Recipes/Main Dishes/Benihana Japanese Fried Rice

From Original cookbook page 42

Benihana Japanese Fried Rice

Benihana Japanese Fried Rice is a dependable main dish featuring cooked converted or parboiled rice (1 cup uncooked), frozen peas, finely grated carrot, preserved from the family cookbook.

Prep 20 minCook 25 minTotal 45 min
A serving of Benihana Japanese Fried Rice featuring cooked converted or parboiled rice (1 cup uncooked) and frozen peas
Representative stock photo · ultrakml / flickr / BY 2.0
Method

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Method

  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 int eh refrigerator.
  3. Scramble the eggs in a small pan over medium heat. Separate the scrambled chunks of egg into small pea-sized bits while cooking.
  4. When rice has cooled to near room temperature, add peas, grated carrot, scrambled egg and diced onion to the bowl. Carefully toss all of the ingredients together.
  5. Melt the butter in a large frying pan over medium/high heat.
  6. 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. Cook rice for 6 to 8 minutes over heat, stirring often.
Family note

What makes this ours

This fried rice can be prepared ahead of time by cooking the rice, then adding the peas, carrots, and egg plus half of the soy sauce. Keep this refrigerated until you are ready to fry it in the butter. That's when you add the salt, pepper and remaining soy sauce. This recipe is from www.topsecretrecipes.com. We don't like so many peas, so I cut them back to about 1/4 cup and really boost the shredded carrot. Sometimes I'll add leftover pork chop, chicken or shrimp, diced small.

MMRecipe contributed byMarie Martell Isbell