Crumbly Fried Rice 5 Minutes in the Microwave. To cook rice in the microwave, rinse it in a colander and pour it into a microwave-safe dish. Add as much water as the package calls for. Break up the egg into small bits, then mix it in with the rice.
Cover the bowl in plastic wrap and microwave on low for a few minutes, or until the plastic starts to balloon up with steam.
Wet a paper towel - not dripping, just slightly damp and wrap around bowl.
Use a bowl deep enough to allow you to stir without flinging the grains.
You can cook Crumbly Fried Rice 5 Minutes in the Microwave using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Crumbly Fried Rice 5 Minutes in the Microwave
- Prepare 1 of bowl Cooked white rice.
- It's 1 of Egg.
- You need 2 tsp of ○Vegetable oil.
- It's 1/2 of to 1 teaspoon ○Chicken soup stock granules.
- You need 1/2 tsp of ○Soy sauce.
- It's 1 of ○Your choice of fillings (I used 2 slices of ham and some spring onion in the photo. You can use imitation crabsticks, etc. too)..
- You need 1 of Salt and pepper.
Or maybe an herbed rice with tomatoes and feta is more your speed? You could always serve some spicy mapo tofu on top of your perfectly steamed microwave rice. Fried rice (not!) Thats what my kids call this!! I got this recipe from my friend Bev, and it is a quick and easy side dish, that can be padded out with a few more veggies.
Crumbly Fried Rice 5 Minutes in the Microwave step by step
- Heat the rice up until it's warm to the touch. If you heat it too much then the egg will set before the rice cooks in Step 2..
- Spread the rice out in a heat-resistant plate and crack an egg over the top. So that the rice doesn't clump together, mix the egg into the rice thoroughly..
- Add the ○ ingredients to Step 2 and mix them in well. Make sure that the rice is spread out evenly in the bottom of the plate, cover the plate in cling film, and microwave it for 2 minutes (500 W)..
- Take the rice out of the microwave and stir the rice with a cut-and-fold motion. Wherever the egg has clumped together, make sure to break it apart. Cover the plate in cling film once again and microwave it for 2 minutes at 500 W..
- Take the plate out of the microwave once more and stir the rice in the same cut-and-fold motion again to make it nice and crumbly. Then put the rice in the microwave for a further 1 minute at 500 W to evaporate off any excess liquid..
- Take the rice out of the microwave a final time and stir it again. Then season the rice with salt and pepper and serve..
I would suggest that you dont "muck around" with this too much the first time you make it, as I have tried to be too clever. Microwave egg fried rice, tried and tested. Skip the inevitable delivery delay and enjoy a tasty meal in three minutes! From microwave rice hero Uncle Ben's to M&S's in-house attempt, our panel of consumer testers tried eight egg fried rice dishes, judging them on aroma. Just microwave the rice, add in some veggies before microwaving a little more, then add in the egg and spices before a final round of microwaving.
