Nyonya Fried Rice

Name: Nyonya Fried Rice
Ingredients: 1 cup long grain rice, cooked; 1 tablespoon dried prawns; 2 fresh red chilies; 2 shallots, sliced; 2 garlic cloves, chopped; 3 tablespoons sesame oil; 1/2 teaspoon shrimp paste; 1 teaspoon light soy sauce; 3 tablespoons cooking oil; 5 teaspoons dark soy sauce; 1 egg, beaten; 1 spring onion, finely sliced

12 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

1 cup long grain rice, cooked
1 tablespoon dried prawns
2 fresh red chilies
2 shallots, sliced
2 garlic cloves, chopped
3 tablespoons sesame oil
1/2 teaspoon shrimp paste
1 teaspoon light soy sauce
3 tablespoons cooking oil
5 teaspoons dark soy sauce
1 egg, beaten
1 spring onion, finely sliced

Directions

1

Soak the prawns in water for 30 mins, drain them. Chop the prawns.
2

Pound the shallots set aside. Pound the garlic and set aside.
3

Pound the chillies, set aside.
4

Heat a deep frying pan and add the sesame oil. When the oil is hot fry the shallots and garlic.
5

Reduce the heat and add the chillies and prawns, stir 30 seconds.
6

Add the shrimp paste, stir till it dissolves.
7

Add the cooked rice and the soy sauces, stir to mix the ingredients . Set the pan aside.
8

In a wok, heat 3 tbsp oil, when hot add the egg and cover it with the rice, cook till the egg is just cooked. Fry the whole, mixing the egg into the rice.
9

Add the spring onion and season with salt to taste.