Nyonya-Style Fried Rice
By: Anonymous
Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 11:25pm

Ingredients




450 grams overnight cooked rice
4 tablespoons oil
4 shallots
2 clv garlic
1 tablespoon chilli paste
50 grams dried prawns - pounded
150 grams prawns - diced
2 dried Chinese black mushrooms - soaked and diced
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 salt and pepper to taste
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1 few drops dark soy sauce for colour
2 eggs - lightly beaten
2 stalk spring onions - chopped

Preparation

1 Method:HEAT 2 tbsp oil in a wok, add eggs and scramble the eggs until cooked. Dish out and put aside. 2 Reheat wok, add oil and saute black mushrooms and prawns. Dish out and set aside. Add 1 tbsp oil and stir-fry ingredients A. Add in dried prawns and stir-fry until the dried prawns begin to sizzle or jump. Add seasoning and stir-fry until well done. 3 Stir in cooked rice and blend well. Return the cooked prawns, black mushrooms, and scrambled eggs to the wok. 4 Lastly, add spring onions. 5 Footnote: For best results, always use cooked rice that has been completely cooled or better still, use overnight rice. 6 Break up lumps of rice by hand before adding to the wok.