Easy Fried Rice

Ingredients

• 2 mugs of cooked, cold rice (yesterday's is perfect)
• 1 egg
• 1 spring onion, chopped
• A handful of frozen peas
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp oil

Tools

Steps

1. 1

   Heat the pan

   Put oil in a pan on high heat. Wait until it shimmers.

2. 2

   Scramble the egg

   Crack egg in. Stir fast for 30 seconds. Push to the side of the pan.

3. 3

   Add rice + peas

   Tip in the cold rice and frozen peas. Stir-fry, breaking up clumps, for 2 minutes.

4. 4

   Soy + spring onion

   Pour soy sauce around the edge of the pan. Toss it all together. Add spring onion.

5. 5

   Serve

   Eat immediately. Don't let it sit — fried rice goes sad if it cools in the pan.

What Could Go Wrong

• Use COLD rice. Fresh hot rice goes mushy. Day-old from the fridge is the move.
• Pan must be hot before the rice goes in. Cold pan = soggy rice.