How To Cook Eight Treasure Fried Rice

 

Ingredients

• 3 cups of long grain rice, cooked and chilled
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 eggs beaten
• 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 knob ginger (thumb-sized), finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon fermented chilli bean paste (substituted with black bean paste)
• 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 teaspoon light brown sugar
• 1 pinch of salt, to taste
• 2 spring onions, finely chopped for garnishing

Eight Treasures

• 40 grams dried shrimps (soaked in warm water for 30 minutes)
• 50 grams Chinese sausage, finely sliced
• 100 grams shiitake mushrooms, thickly sliced
• 1 red bell pepper, diced to 5mm
• 50 grams sugar snap peas (substituted with snow peas)
• 50 grams frozen peas
• 40 grams cashew nuts, roasted
• 1 handful toasted white sesame seeds

Instructions

1. Break up the cooked, chilled rice as much as possible to separate the grains. Set it aside.
2. Heat a wok over high heat. Add a tablespoon oil and then pour in the beaten eggs. Swirl it around the pan and scramble it till it is softly set and turns slightly golden brown at the edges. Transfer it to a plate and set it aside. 
   
   
   
3. Add the remaining oil to the wok along with the garlic, ginger, bean paste and drained dried shrimps. Stir fry it for 20 seconds, or untill fragrant. 

   

   
   
4. Push the ingredients to the side of the wok. Add the Chinese sliced sausages and spread them out in a thin layer. Fry it untill golden at the edges.

   

   
   
5. Add the shiitake mushrooms, peppers and snow peas. Stir fry it for 1 minute, or untill the vegetables are tender. 

   

   
   
6. Add the cooked eggs back into the wok along with the rice and frozen peas. Toss well for 1 minute untill combined thoroughly.

   

   
   
7. Add the soy sauce, sesame oil and brown sugar. Stir and cook it untill each grain of rice is hot and seasoned evenly. Taste and add a pinch of salt if necessary. 
8. Finish it with roasted cashew nuts, white sesame seeds and spring onions, giving itv a final toss to mix. 

   

   

   

   
   
9. Serve the dish immediately.