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Shrimp Fried Rice 虾仁炒饭

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Chinese

Ingredients
  

For the rice (makes about 4½ cups of cooked rice):

  • 2 cups Uncooked jasmine rice
  • cups Water or necessary water for rice cooker
  • 1 tbsp Dark soy sauce
  • 2 tsp Light soy sauce
  • ½ tsp Turmeric

For the dish:

  • 2 Eggs beaten
  • 300 g Shrimp peeled and deveined
  • 1 Onion diced
  • ¼ tsp Sugar
  • ¼ tsp Sesame oil
  • Freshly ground white pepper
  • 1 cup Chopped snow peas or other greens
  • 1 Scallion chopped
  • 1 tbsp Shaoxing wine

Instructions
 

  • Combine the drained rice with 1 ½ cups water, the soy sauces and turmeric powder in a thick-bottomed pot or your rice cooker. Cook the rice per our instructions for perfect stovetop rice or press the button on your rice cooker!
  • When the rice is cooked, fluff it with a fork or rice paddle.
  • Heat your wok over medium high heat. Add oil, and add the eggs, scrambling them until they’re just cooked.
  • You can start scooping them up when they look like they are almost done, and put them back into the same bowl you mixed them in. Set aside. 
  • Heat the wok until just smoking, and spread oil around the perimeter of the wok. Spread the shrimp out in a single layer, and let them sear for 20 seconds. Stir fry the shrimp until opaque, transfer them back to their bowl, and set aside.
  • With the wok over medium high heat, add oil again, and sauté the onions until translucent.
  • Add the rice, using your metal spatula to flatten and break up any remaining clumps.
  • Once the rice is warmed, add the sugar, sesame oil, and freshly ground white pepper, and mix with a scooping motion until the rice is evenly coated with the seasonings.
  • The rice should be hot by this time. Now add the shrimp and snow peas, and stir fry for another 30 seconds.
  • Add the eggs and scallions and continue stir-frying the rice for another 30 seconds. Gather all of the rice into the middle of the wok to let the sides of the wok heat up. 
  • After about 20 seconds, spread the Shaoxing wine around the perimeter of the wok, and stir-fry for another 20 seconds. This step gives that little extra wok hei that you taste when you get fried rice from a good Chinese restaurant!
  • DONE!