Fried Rice with Char Siu & Baby Kailan
Colourful and delicious egg fried rice with char siu & baby kailan
This is a slightly more elaborate version of my basic 10-minute fried rice recipe. It’s a wonderful way for me to use up the leftover char siu (Chinese-flavored barbecued pork; 叉烧) and baby kailan (小芥兰) in my fridge. The end result is really pretty, as both the char siu and baby kailan added some really vibrant colours & taste to the humble egg fried rice. This is such an easy recipe, it can be whipped up in less than 15 minutes. This is an egg-cellent fuss-free and delicious one-dish dinner for me.
Like Noob Cook on Facebook | Recipe Updates via Email |
Ingredients (top to bottom): Baby kailan, char siu and garlic
Ingredients
(serves 2)- 2 servings cooked rice (about 200g), refrigerated overnight
- 1 egg, beaten, seasoned with 1 tsp light soy sauce
- 100g char siu (Chinese-flavored barbecued pork; 叉烧), diced
- 4 baby kailan leaves, chopped
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
- 5 cloves of garlic, chopped finely
- 3 shallots, chopped finely
- salt, to tasteDirections
1. Heat oil and stir fry garlic & shallots until the latter is translucent.
2. Add cooked rice, using the back of the spatula or turner to flatten the rice balls so that they are separated.
3. Pour egg mixture over the rice evenly and use high heat to stir fry the rice until the fried rice is dry.
4. Add char siu and baby kailan and stir fry until the kailan is cooked. Season with salt to taste (if needed).
| If you enjoy this article, please share, tks! |     |
{ 50 comments… read them below or add one }
Your char siu fried rice is very beautiful and tempting. I like adding char siu into fried rice which is a great way of cleaning up leftovers…..Very delicious!
BTW, I can view your comments left on my blog this morning. Don’t know why it happened. Thanks a lot.
So hungry.. so hungry right now by looking your fried rice! :)
Anything with fried rice is always my favorite! Looks really good!
This is the most colorful rice dish I’ve ever seen! I’m ready to pick up a fork, and start eating. :lol: And now that you showed me your photography setup, I can just imagine the layout for this photoshoot.
The lighting is perfect, as always. Especially the “ingredient” shot shows great texture. :up:
I have much room for improvement, thank you so much for your encouragement dear friend :-)
I love fried rice with char siu. Well, I love almost anything with char siu. :)
Hungry lah …. !!! Love fried rice … they have so many variations and yours so mouthwatering. Eating it with chili oil will be great :)
Pretty, healthy & tasty fried rice. Yum yum :up:
this is a well-flavored fried rice
Love your fried rice…looks very delicious. Love to see all those char siu pieces. They add great flavour to the rice.
I love char siu – I thought you couldn’t make fried rice any better but adding this is just a fantastic idea – it looks amazing…. yum yum!
simple things in life are so loveable! and this is definitley one! ;) your posts are always a pleasure to read!
Thank you! Yes I enjoy the simple pleasures too :)
NC, your Fried Rice not only looks delicious, it also brings back childhood memories.
I was first introduced to fried rice in Cuba. True. There were many Chinese restaurants on the island.
And my mom (who’s actually Spaniard [I couldn't make this up]) was a big fan of fried rice. So, she took it upon herself to replicate her favorite Chinese dish, serving it to us kids, on a regular basis.
Mom’s Fried Rice was—almost—as good as the restaurant’s. And it is still one of my favorite dishes to this day.
Your mom’s fried rice sounds awesome. Have you ever featured it? Would love to see the recipe one day. Thank you for your comment :)
Nice plate of fried rice there! Love the idea of using char siu!
Hey that looks good & can be eaten as breakfast/lunch/dinner.
You think you can post how to make char siu from scratch next time?
I’ve tried making it from scratch but it never tastes like the ones you buy.
I’ve not made char siu before because the ones here are cheap and good hehe
You can check out my friend’s Rasa Malaysia char siu recipe – it looks good!
Looks delicious! I love any kind of fried rice.
This is a great use of leftovers, and I love fried rice!
I normally cook extra rice to make fried rice! Just love it.
yes same here. sometimes i deliberately cook extra left to make fried rice the next day.
wow this is something I have when I was young, lovely to have them straight from the hot wok! :) drooling with love!
Oh, yeah. I must must must make this soon. Your photos are fantastic and so tempting. Thank you for sharing such a fantastic recipe.
I like this rice a lot; I was interested by your blog all the more so when I found out you are from Singapore; this is where my brother, wife and kids live!
Love the combination of char siu and baby kailan! Will be on my list to try once I can get my hands on some char siu!
I think char siu always works with fried rice! hope you like it :)
Very good fried rice! I love adding kailan in the fried rice too, it’s ver Thai :)
I didn’t realise it was Thai hehe
As always, U never fail to whet my appetite! I have a charsiew stall just 30 secs form where I live. Definitely gonna try it.
I’m jealous of your proximity (30 seconds!) to the char siu stall!
Looks fantastic… taste as well;)
The char siu fried rice looks very very delicious!
Mmm … Nothing beats a good bowl of fried rice! I’ve never tried adding kailan to my fried rice! Thanks for sharing the idea! Lovely photography & styling!
I experimented with kailan due to leftovers and it turned out really nice, hope you try it one day too. Thanks!
Looks yummmy!! All my favourite things in a dish!
My stomach just growled on cue! Gorgeous photo and sounds extremely comforting.
love it! Such simple ingredients but so handy to have! fried rice is never the same again!
looks so good it’s making me hungry now! using char siew, who can resist!!
I think char siew makes everything yummy :D
This looks so good with barbecue pork! You make the best fried rice!
Everyone like the addition of char siu! Me too PLUS the addition of vegetable bits. I do that often to make one-dish meals – bok choy, caixin, kailan etc etc
I love fried rice, too! Unfortunately, I don’t eat meat except for seafood but I enjoy it just the same and your photos are great!
you can substitute the meat with seafood to make seafood egg fried rice :D Thanks for your kind words, I love your photos too. :-)
This looks so GOOD!!! I jsut want to dig in.
I always fail at fried rice. There is always one element that goes wrong and the whole thing is ruined. Your recipe looks so good and easy to do. Thanks for sharing!
I’m sure you will succeed one day, fried rice is actually easy and a time saver. Thanks for your comment :)
Great looking recipe- can’t wait to try it. I love eggs in fried rice- was introduced to it many years ago by a japanese exchange student.
homestyleworldcook.blogspot.com
Where is the ‘Print It’ for this recipe? Thank you.
I’m progressively shifting the old recipes to the printable feature. I’ll do this soon. Thanks.