Best Vegan Fried Rice

Best Vegan Fried Rice

from joyfuldumplings.com
25 min
4 servings

Vegetable fried rice is a quick and easy one-pan meal that is gluten-free, filling, delicious, and budget-friendly.

Ingredients

  • 2 Tbsp Cooking Oil (neutral-fIavored oil, I use grapeseed oil)
  • 5 Cup Packed Cooked Rice (Note1)
  • ½ Cup Scallion( White Part) ( thinly sliced)
  • 2 Cup Frozen mixed vegetables (small diced, defrosted before cooking)
  • 1 Tbsp Minced Garlic (or crushed)
  • 1 Tbsp Minced Ginger (or grated)
  • 4 Tbsp Light Soy Sauce (I recommand use L.K.K brand, they also have gluten-free soy sauce.)
  • 1 Tbsp Sesame Oil (toasted)
  • 1 Tbsp Maple Syrup (or 1 tsp organic sugar)
  • 2 tsp Rice Vinegar
  • ¼ Cup Scallion( Green Part) ( thinly sliced)
  • 1 ea Red Chilli (thinly sliced)
  • 1 Tbsp Red Chilli Flakes
  • 1 Tbsp Toasted Sesame Seeds

Directions

  1. 1

    1. Mix the ingredients for the sauce in a bowl( light soy sauce, rice vinegar, toasted sesame oil, and maple syrup), ready for use.

  2. 2

    2. Heat cooking oil in a heavy-bottomed skillet over medium low heat, add sliced scallion( white part), minced garlic and ginger, constant stirring and saute for about 5 minutes without coloring. ( if they start getting color, you need to turn the heat lower as we don’t want to burn them)

  3. 3

    3. Followed by small diced mixed veggies( defrosted), turn the heat to medium-high and saute them for a minute. 

  4. 4

    4. Add cold cooked rice into the pan, constantly stir and make sure all the rice is heated up and separated. ( It takes around 5 minutes)

  5. 5

    5. Pour the sauce mixture into the pan, and mix everything together until the rice is coated with the sauce. When mixing, you need to keep scraping the bottom of the pan to make sure no rice is burnt.

  6. 6

    6. Add thinly sliced scallion(green part) into the pan and mix with everything. Serve veg fried rice when it’s hot, topped with your favorite veggies or tofu( such as baked tofu) and garnish with some toasted sesame seeds, sliced red chillies or red pepper flakes.