Basil Fried Rice

"I take this vegetarian/vegan dish to BBQs and I have to guard it to make sure the omnivores don't scoff the lot before the non-meaters are fed. I usually multiply this several times over as it is so more-ish."
 
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Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a wok or skillet, heat oil until hot but not smoking.
  • Add garlic and chilis and fry until garlic is light brown.
  • Add mushrooms and onions and stir quickly.
  • Add cooked rice; stir thoroughly.
  • add long beans, peppers, and soy and stir thoroughly.
  • At the very end, stir in basil leaves and immediately turn into a serving bowl.

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Reviews

  1. I ate the whole batch myself! (okay, it took me 2 days) Great fried rice. I especially like the addition of chilies. I used brown rice and omitted the green beans, only because I didn't have any. The flavors were "just right" I didn't even have to add any extra soy sauce!! Usually I do.
     
  2. We made this for dinner tonight. Unfortunately, we had guests too come over and they joined in for dinner. I'm very sorry but none of us really liked this rice. Alot went into making it, plus, I doubled the recipe too. Inspite of having so much, it just lacked something. I would strongly suggest using rice that is cooked in vegetable/chicken stock for this recipe, so as to make the dish more flavourful at the end. The biggest failure of this recipe we felt was that it really lacked flavour even though so much went into it.
     
  3. quick easy and tasty.
     
  4. my dh is finally surfin my zaar collection and this dish was great but I must remind him to include the recipe# when he scratches the ingredients down on a scrap paper - we have alot of basil so I am glad he searched here
     
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