Broccoli fried rice has Indo-Chinese inspired flavors with soy sauce, chili sauce and a little vinegar. We love to order Chinese take-outs and one of my favorite things about it is the broccoli. I just love the vibrant green, crunchy broccoli and it is something we all like.
I usually end up loading the fried rice with different vegetables and hence broccoli takes a back seat. So this time, I decided to make exclusive broccoli fried rice.
All this week, I am going to be blogging about entrees and they all are kid approved and something we all like to eat as a family. There is no elaborate meal planning and almost all the recipes are one pot meals.
Brown rice would work great in this fried rice recipe, but since my boys find it a little hard to chew, I made it with white rice. I would definitely be choosing brown rice, if I was making it just for me and my husband. Broccoli is the star in this fried rice and hence I held myself back from adding any other vegetables. Serve this as is or with Spicy fried tofu.
My other recipes this Marathon –
Soups
Vegan Chickpeas Soup (Middle Eastern)
Roasted Butternut Squash Soup - (Mexican)
Appetizers / Snacks
Plantain Balls / Kaklo / Krakro (Ghana)
Bread and Rolls
Foccacia with Herbed oil and Caramelized onions
Zucchini bread with Walnut crumble topping
Gai Mei Bao - Chinese Cocktail Buns
Entrees
Preparation time – 10 minutes
Cooking time -30 minutes
Difficulty level – easy
Ingredients to make Broccoli Fried Rice – serves 4
- Rice – 1 cup (uncooked)
- Broccoli – about 3 cups (florets only)
- Onion – 1 small (thinly sliced)
- Garlic – 2 cloves (minced)
- Ginger – ½ inch (finely grated)
- Soy sauce – 2 to 3 tbsp
- Green chili sauce – 2 tablespoon (can use red chili sauce as well)
- Vinegar -1 tbsp
- Salt – to taste (if needed)
- Pepper – 1 tsp
- Spring onions – for garnish (optional)
- Oil – 2 tbsp
Procedure to make Broccoli Fried Rice –
- Cook the rice and let it cool down. Add a little bit of oil to the rice to prevent it from sticking. I find that spreading the cooked rice on a baking tray helps cool it down quicker.
- In a wok or a large pan, heat the oil. Add the sliced onions and sauté it on high heat until light brown.
- Add the ginger and garlic and sauté for about 30 seconds.
- Now add the broccoli and let it cook on high heat for 3 to 4 minutes. Remember that we want the broccoli to remain crunchy and hence it is important to not let the vegetable steam. So make sure you are cooking in high heat all the time.
- Now add the soy sauce, chili sauce, vinegar, salt and pepper and give it a quick stir.
- Add the rice and mix well.
- Garnish with spring onions, if using and serve hot.
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Broccoli Fried Rice Recipe
Equipment
- pan
- spatula
Ingredients
- 1 cup Rice Uncooked
- 3 cups Broccoli Florets only
- 1 small Onion Thinly sliced
- 2 cloves Garlic Minced
- ½ inch Ginger Finely grated
- 2 tablespoon Soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon Green chili sauce Can use red chili sauce as well
- 1 tablespoon Vinegar
- to taste Salt If needed
- 1 teaspoon Pepper
- for garnish Spring onions Optional
- 2 tablespoon Oil
Instructions
- Cook the rice and let it cool down. Add a little bit of oil to the rice to prevent it from sticking. I find that spreading the cooked rice on a baking tray helps cool it down quicker.
- In a wok or a large pan, heat the oil. Add the sliced onions and sauté it on high heat until light brown.
- Add the ginger and garlic and sauté for about 30 seconds.
- Now add the broccoli and let it cook on high heat for 3 to 4 minutes. Remember that we want the broccoli to remain crunchy and hence it is important to not let the vegetable steam. So make sure you are cooking in high heat all the time.
- Now add the soy sauce, chili sauce, vinegar, salt, and pepper and give it a quick stir.
- Add the rice and mix well.
- Garnish with spring onions, if using, and serve hot.
Srivalli Jetti says
Looks amazing Sandhya, never made with just broccoli, will have to try it sometime..