Yang Chow Fried Rice

Submitted by grandma2969

"This fried rice has no soy sauce...a delightful change..Be sure and use rice that has been cooked and thoroughly cooled."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 tablespoon light sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 small red bell pepper, finely diced
• 1 small red onion, finely diced
• 1 cup frozen peas
• 1 cup diced ham
• 1⁄2 lb shrimp, peeled deveined (16-20 count)
• 3 eggs, beaten and scrambled in large curds
• 4 cups cooked jasmine rice
• 2 scallions, white and green parts, thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 -4 teaspoons dried red chilies or 2 -4 teaspoons szechuan peppercorns
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cracked black pepper

directions

1. Place a wok or large skillet over medium-high heat and when it is hot, add the oil.
2. Add the ginger and garlic and cook until lightly carmelized, about 1 minute.
3. Add the bell pepper, and red onion and cook for 2 minutes.
4. At this point, I add the frozen peans, ham and shrimp and cook, stirring constantly -- for a couple of minutes.
5. Then I add the eggs and rice and keep moving ingredients around.I never leave the rice stick to the sides of the pan.
6. Then you can add the scallions, spices, salt and pepper, continuing to stir until heated completely 4-6 minutes.
7. Serve immediately.

Reviews

[Bettythebeetle]

Was a big hit with at a big Italian family dinner. They even wanted the recipe! It was nice to not have soy sauce in a fried rice. I'll be using Chineese Five Spice more often now.

 

[sugarpea]

Very good fried rice and my first made with jasmine rice. I'm not fond of five spice powder so I subbed recipe #97429 for a little extra heat. Thanks to a Canadian Zaar friend I'm fortunate to have the Szechuan peppercorns which, in my opinion, made the dish. I also used turkey bacon rather than ham and it worked just fine.

 

[Frankenchef]

Fantastic! Versatile! Easy to make! I refused to eat slimy, soy sauce-covered fried rice after being stationed in Okinawa, Japan for 3 years. Fortunately, I found this recipe. I omitted the peppers, onion, and red chilies (per my 6-year-old daughter's request) and the recipe was outstanding. I made the recipe as stated and the results were spectacular. I believe the key ingredients are the ginger, garlic, sesame oil, kosher salt, and 5 spice powder. I LOVE this recipe.

 

[LonghornMama]

Quite good. I really enjoyed the 5 spice and jasmine rice combination. With just a tablespoon of oil, it's much lower in fat than traditional fried rice and is a colorful marriage of many of flavors and textures. I did serve with just a bit of low-sodium soy sauce. Thanks for sharing your recipe!

 

[Aileen2]

An extremely tasty recipe! I had to make a few alterations to suit what I had to hand - mainly powdered ginger instead of fresh and omiting the ham, scallions and chillies but it was still lovely. I threw in some leftover sweetcorn from lunchtime and small handful of rasins which give a lovely sweet taste to it. All in all a great dish! Thanks.