egg Rolls
    • Crab Rangoons (or our guacamole wontons for a fun spin)
    • Chinese Dumplings

    Love Restaurant Meals at Home?

    Then you’ll LOVE these:

    • Italian Chopped Chicken Salad
    • Oven Steak Recipe
    • Easy Lobster Bisque

    Recipe

    Fried rice in shallow bowl.

    Chinese Fried Rice Recipe

    Jessica Burgess
    This fried rice recipe is so easy to make and tastes delicious! Add your leftover meat and vegetables to this versatile dish.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 0 minutes mins
    Cook Time 30 minutes mins
    Total Time 30 minutes mins
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine Chinese
    Servings 6 servings
    Calories 258 kcal

    Ingredients

    • 1 Tablespoon salted butter
    • 1 cup rice
    • 1 cup water
    • 2 Tablespoons sesame oil
    • 1 sweet onion chopped
    • 1 cup carrots chopped
    • 3 cloves garlic chopped
    • 2 Tablespoons oyster sauce
    • 1 cup meat chopped and cooked (optional)
    • 2 eggs
    • 2 Tablespoons soy sauce
    • 1 teaspoon black pepper
    • 1 teaspoons sesame seeds

    Instructions
     

    • In a saucepan, melt butter on high and add rice.
    • “Toast,” the rice on high heat stirring often, for 2 minutes. Reduce heat to low.
    • Add water, and cover and let sit for 15 minutes on low, set aside.
    • In a wok pan, pour in sesame oil, and turn the heat on high. When smoking, add onion. Cook onions until clear (3 minutes)
    • Add carrots, and garlic and cook for 2 minutes.
    • Add oyster sauce
    • Add in cooked rice from earlier, and mix well.
    • Add choice of meat if desired. Mix.
    • Push rice mixture to one side of wok pan.
    • Crack eggs into the side of pan and scramble, and mix with rice once cooked.
    • Add soy sauce, pepper, and sesame seeds
    • Serve!

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1serving (⅙ recipe) | Calories: 258kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 75mg | Sodium: 588mg | Potassium: 300mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 3700IU | Vitamin C: 4.7mg | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 1mg

    Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.

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    1. Terri Miller says

      December 15, 2020 at 12:11 pm

      I don’t like oysters. Is there something you can use instead of oyster sauce? If I eliminate it altogether will it taste like something’s missing?

      Reply
      • Jessica says

        January 25, 2021 at 7:09 pm

        You can actually make this without it! We’ve done that before and it’s STILL delicious!

        Reply
    2. Ima says

      December 20, 2014 at 4:06 pm

      What does “toasting” the rice first do for the dish?

      Thanks!

      Reply
      • Jessica says

        December 26, 2014 at 7:46 am

        It gives the rice a good little “crunch!” I’m a huge texture person, and love how it has that added characteristic to it!

        Reply
    3. Danelle says

      August 24, 2014 at 8:31 pm

      I love fried rice! I cannot wait to try this–I bet it’s so much better that what you get from a restaurant!

      Reply
      • Jessica says

        August 24, 2014 at 9:02 pm

        I may be a bit partial, but it is pretty delicious. Lol! I’m so glad that you came by. I’m actually FLATTERED, that you came by. I just love your blog. XOXO!

        Reply
    4. Amanda @ Dwelling in Happiness says

      August 20, 2014 at 12:16 pm

      This looks SO good! I’ve tried other fried rice recipes and they’re just ok, but this one looks way better! I’m pinning this so I can make it soon! 🙂

      Reply
      • Jessica says

        August 20, 2014 at 5:54 pm

        Oh yaaaay! I’m so glad that you’ve come by and are going to make it soon! I’m tellin’ ya… it’s yumalicious! 😉

        Reply
    5. Amy@ A Cup Full of Sass says

      August 20, 2014 at 8:54 am

      YUM!!! That looks amazing! Going to try this! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
      • Jessica says

        August 20, 2014 at 5:56 pm

        You totally have to try it! Or….. come over and eat here and we can drink wine. 😉 Wait… I think I say that about everything we both post. Hahaha!

        Reply

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