East Meets South Shrimp Fried Rice

Yield: 4-6 servings
Prep Time: 20
Cook Time: 25 mins
Total Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

Drizzle of oil (for cooking)

Half a green chilli, chopped

2 red chillies, chopped

1.5 cup mushrooms, sliced

Handful of broccoli crowns, chopped

5 cloves of garlic, minced

1 small yellow onion, chopped

4-5 stalks of celery chopped

1/3 cup peas 

2 eggs

Rice wine vinegar (to deglaze)

1.5 cups of sushi rice (and water to cook)

Green onion and cilantro, chopped for garnish

Sauce Ingredients

3 tbs soy sauce

1 tbs oyster sauce

1/2 tsp sesame oil

1/4 tsp garlic powder 

1/4 tsp cumin

Shrimp marinade Ingredients

1 pack of frozen shrimps (30-40 pieces)

2 tbs achaar (This is a South Asian condiment made of pickled lemons, onions, ginger, chillies, etc. You can make this at home or buy it from a South Asian grocery store)

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp cumin

1/2 tsp turmeric

Ground black pepper (measure with the heart)

Directions:

• Mix all the ingredients together for the shrimp marinade in a large bowl and set aside in the fridge.

• Make your rice in a saucepan or rice cooker. Turn off the heat once the rice is done and set aside.*

• Combine your sauce ingredients so you have it handy.

• In a large wok over medium heat, drizzle some oil.

• Once the wok is hot, cook the shrimp and set aside.

• Scramble your eggs directly in the wok until cooked and set that aside as well.

• Deglaze the wok with some rice wine vinegar. 

• Add the chopped chillies, celery, garlic, and onion and sauté until fragrant (4-5 minutes).

• Add in the mushrooms and broccoli then cover and cook until the broccoli becomes greener and mushrooms dry up and begin to brown.

• Add in the peas, then cover and cook for another 3-5 minutes.

• Add in your cooked rice to the wok.

• Drizzle your sauce ingredients overtop the rice.

• Add your cooked shrimp (including any released liquid) and scrambled eggs back into the wok.

• Mix everything together until the rice is evenly coated and vegetables are mixed through. 

• Garnish with the cilantro and chopped onion.

• Enjoy!

*day old rice works best for fried rice.