Best Gingery Fried Rice With Bok Choy Mushrooms And Basil Recipes

GINGER FRIED RICE

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This recipe comes to The Times from the fertile mind of the chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Like all fried-rice dishes it begins with leftover rice (freshly cooked rice is too moist to fry well). It's jasmine rice here, but white from Chinese takeout works nearly as well and is more convenient. Perhaps unsurprisingly - this is a chef's recipe, after all - separate cooking processes are called for: ginger and garlic are crisped, leeks softened, rice and eggs fried. But no step takes more than a few minutes, and the results are absolutely worth the effort.

Provided by Mark Bittman

Categories dinner, easy, quick, weekday, weeknight, one pot, main course, side dish

Time 30m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1/2 cup peanut oil
2 tablespoons minced garlic
2 tablespoons minced ginger
Salt
2 cups thinly sliced leeks, white and light green parts only, rinsed and dried
4 cups day-old cooked rice, preferably jasmine, at room temperature
4 large eggs
2 teaspoons sesame oil
4 teaspoons soy sauce

Steps:

In a large skillet, heat 1/4 cup peanut oil over medium heat. Add garlic and ginger and cook, stirring occasionally, until crisp and brown. With a slotted spoon, transfer to paper towels and salt lightly.
Reduce heat under skillet to medium-low and add 2 tablespoons peanut oil and leeks. Cook about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until very tender but not browned. Season lightly with salt.
Raise heat to medium and add rice. Cook, stirring well, until heated through. Season to taste with salt.
In a nonstick skillet, fry eggs in remaining peanut oil, sunny-side-up, until edges are set but yolk is still runny.
Divide rice among four dishes. Top each with an egg and drizzle with 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil and 1 teaspoon soy sauce. Sprinkle crisped garlic and ginger over everything and serve.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 371, UnsaturatedFat 26 grams, Carbohydrate 9 grams, Fat 34 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 8 grams, SaturatedFat 6 grams, Sodium 868 milligrams, Sugar 2 grams, TransFat 0 grams

FRIED RICE WITH BACON AND GINGER

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Provided by Mark Bittman

Categories quick, side dish

Time 10m

Yield 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

2 slices slab bacon, coarsely-chopped
2 tablespoons neutral oil
2 cups cooked rice
2 scallions, chopped
1 tablespoon ginger, minced
1 tablespoon garlic, minced
1 or 2 eggs
2 teaspoons soy sauce

Steps:

Cook coarse-chopped slab bacon in neutral oil until done; add cooked rice, chopped scallions, minced ginger and garlic; cook until rice begins to brown. Crack in 1 or 2 eggs, and continue to stir; finish with soy sauce.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 452, UnsaturatedFat 18 grams, Carbohydrate 48 grams, Fat 23 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 11 grams, SaturatedFat 4 grams, Sodium 438 milligrams, Sugar 1 gram, TransFat 0 grams

GINGERY FRIED RICE WITH BOK CHOY, MUSHROOMS AND BASIL

Gingery Fried Rice With Bok Choy, Mushrooms and Basil image

An ideal recipe for reducing waste in the kitchen, fried rice is a great way to use up spare tofu, leftover meats or wobbly vegetables. Master Sam Sifton's fried rice technique, and you'll have the tools to repurpose leftovers and surplus vegetables. But if it's a bright, fresh slew of greens and herbs you're after, this recipe supplies a high ratio of vegetables to rice. Everything cooks quickly, so your mise en place truly counts here: Get everything chopped and prepped before you pick up the pan, and dinner can be ready in 20.

Provided by Alexa Weibel

Categories dinner, weekday, grains and rice, vegetables, main course

Time 20m

Yield 4 to 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

4 cups cooked, day-old jasmine rice (or 1 cup uncooked jasmine rice; see Tip)
5 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
3/4 pound mixed fresh mushrooms, such as shiitake and cremini, thinly sliced, or whole shimeji mushrooms
Kosher salt and black pepper
3/4 pound baby bok choy (about 8 small baby bok choy), trimmed, then sliced crosswise 1/2-inch thick
5 scallions, trimmed, greens and whites thinly sliced (about 1/2 cup)
3 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
1 jalapeño, thinly sliced (optional)
3/4 cup frozen peas
2 to 3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh ginger (from one 2-inch piece)
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons sesame oil
1/8 teaspoon white pepper (optional)
1/2 cup thinly sliced fresh basil

Steps:

Take the cooked rice out of the refrigerator, and set it aside at room temperature.
In a large wok or nonstick skillet, heat 2 tablespoons canola oil over medium-high. Add the mushrooms, season generously with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and tender, 5 or 6 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl.
Wipe out the skillet, if needed, then add 1 tablespoon canola oil and heat over medium-high. Add the bok choy, scallions, garlic and jalapeño, if using. Season with salt and pepper and stir-fry, stirring frequently, until aromatic and barely crisp-tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to the bowl with the mushrooms.
Add the remaining 2 tablespoons canola oil to the skillet and heat over medium-high. Add the rice and cook, stirring occasionally, until toasted and toothsome, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the frozen peas, ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil and white pepper (if using), and stir until rice is evenly coated in soy sauce mixture, and no uncoated rice grains remain, 1 to 2 minutes.
Stir in the mushroom and bok choy mixture and the basil until basil is wilted, 1 to 2 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper then divide among bowls; serve hot.