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Thailand

Thai fried rice

Day-old rice fried with garlic, onion, egg and tomato, seasoned with fish sauce and soy sauce and served with lime.

Time
20 min
Difficulty
Easy
Per serving
R$5.20
Servings
2 servings
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Ingredients

for 2 servings

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Thai fried rice is the dish for using up leftover rice: it only works well with rice cooked the day before, already dry and cold. It is ready in 20 minutes, with egg, tomato and fish sauce, and lime at the end.

Method

    • Break up the cold rice with your hands, separating the grains.
    • Mix the fish sauce, soy sauce and sugar in a small bowl.
    • Heat the oil in a large skillet or wide pot over high heat.
    • Brown the garlic and onion for 1 minute.
    • Push everything to one side, crack the eggs into the free space and stir until they set in firm pieces.
    • Mix with the garlic and onion.

  4. Add the rice and fry for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring constantly, until the grains are loose and hot.

    • Add the tomato and the seasoned sauce and cook for another minute.
    • Turn off the heat and stir in the scallions and pepper.
    • Serve with the lime wedges.

Tips

Freshly cooked rice turns mushy in the pan: if that is all you have, spread it on a baking sheet and let it dry for 20 minutes in the fridge. Truly high heat and little stirring give the slightly toasted flavor.

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Nutrients per serving

Calories

1,061 kcal

Protein

26 g

10% of kcal

Carbohydrate

193 g

74% of kcal

Fat

19 g

16% of kcal · fiber 6 g

Where the calories come from

  • protein10%
  • carbohydrate74%
  • fat16%

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By food

Nutrients of each food, per serving
FoodQty.kcalProt.Share of calories
oil14 g1210 g11%
garlic cloves4.5 g50.3 g1%
onion55 g221 g2%
eggs50 g726.5 g7%
white rice225 g80616 g76%
tomato62 g90.7 g1%
fish sauce9 g30.5 g0%
soy sauce (shoyu)8 g50.3 g1%
sugar2.1 g80 g1%
scallions10 g20.2 g0%
lime29 g100.3 g1%

Source: TACO (Unicamp) and USDA FoodData Central. Approximate values. Not medical or nutritional advice.

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