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Shrimp Fried Rice


  • Author: Tania Van Pelt
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 25 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x
Shrimp Fried Rice is a delicious, easy recipe, and great weeknight meal.
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Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoon vegetable oil (divided)
  • 12 peeled deveined small shrimp or 8 large shrimp (thawed if frozen (if large, chop in 1 in. pieces))
  • Sea salt
  • Fresh black pepper
  • 8 scallions (whites chopped, greens thinly sliced)
  • 4 cloves garlic cloves (chopped)
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped peeled ginger
  • 4 cups cold cooked rice (approx. uncooked)
  • 2 large eggs (beaten to blend)
  • ½ cup frozen edamame (thawed)
  • ½ cup frozen peas (thawed)
  • 3 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce or tamari
  • 2 tablespoon unseasoned (unsweetened rice vinegar)
  • 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil

Instructions

  1. Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add half the chopped garlic, sauté until fragrant. Season shrimp with salt and cook, turning once, until just opaque in the center, about 3 minutes; transfer garlicky shrimp to a plate.
  2. Heat remaining 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in same skillet; add scallion whites, garlic, and ginger. Cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add rice and stir to coat. Cook until rice is crisp, about 2 minutes. Push rice to one side of skillet; add eggs to other side and cook, stirring and working into rice mixture, 1 to 2 minutes.
  3. Add edamame, peas, soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, and cooked shrimp. Cook, tossing constantly, until shrimp and vegetables are heated through, about 1 minute. Top with scallion greens.
  4. Serve immediately.