Do you have leftover cooked rice around? If so, perfect! Time to make some tasty Fried Rice! There are so many ways to make fried rice – chicken, beef, salmon, shrimp, and more! Here’s some tasty fried rice recipes from around the world (Thai, Japan, Korea, Indian, and more!) for you to check out!
Tips for cooking fried rice
- Leftover rice – you actually do not want to use fresh rice. Cold, dry rice leftover from the day before is actually the best! This is because if you use fresh rice, the rice will be too moist and when you start cooking it it will get soggy and mushy instead. If you do not have leftover rice, you can also spread some cooked rice on a baking sheet, uncovered, in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
- Prepping the ingredients – Make sure you have everything sliced, chopped, beaten (eggs), basically – prepared prior to cooking. This is because you will not want to stop in the middle of cooking to do this stuff, you may burn something.
- Choose the right pan or wok – make sure your wok or pan is well seasoned if it is non stick. Or just use a non stick wok/pan
Which rice is best for fried rice?
The best rice for fried rice is typically rice that has less starch, such as Jasmine rice. But really, almost any rice will do. Just try to steer clear of stickier rice varieties, such as short grain sushi rice. You technically can still make it but the rice will stick together and not easy to break apart and fry, and the texture will not be ideal either.
Fried Rice Recipes
Do you have leftover cooked rice around? If so, perfect! Time to make some tasty Fried Rice! There are so many ways to make fried rice - chicken, beef, salmon, shrimp, and more! Here's some tasty fried rice recipes for you to check out!
Easy Chinese Chicken Fried Rice
This chicken fried rice recipe is easy and super tasty – chicken, peas, carrots, onions, eggs, ham, and green onions – what is not to love? Better than take out and much healthier too!
Salmon Fried Rice
This Salmon Fried Rice is so delicious and so easy to make too! Pan seared Salmon stir fried with mixed vegetables, eggs, garlic, rice, soy sauce and more!
Chinese Shrimp Fried Rice Recipe
This Chinese Shrimp Fried Rice Recipe is how we like to make it at my house! Stir fried Shrimp, fried rice with plenty of mixed veggies and eggs – it makes a great lunch or dinner!
Steak Fried Rice
This Steak Fried Rice is so delicious and so easy to make too! Pan seared steak stir fried with mixed vegetables, eggs, garlic, rice, soy sauce and more!
Pork Fried Rice
Pork Fried Rice is tasty and easy to make! Marinated strips of pork stir fried with mixed vegetables, eggs, garlic, rice, soy sauce and more!
Seafood Fried Rice
Seafood Fried Rice – if you love seafood and love fried rice, this is the dish for you! Mix of fish and seafood stir fried with rice and veggies – perfect meal for any time of the week!
Tuna Fried Rice
This Tuna Fried Rice is so tasty and so easy to make too! The tuna is stir fried with mixed vegetables, eggs, garlic, rice, soy sauce and more!
Basil Fried Rice with Chicken
Basil Fried Rice with Chicken is easy to make and so tasty! Jasmine rice stir fried with chicken, eggs, onions, chili peppers, and fresh Thai basil along with a delicious sauce.
Bacon Fried Rice
This Bacon Fried Rice is so tasty and easy to make too! Bacon adds a delicious aroma to the fried rice. This dish consists of bacon, mixed vegetables, eggs, garlic, rice, soy sauce and more!
Egg Fried Rice
This Egg Fried Rice is tasty and so easy to make too! Rice stir fried with mixed vegetables, eggs, garlic, soy sauce and more! I like to serve this with some veggies and meat on the side too!
Kimchi Fried Rice
Kimchi Fried Rice is a tasty Korean rice dish made with leftover cooked rice, kimchi, and more! Ready in just 30 minutes, top with a crispy fried egg for a complete meal.
Spam Fried Rice
Spam fried rice is aclassic Pacific islander dish. This dish delivers tons of flavor quickly and in a budget friendly meal! Both Japan and Hawaii have spam fried rice dishes.
Nasi Goreng (Indonesian Fried Rice)
Nasi Goreng is a traditional Indonesian fried rice dish - coooked with meats, vegetables, and a mix of aromatic spices.
Char Siu Pork Fried Rice
Char siu fried rice – a delicious combination of Chinese BBQ pork, fluffy white rice and vegetables all brought together with a tasty fried rice sauce! If you love Cantonese BBQ you will love this.
Easy Tom Yum Fried Rice
If you like Tom Yum soup then you will love this Thai fried rice which uses a tom yum paste! You can choose a roasted meat like rotisserie chicken, turkey, roast duck and more as your protein!
Adobo Fried Rice
This Adobo Fried Rice recipe is one of the best leftover recipes you can make - made with adobo chicken (a filipino classic) creating a flavorful fried rice.
Singapore Fried Rice Takeaway Style Recipe
Singapore fried rice - Rice stir-fried with vegetables, shrimp, pork and chicken is super delicious and the flavors are great too.
Chashu chahan (Japanese fried rice with pork belly)
Chashu chahan is a Japanese fried rice using leftover chashu pork and rice - it's a delicious dish in itself and you can prepare it as a meal or serve it as a side with other dishes.
Thai Green Curry Fried Rice
Thai Green Curry Fried Rice- ข้าวผัดแกงเขียวหวาน. This dish is a delicious and easy recipe that marries two recipes into one tasty dish using fried rice and green curry paste.
Chinese Sausage Fried Rice (Lap Cheong Fried Rice)
This Chinese sausage fried rice (腊肠炒饭 or lap cheong fried rice) is an easy rice recipe that comes together quickly and in one pan. If you're a fan of chinese sausage you've gotta give this a try!
Tofu Fried Rice
Check this tofu fried rice out if you are a vegetarian! It's basically Tofu scramble meets fried rice for an ingenious 12-minute tofu fried rice dish.
Gochujang Fried Rice Recipe
This Korean fried rice with gochujang has a spicy/sweet Korean paste added to it that makes it so special and tasty!
Easy Khao Pad Recipe (Thai fried rice)
Khao Pad, or Thai fried rice, is flavorful and easy to make. . In Thai, khao means "rice" and phat means "of or relating to being stir-fried."
Easy Vegan Indian Fried Rice
This Indian fried rice is a simple quick plant based recipe, you will love the flavors as it uses many popular spices used in Indian cooking.
Pineapple Fried Rice Recipe
This Pineapple Fried Rice is Hawaiian style is tasty! It’s made with big chunks of ham and pineapple, veggies and an addicting sweet and sour sauce.
Lobster Fried Rice
This lobster fried rice can be prepared in under 20 minutes - made with and is fresh lobster, making it better than your regular takeout fried rice!
Mexican Fried Rice Recipe
If you love Mexican food, you will really love this Mexican Fried Rice! It's like the traditional Mexican rice from your favorite Mexican.
Oxtail Fried Rice
If you've ever had oxtail you know it is soooo delicious! This fried rice uses Oxtail as the protein and we are all for it.
Chorizo Fried Rice - The Healthy Epicurean
Another tasty Mexican flavor fried rice! This chorizo fried rice is made with bell peppers, chorizo, fluffy rice, scrambled eggs and loads of spices popular in Mexican cooking.
Nigerian Fried Rice
Have you ever had Nigerian Fried Rice? This authentic recipe uses beef liver, and basmati rice, and it's cooked in chicken stock with a tasty mix of spices!
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