This crab fried rice is very easy and so popular in Thai and Chinese cuisines. Try this recipe, and you'll find it has a very nice taste. Serve with chili in fish sauce (called nam pla prik in Thai). Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 1.33 cups water
- 0.67 cups uncooked long grain white rice
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 medium onions , cut into wedges
- 3 cloves garlic , chopped
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1.5 teaspoons white sugar
- 1 large egg , beaten
- 0.25 pounds cooked crabmeat
- 3 greens onions , chopped
- 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
- ½ cucumber , sliced
- 1 lime , sliced
Instructions
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Place water and rice in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until water is absorbed, about 20 minutes. Set aside.
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Heat oil in a wok over medium heat. Cook and stir onions and garlic in hot oil until tender. Mix in cooked rice, salt, and sugar; cook, stirring occasionally, until well blended, about 5 minutes. Stir in beaten egg until rice is coated. Increase heat to high and mix in crabmeat, green onions, and cilantro. Cook and stir until crab is heated through, 2 to 5 minutes. Garnish with cucumber and lime slices to serve.
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