Vegan MoFo Day 13 - quickie fried rice

Fried rice is really very easy and very yummy!  Well, as long as you have leftover rice.  But even then making rice really isn’t that hard either!  (see below)  I often had fried rice growing up but the only difference was my mom added ham to the mixture.  You don’t even miss it!  It’s the soy sauce.  Isn’t it always?   

Quickie Fried Rice

2 tablespoon canola oil

1 medium onion chopped

1 cup frozen mixed vegetables

2 tablespoons soy sauce (or to taste)

3 cups cooked rice

Sauté chopped onions in canola oil until soft over medium heat.  Add frozen mixed vegetables.  Cook about 5 minutes until vegetables are soft.  Add soy sauce.  Stir.  Add cooked rice and stir to combine all ingredients.  Cook until desired temperature.  Serve.

This recipe is actually more of a wing it recipe.  You can add as much vegetables to rice ratio you want as well as the soy sauce.  You could also add some fresh garlic to the onions.   Remember you can always add flavor so slowly add salt or soy sauce to flavor.

How to cook rice – basically it is 1 cup of rice to 2 cups of water.  I like to put my rice right in the water and bring to a boil.  Cover and let simmer over medium low to low heat until water is all absorbed which is about 20 minutes.  You can add ½ to 1 tsp. of salt or soy sauce to water to flavor.  I like to make extra rice for a dinner and then have some to make this fried rice the next night or two for an easy quickie dinner.