Benihana Japanese Fried Rice

Andy Wold's Note:

Source: www.topsecretrecipes.com

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 0 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 4 cups cooked rice or 1 cup uncooked rice
• 1 cup frozen peas , thawed
• 2 tablespoons carrots , finely diced
• 2 eggs , beaten
• ½ cup onion , diced
• 1 ½ tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• salt
• pepper

Directions:

1. Cook rice following instructions on package (Bring 2 cups water to a boil, add rice and a dash of salt, reduce heat and simmer in covered saucepan for 20 minutes).
2. Pour rice into a large bowl to let it cool in the refrigerator.
3. Scramble the eggs in a small pan over medium heat.
4. Separate the scrambled chunks of egg into small pea-size bits while cooking.
5. When rice has cooled to near room temperature, add peas, grated carrot, scrambled egg and diced onion to the bowl.
6. Carefully toss all of the ingredients together.
7. Melt butter in a large frying pan over medium/high heat.
8. When butter has completely melted, dump the bowl of rice and other ingredients into the pan and add soy sauce plus a dash of salt and pepper.
9. Cook rice for 6-8 minutes over heat, stirring often.

Reviews

[Chris from Kansas]

I decided to make this tonight since I had some leftover beef that I could add and make a quick one dish meal. I was delighted that it was so easy to make and tasted great! I used basmati rice and green onions, light butter and a bit more soy sauce than called for. Will definitely make again. Thanks for posting!

[Chef Etienne]

This is close to how I cooked it when I lived in Japan. We added cooked ground beef to the pan when the eggs were done and then melted the butter. Then the other ingredients were added and mixed constantly until done.

[price403]

This is a really good fried rice recipe. I made it tonight for supper. I used more carrots, onion and soy sauce than what the recipe called for to suit my family's tastes. All in all this is a great recipe and I highly recommend it.