Recipes > Vietnamese seafood fried rice recipe

Ingredients

• 4 cups cold cooked rice (preferably 1 day old)
• 2 tbsp. oil
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped (onion can be used instead of garlic)
• 2 cups  chopped seafood :
   -medium raw shrimp – deveined and shelled cut into bite sized pieces
   -crabmeat drain all the water from the can of crab meat
   -squid, cut into bite sized pieces…
• 2-3 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 cup diced mixed vegetables( mushrooms,peas, carrot,…)
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. pepper
• 2 tbsp. fish sauce (or soy sauce )
• 3 stalks green onions, sliced

Preparation Method

1. Bring a pot of water to boil, poach shrimps, squid, peas, carrots and mushroom… Set aside.

2. Heat up a wok with some oil, add in garlic and stir until fragrant.Add in egg and stir-fry quickly to scramble.

3. Add the rice – breaking up as any lumps. Let the rice heat up in the wok.

4. Add vegetables and seafood.

5. Stir-fry until all is hot. Add fish sauce/ soy, salt & pepper. 

6. Stir fry until all ingredients are combined and steaming hot. Sprinkle chopped scallions on. Served with slices of tomato, cucumber and soy sauce