Mom's Vietnamese Fried Rice with Chinese Sausage and Shrimp
Mom's Vietnamese Fried Rice was a dish that always brought a smile to my face no matter what the situation; that one dish that is made with love and always requested by everyone that comes over.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 cups jasmine rice, day old
- 1 ½ cups mixed frozen vegetables peas, carrots, corn, green bean mix
- 1 ½ cups Chinese sausage this is about 3 sticks
- 10 whole shrimp peeled and deveined
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 3 cloves garlic minced and shells reserved
- ½ small yellow onion finely minced
- 2 large eggs beaten
- 1 tbsp butter
- 2 stalks green onion sliced
Sauce
- 1 tsp fish sauce
- 2-3 tbsp Golden Mountain seasoning sauce or soy sauce
- 1 tsp sugar
Instructions
Sauce
- In a small bowl, mix together the soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar and set aside.
Eggs
- In a non-stick pan, heat on medium heat
- Add 1 tbsp of vegetable oil
- Add beaten egg and distribute evenly to form a thin layer. You want a thin crepe-like thickenss. Do NOT stir or mix.
- Cook the eggs for 2-3 minutes and then gently flip and cook the other side for another 2 minutes.
- Remove the eggs from the pan and set aside to let cool
Chinese Sausage & Mixed Vegetables
- In a medium sauce pan bring enough water to cover the Chinese sausage up to a boil
- Add Chinese sausage and boil for about 10 minutes
- Remove and let cool and then cut into thin slices (not paper thin)
- Add mixed vegetables to the same pot and boil for 2 minutes.
- Strain and set aside.
Fried Rice
- In a wok or non-stick pan on medium heat, add 1 tbsp vegetable oil.
- Add in shrimp, season with salt and pepper, and cook until pink on both sides, about 3 minutes on each side. Remove and set aside.
- Add in remaining vegetable oil, 2 tbsp, minced garlic AND the reserved garlic shells. Saute until fragrant.
- Add in diced onions, Chinese sausage, and rice into the wok.
- Using a wok spatula or wooden spoon, break a part the rice so that almost ever rice grain is separate.
- Add in mixed vegetables and shrimp and continue to mix and toss for 3-5 minutes.
- Remove garlic shells.
- Mix in soy sauce mixture and mix and toss for another 2-3 minutes.
- To finish, add 1 tbsp of butter and mix evenly.
- To garnish, roll up the egg from earlier and thinly slice and top the fried rice with thinly sliced eggs and green scallions.