Cooking Method
• Start with cold, cooked rice. If your rice has been freshly made, leave it in the refrigerator for
several hours with the lid off to dry it out.
• Fried Rice Cooking Tip: At first, your cooked rice will be lumpy and sticking together. To
separate it (this makes for a much better fried rice), place the rice in a large bowl. Add 1
tablespoon oil. Now use your fingers to mix the oil into the rice and separate the clumps.
Continue working your fingers through until the rice is more or less separated into grains. Set
aside.Mix the stir-fry sauce ingredients together in a cup. Omit the turmeric if using saffron rice.
Set aside. Place a wok or large frying pan over medium-high heat. When the pan is hot, add 2
tablespoons oil plus the garlic and shrimp. Stir-fry 1-2 minutes, or until shrimp is pink and
plump. Add a few teaspoons wine/cooking wine whenever the wok becomes dry.
• Push shrimp and garlic to the side of your wok or frying pan. Add a little more oil into the
center of the wok, then break the eggs into this space. Quickly fry the eggs (as if you were
making scrambled eggs), about 1 minute.
• Keep the wok or frying pan hot for these last few steps (medium-high heat). Add the rice and
peas, then pour the sauce over the top, distributing it as evenly as possible over the rice.
• Quickly begin “tossing” the rice in the wok/pan, using a shoveling-like motion (lifting from the
bottom of the pan). Continue “stir-frying” in this way for about 3 minutes, or until rice and peas
are hot. Tip: When rice is done, you will hear it starting to “pop” in the wok.
• Taste-test the rice for salt (we find it is rarely salty enough). If needed, add a little more fish
sauce (instead of salt), 1/2 tablespoon at a time, and continue stir-frying until desired taste is
achieved. Remove from heat.Sprinkle the spring onion and coriander over the top. Serve hot
straight from the wok/pan. For more formal occasions: Line the outside of a serving platter
with cucumber slices. Scoop rice onto the platter, then sprinkle with the spring onion and
coriander. For those who like it extra spicy, serve with a bottle of Thai chili sauce on the side.
