Easy Vegetable Fried Rice

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp Vegetable oil
• 3 Eggs, beaten
• 1 large Carrot, finely diced
• 4 Spring onions, sliced, white and green parts separated
• 2 cloves Garlic, finely chopped
• 450g Cooked rice, cold, from about 170g dry rice, cooled within an hour of cooking and chilled
• 100g Frozen peas
• 3 tbsp Soy sauce
• 1 tsp Sesame oil

You’ll need: Large frying pan or wok

Method

1. 1

   Break up any clumps in the cold rice with your fingers.

2. 2

   Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a large frying pan or wok over medium-high heat. Add the eggs and scramble for 1 minute until just set. Tip onto a plate.

3. 3

   Add the remaining oil, the carrot and the white parts of the spring onions. Stir-fry for 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds.

4. 4

   Add the rice and peas and stir-fry for 4–5 minutes, until the rice is steaming hot all the way through.

5. 5

   Stir in the soy sauce, sesame oil and the eggs, breaking them up. Serve topped with the green spring onion.