Fried Rice Sauce Recipe

This tremendous easy fried rice sauce recipe is a weeknight lifesaver, and I wager you have already got every part you might want to make it.

I all the time have a jar of this sauce in my fridge as a result of it’s so versatile. It takes lower than 5 minutes to make, and it helps me get dinner on the desk quick.

You need to attempt making our simple fried rice with this sauce! It’s additionally good as a fast and scrumptious candy soy glaze for different proteins like rooster or tofu.

Key Substances

• Soy Sauce: That is the bottom of our sauce, so that you’ll wish to use a low-sodium soy sauce or low-sodium tamari. For some additional richness, you possibly can substitute a number of the low-sodium soy sauce with a darkish soy sauce or mushroom soy sauce (which provides a bit extra taste).
• Brown Sugar: The sugar balances the saltiness of the soy sauce. Brown sugar provides extra taste than common sugar. Coconut sugar could be nice, too! I take advantage of a 3:1 ratio of soy sauce to sugar, however when making this sauce, you possibly can all the time modify with extra sugar to make it sweeter.
• Rice Vinegar: Unseasoned rice vinegar makes the sauce pop. It often has a inexperienced prime.
• Sesame Oil: You’ll wish to add toasted sesame oil to this sauce. I often add additional sesame oil when making my fried rice recipe.
• Mirin: That is non-obligatory, however it actually pulls the sauce collectively. It’s candy and aromatic. I additionally use it when making teriyaki sauce.
• Extra Elective Substances: Because of this I really like making home made sauces, you possibly can all the time make them your individual! This sauce is gorgeous with the substances above, however for extra taste, contemplate slightly Chinese language 5 spice or chili paste (like sambal oelek or gochujang) so as to add some warmth.

Discover the complete recipe with measurements under.

My Ideas for Making and Utilizing Your Sauce

Tip 1: Alter to your style. Be at liberty to regulate to your style. You’ll be able to add extra sugar or any of the non-obligatory substances for additional taste. Keep in mind, the sauce must style robust by itself to season all of the rice and greens correctly. If the sauce appears overpowering, you’re heading in the right direction.

Tip 2: A fast information to creating fried rice. For my favourite recipe, see our home made fried rice, however right here’s a fast rundown of what you’ll must do:

1. Prepare dinner proteins akin to beef, rooster, pork, and shrimp in a big skillet or wok with some vegetable oil till barely cooked by. Then, take away it and set it apart.
2. Sauté hearty greens like onions, mushrooms, and carrots in a big saucepan or wok for 1 to 2 minutes.
3. Stir in aromatics like minced garlic, ginger, or the white elements of inexperienced onions, together with quick-cooking veggies like zucchini, edamame, or peas. Prepare dinner for about 1 minute.
4. Add chilly rice. Prepare dinner and stir it till it’s heated by and barely browned.
5. Pour within the sauce, beginning with 2 tablespoons and including extra as wanted.
6. Add eggs (non-obligatory) by pushing the rice to 1 facet of the pan. Scramble eggs within the empty house, then break them up and stir them into the rice.
7. Serve topped with sliced inexperienced elements of inexperienced onions and sesame seeds.

Tip 3: Extra methods to make use of your sauce. This sauce additionally works as a candy soy for beef, rooster, pork, tofu, and shrimp. Rapidly cook dinner your protein in a little bit of oil or butter. Add 2 to three tablespoons of the sauce together with an equal quantity of water or broth. To thicken it into an ideal glaze, combine 1 teaspoon of cornstarch with 2 teaspoons of water. Stir this into the pan and simmer till the sauce thickens and coats the protein.

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