How To Cook Thai Style Crab Fried Rice

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2-3 cups day-old long grain rice
• 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons Thai fish sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 can lump crab meat (I used frozen crab meat)\
• 1/2 cup finely diced carrots
• 1/4 white onion, finely chopped
• 2 green onions, sliced

Side sauce (Optional)

• 1 tablespoon Thai fish sauce
• 1 1/2 teaspoon lime juice
• 1 clove garlic, sliced
• 1 bird's eye chilli, sliced
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar

Instructions

1. Combine all the side sauce ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
2. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium high-heat untill hot.
3. Add the garlic and stir fry untill just starting to brown. 
   
   
   
4. Pour in the beaten eggs. Cook untill the bottom is set. Then scramble it lightly. 
   

   
   
   
5. Once the eggs are almost cooked, add in the rice. 
   
   
   
6. Chop and stir the rice to break it apart and mix it well with the eggs. Cook untill the rice is fully separated and lightly toasted. 

   

   
   
7. Add the soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar and pepper. Stir to mix well. 
   
8. Stir in the butter. Toast and stir it occasionally for 2 minutes. 
9. Add the crab meat, carrots, white onion and green onion. Stir it for another minute to mix everything together. 

   

   
   
10. Adjust the seasoning by adding a pinch of salt if needed.
11. Transfer the fried rice to a serving plate. Serve it it with a sprig of cilantro and lime wedge.