Thread: Classic Thai Fried Rice Recipe

Classic Thai Fried Rice Recipe


This recipe serves: 4
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes

Ingredients
For the fish sauce with hot chilies:
2 ounces serrano chili peppers, (about 1/2 cup)
1 cup Thai fish sauce

For the fried rice:
2 tablespoons peanut oil, or vegetable oil
4 to 8 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup oyster mushrooms, sliced
2 cups cooked jasmine rice
1 medium tomato, finely chopped
2 teaspoons Thai fish sauce, (or to taste)
1 teaspoon soy sauce

For the garnish and accompaniments:
about 1/4 cup packed, fresh coriander leaves
1 cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced
4 scallions, trimmed
1 medium tomato, sliced into 8 wedges
4 lime wedges
1/4 cup fish sauce with hot chilies

Cooking Instructions
1. First make the fish sauce with hot chilies. Remove the stems from the chilies and mince into very small pieces. Place the chilies including the seeds in a glass jar or other glass container and add the fish sauce. Set aside.
2. Second, make the fried rice. Heat a medium to large wok over high heat. When the oil begins to sizzle, add the mushrooms, and cook, stirring constantly, until softened, about 1 minute. Add the garlic and cook until just golden.
3. Add the rice, breaking it up with your fingers as you toss it into the wok. With your spatula, keep moving the rice around the wok. At first it may stick, but scoop and toss the rice and soon it will be more manageable. Good fried rice should have a faint seared-in-the-wok taste. Cook for approximately 4 to 5 minutes. Add the tomato, fish sauce and soy sauce. Stir-fry for 30 seconds to 1 minute.
4. Mound the rice onto the center of a platter. Sprinkle with fresh coriander. Around the rice, place a row of overlapping cucumber slices, scallions, tomato and lime wedges. The lime should be squeezed on the rice as you eat it.
5. Pass the fish sauce with hot chilies. The salty hot taste of the sauce brings out the full flavor of the rice.


Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 1 cup
Calories 577
Total Fat 9 g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Protein 19 g
Total Carbohydrate 105 g
Dietary Fiber 8 g
Sodium 1708 mg
Percent Calories from Fat 13%
Percent Calories from Protein 13%
Percent Calories from Carbohydrate 74%