Tofu and lemongrass egg-fried rice. Egg Fried Rice is an easy Chinese fried rice recipe that you can make at home. It wouldn't be egg fried rice without it! If you are an egg lover like we are, then be sure to try some of our other recipes where eggs are the star like Stir-fried Shrimp and Eggs (虾仁炒蛋) or our delicate and delicious.
Allow to set a little and move around the pan to scramble.
Once the tofu is done cooking, the DELICIOUS fried rice comes together super quickly in the same skillet.
Hey, if you want to forgo this whole "frying tofu" thing all together and just make the fried rice for dinner, I hear you.
You can cook Tofu and lemongrass egg-fried rice using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Tofu and lemongrass egg-fried rice
- Prepare of rice.
- It's of red pepper.
- Prepare of onion.
- You need of small tin of bamboo shoots.
- You need of lemon grass.
- It's of broccoli.
- It's of garlic.
- It's of fresh ginger.
- Prepare of soy sauce.
- It's of natural tofu.
- It's of eggs.
- It's of salt, pepper, chilli flakes and soy sauce.
- You need of Olive oil and butter for frying.
That's what I did the first time I made it! (just add a couple more eggs and call it. Fried "Rice": Heat your olive oil over medium heat. Add the garlic, ginger, peas, and carrots. When it's really sizzling, add the cauliflower, soy sauce, and Sriracha.
Tofu and lemongrass egg-fried rice step by step
- At least one hour before you want to start cooking, prepare and marinade the tofu. To do this, press the tofu between kitchen roll repeatedly until the kitchen roll no longer becomes damp from the tofu. Cut the tofu into chunks and put in a bowl. Add the soy sauce, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 inch of ginger (both chopped finely) and chilli flakes depending on your preference. You can also leave to tofu to marinade for a few hours or overnight for a stronger flavour..
- Start your rice cooking. In the meantime crack the two eggs in a bowl, whisk for 30 seconds and add a pinch of salt and pepper. Set aside. Chop the veg..
- Fry the tofu and marinade in a pan for a few minutes on each side until it crisps up. Set aside on a plate. In a large frying pan fry the onions, broccoli, pepper, the rest of the ginger and the lemongrass in a generous drizzle of olive oil. After 5 minutes add the pepper and bamboo shoots. Cook for another 10 minutes or longer if you want your vegetables to be soft..
- When the rice is done, rinse with cold water and set aside. Make a space in the middle of the frying pan and melt a knob of butter. Fry the rest of the garlic for 2 minutes on a low heat then add the rice. Mix the vegetables and rice together and add the tofu..
- Push the rice mixture to the side of the pan and add the egg mixture. Stir the egg occasionally, and once it has scrambled mix it in well with the veg and rice..
- Season to taste with soy sauce, pepper and chilli flakes. Enjoy!.
Egg: Make a well in the middle of the hot pan. Add sesame oil and eggs, and gently pull the eggs around in the center with a spatula to make. Another one in our Rice series - we present to you the Indo-Chinese version of Tofu Fried Rice. The flavors are still Oriental but the spice and heat are. Ready-fried tofu is available in Asian markets—all you need to do is heat the tofu by refrying or baking it to get back its crunchiness.