Mushroom Fried Rice Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 to 1½ tbsp oil
• 2 cloves garlic (fine chopped)
• 1 to 2 sprigs spring onions (scallions or 2 to 3 tbsps of chopped onions)
• ½ cup bell peppers (sliced capsicum, any color)
• 1 cup mushrooms sliced (more if required)
• 1 green chili slit (optional)
• ¾ to 1 tablespoon soya sauce (adjust to taste) (or any other sauce of choice)
• ½ to ¾ teaspoon vinegar (adjust to taste)
• ¼ teaspoon black pepper (crushed)
• salt (only if required)
• 1 to 1½ cups cooked rice (or ½ cup raw rice)

Steps

Prepare Rice

1. Use fluffy, al dente cooked rice. If already cooked, move straight to the next section.
2. Bring 3 cups water to a boil in a large pot and add 1 tsp oil.
3. Meanwhile, rinse the rice well a few times in a colander or bowl to remove surface starch. Soak until the pot of water boils.
4. Once the water boils rapidly, drain the soaking water from the rice and put the rice into the boiling water.
5. Cook al dente: fully cooked but firm, not mushy. Drain into a colander, cover and set aside to cool completely. If accidentally overcooked, drizzle with oil, spread on a tray and cool completely.

How To Make Mushroom Fried Rice

1. Heat oil in a wok over high heat and fry garlic until aromatic, without burning it.
2. Fry spring-onion whites or sliced onion for 1 min.
3. Stir-fry mushrooms, capsicum and chili until al dente, not mushy.
4. Add soya sauce and vinegar and saute for a minute. Alternatively, omit both and use another preferred sauce.
5. Add cooked rice, salt only if needed, black pepper and spring-onion greens. Saute for 2 mins.
6. Serve the fried rice hot.