Best Zesty Oven Fried Rice Recipes

EMERGENCY "DUMP 'N BAKE" FRIED RICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°C / 390°F (180°C fan).
• Mix ingredients in baking dish: Place all Baked Fried Rice ingredients except bacon in a baking dish (~22 x 32cm / 9 x 13"). Stir, then spread rice evenly across pan.
• Top with bacon: Scatter bacon across surface.
• Bake covered 40 min: Cover with foil. Bake 40 minutes.
• Bake uncovered 15 min: Remove foil. Bake uncovered 15 minutes - this will colour the bacon. Liquid should be absorbed, rice should be cooked (but will seem wet, will absorb and soften while resting).
• Rest 10 min: Cover loosely with foil, stand for 10 minutes.
• Fluff: Add green onion and sesame oil. Fluff rice with fork, marvel at how perfectly cooked the rice grains are. Serve!

BAKED "FRIED" RICE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place rice in a large baking dish. Drizzle in canola and sesame oils; toss to coat rice completely. Add garlic, green onions, bell peppers, carrots, peas, and ham. Season with salt. Stir until well combined.
• Combine chicken broth, soy sauce, and chile paste in a pot over high heat. Stir and bring to a boil. Pour on top of the rice and stir briefly. Cover top tightly with heavy-duty aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 32 minutes. Remove and let stand for 10 minutes. Uncover; fluff rice with a fork. Taste and adjust seasoning.
• Increase oven temperature to 475 degrees F (245 degrees C). Return to the oven until rice is browned and crusted, about 10 minutes.

ZESTY OVEN-FRIED RICE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, bring broth to a boil.
• Add rice.
• Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a skillet, cook beef, onions, green pepper and garlic over medium heat until meat is no longer pink and vegetables are tender.
• Drain and place in a large bowl.
• In the same skillet, cook and stir eggs until set but still moist.
• Add to meat mixture.
• Fluff rice with fork.
• Add rice, mushrooms, soy sauce and hot pepper sauce to meat mixture; mix well. Transfer to a greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking dish.
• Cover and bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until heated through.

SHEET PAN BREAKFAST FRIED RICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F and place oven rack in center of oven. Arrange bacon and garlic on a baking sheet and bake until bacon is crisp, about 15-18 minutes.
• Remove baking sheet from the oven, stir in the rice and return to the oven to bake until rice is crisp and starting to turn lightly golden, about 18-20 minutes.
• Remove baking sheet from the oven, stir in the peas and carrots, bell pepper, chopped scallion whites, soy sauce and sesame oil. Make 6 indentations and crack the eggs into them. Sprinkle shredded cheese over the rice and return the baking sheet to the oven. Bake until cheese is melted and eggs are set, about 13-15 minutes.
• Remove from oven, sprinkle over sliced green scallions and drizzle with sriracha.

SPICY OVEN-FRIED RICE WITH GOCHUJANG AND FRIED EGGS

Steps:

• If using uncooked rice, combine the rice and 2 1/2 cups water in a small, deep saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer, cover and cook until all the water has been absorbed, 35 to 40 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes, covered, then spread out on a large baking sheet to cool completely.
• Heat the oven to 450 degrees. Add 1 tablespoon neutral oil to a large rimmed baking sheet, and add the sausage. Cut it into smaller pieces right on the baking sheet. Transfer to the oven to cook, 5 minutes. Using a wooden spoon, break the sausage into smaller pieces again, then cook until no longer pink, 2 to 3 minutes longer.
• Add the carrots, scallion whites, mushrooms, brussels sprouts and broccolini to the sheet pan, stir well to coat with the oil, and sprinkle lightly with salt. Cook until the vegetables have wilted, about 10 minutes, stirring halfway through.
• Meanwhile, whisk together the gochujang, tamari and remaining 1 tablespoon neutral oil in a large bowl. Add the cooked rice and stir until evenly coated.
• Remove the baking sheet from the oven. Add the rice, stirring to combine with the vegetables, then press the mixture down with the back of a spatula. Return to oven and cook until rice is getting crisp on the bottom, 20 to 25 minutes, stirring once about halfway through and pressing down again. (If serving with fried eggs, begin cooking them about 5 minutes before the rice is done.)
• Divide oven-fried rice among plates or bowls and top each portion with a fried egg, if using. Drizzle with sesame oil, sprinkle with the scallion greens and serve immediately.

ZESTY CHICKEN AND RICE SKILLET RECIPE

Steps:

• Cook 1/4 cup dressing and mustard in large nonstick skillet on medium-high heat 2 min. or until heated through, stirring occasionally. Stir in chicken; cook 6 min. or until done, stirring occasionally.
• Dissolve bouillon cube in water; stir into skillet with remaining dressing and peppers; cover. Simmer 2 min. Stir in rice; simmer, covered, 5 min. or until rice and peppers are tender.
• Remove skillet from heat. Let stand 5 min. or until liquid is absorbed.

FRIED RICE

Steps:

• Put 1 tablespoon of the oil in a wok or a large skillet, and turn heat to high. When it begins to shimmer, add onion, pepper and carrots and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and beginning to brown, 5 to 10 minutes. With a slotted spoon, remove vegetables to a bowl.
• Drain peas if necessary, and add them to skillet; cook, shaking pan, for about a minute, or until hot. Remove them to the bowl.
• Put remaining oil in the skillet, followed by garlic and ginger. When the mixture is fragrant, about 15 seconds later, add the rice, breaking up clumps with a spoon as you go along and tossing it with oil. When the rice is well coated, make a well in the center and break the eggs into it. Scramble these, then stir into the rice.
• Return vegetables to the skillet and stir to integrate. Add wine or water and cook, stirring, for approximately 1 minute. Add soy sauce and sesame oil, then taste and add salt and pepper if necessary. Turn off heat, stir in the cilantro and serve.