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healthy plant-based fried rice

Plant-Based Fried Rice

Course Dinner
Cuisine Chinese, Plant-Based, Vegan
Keyword rice
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 cups brown rice uncooked
  • 1/2 onion
  • 2 cups frozen peas and carrots
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp ginger powder
  • 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
  • salt to taste
  • pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Cook rice. See instructions below.

  2. Finely chop and sauté onion in a skillet while the rice is cooking. 

  3. Meanwhile, defrost frozen vegetables in the microwave.

  4. Once the rice has been cooked, drained and rinse, add in onion and frozen vegetables. Add onion powder, garlic powder, cayenne, ginger, salt and pepper. Stir to combine.

  5. Serve as a side with my plant-based 'beef' and broccoli.

How To Cook Brown Rice

  1. Put rice into a strainer and rinse thoroughly.

  2. Add rice to a pot on the stove and cover with water. You are going to be cooking the rice like you would pasta. This further removes any toxins from the rice and cooks it perfectly.

  3. Let boil on medium heat for 45 minutes or until the rice is at desired textured.

  4. Once it is finished cooking, drain the water and rinse the rice again with a strainer. Put the rice back in the pot and continue with recipe.