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Fried Vegetarian Rice Recipe

  • Prep 15 mins
  • Cooking 20 mins
  • Serves 4
  • Difficulty Easy

Fried rice is such a crowd-pleaser, so next time you have friends over for dinner why not try our vegetarian fried rice recipe – it’s easy and will have their mouths watering!

With colourful veggies like broccoli, carrots, and red chilli to bring on the spice, this meal looks as good as it tastes. And for vegetarian rice recipes, you can’t get any better—the coriander, lemon juice, chilli and ginger provide brightness of flavour, and the soy sauce adds just the right amount of saltiness to the dish. Make sure to choose a vegetarian oyster sauce if you want it to be truly meatless though.

If you’ve been looking for vegetarian rice meals we know you’ll just love this, so give it a try!

Ingredients

Ingredients

2 cups cooked brown rice
2 x bok choy
4 eggs
1 medium carrot
2 cups broccoli, cut into florets
2 stalks of spring onions
½ tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
½ red chilli or ½ tsp chilli flakes
1 ½ tbsp salt-reduced oyster sauce
1 tbsp salt-reduced soy sauce
½ tbsp ginger, diced
½ tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
Coriander and lemon juice to serve

Method

    1. Step 1

      Cook brown rice according to instructions and set aside to cool. Preferably use cooked and cooled rice in this dish

    2. Step 2

      In a small bowl, whisk together eggs and cook omelette-style in a small pan with heated butter. Set aside and cut into small bite sized pieces

    3. Step 3

      In a large pan, heat oil and sauté onions, ginger, carrot and broccoli on high heat for 2-3 minutes. Add rice and egg to the pan and mix to combine

    4. Step 4

      Mix together oyster sauce, soy sauce and chilli flakes in a small bowl and then pour over the rice mixture

    5. Step 5

      Keeping the pan over high heat, add in bok choy. Turn ingredients over gently until bok choy has wilted and vegetables are tender

    6. Step 6

      Serve with fresh coriander and a squeeze of lemon juice

FAQ’s

Is fried rice suitable for vegetarians?

If the fried rice is made without meat, it’s suitable for vegetarians. As fried rice commonly has ham, prawns, and even pork added to it, it’s best to check the recipe and omit these ingredients if you’re going meatless. 

What is vegetarian rice made of?

Vegetarian rice can contain all manner of ingredients, such as peas, corn, broccoli, carrots, mushrooms, onions, egg, and capsicum. For the rice base either cooked brown rice or white rice is suitable, but for the best results it should be cooled before frying with the vegetables.

What to serve with fried rice vegetarian?

Some delicious sides to go with your vegetarian fried rice are vegetable dumplings, salt and pepper tofu, steamed vegetables, pickles, or kimchi if you like it spicy. You can also have vegetarian fried rice as a stand-alone dish, as it’s flavourful on its own.