Cơm Chiên Dương Châu
The Vietnamese adaptation of Yangzhou fried rice, tossing day-old rice with sweet Chinese sausage, egg, and brightly colored diced vegetables.
Ingredients
Quantities are for one portion.
- 1 tbspgluten-free soy sauce (or tamari)
- 50 gchinese sausage (lạp xưởng), diced
- 20 gmixed frozen peas and diced carrots
- 1 tbspvegetable oil
- 1egg
- 70 gdry jasmine rice
- 1garlic clove, minced
- 50 graw prawns, diced
Method
- Steam the jasmine rice ahead of time. Spread it onto a flat tray and cool it so the grains dry out and separate.
- Heat the vegetable oil in a large wok over high heat. Fry the diced Chinese sausage until the thick, sweet red oil renders out.
- Add the diced prawns, minced garlic, and the frozen peas and carrots to the wok. Sauté until the prawns turn pink.
- Push the ingredients to the side of the wok. Crack the egg into the oil and scramble it rapidly.
- Dump the cold, dry jasmine rice into the wok.
- Toss the rice over the high heat, mixing the egg, meat, and vegetables through the grains.
- Pour the gluten-free soy sauce around the rim of the hot wok to sizzle, then toss the rice to coat it evenly. Serve the fragrant, colorful fried rice hot.