Shrimp Fried Rice

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This shrimp fried rice is a simple, fun way to make fried rice at home and add some BBQ smoky flavor to a takeout classic.

Prep Time15

Cook Time25

Total Time40

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine: Chinese

Servings: people

Author: Derek Wolf

Ingredients

Shrimp:

1 lb Shrimp peeled/deveined/tail off
2 tbsp Cowboy Butter Rub
1 tbsp Chili Oil
1 tbsp Honey
2 tbsp Canola Oil

Fried Rice:

3 cups Cooked White Rice day old
2-3 Fresh Eggs scambled
½ cup Frozen Peas and Carrots
3 tbsp Soy Sauce
2 tbsp Chopped Scallions White Part
2 tbsp Minced Garlic
1 tsp Sesame Oil
Neutral Oil as needed

Garnish:

Sesame Seeds
Yum Yum Sauce
Chopped Scallions Green Part

Instructions

Preheat a large skillet over a medium high heat fire (about 350F).
Mix your shrimp in a bowl with Cowboy Butter rub, chili oil, honey and 2 tbsp canola oil.
Add your shrimp to the skillet and cook for 1-2 minutes on each side until they are opaque white and no longer translucent.
Add some oil to the skillet and add your cracked eggs. Stir and cook until nice and fluffy, then pull off and keep warm.
Add more oil then add minced garlic and white part of scallions to brown for 3-4 minutes. Add white rice and stir until well incorporated. Add peas, carrots, soy sauce, sesame oil and cooked eggs. Stir until well incorporated.
Add your shrimp to the top of the fried rice. Garnish with the green part of the scallions, sesame seeds and yum yum sauce. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

Homemade Yum Yum Sauce

I included this tip for making homemade yum yum sauce in my steak fried rice recipe. It's such a level up that I had to put it here too. You can buy yum yum sauce at most grocery stories, but making it at home is incredibly easy. It’s just mayonnaise, ketchup, garlic powder, paprika, rice vinegar and mirin.

To make your yum yum sauce, mix together 1/2 cup mayonnaise, 1/4 cup ketchup, 1 tablespoon rice vinegar, 1 tablespoon mirin, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1 teaspoon paprika and 1 teaspoon sesame oil. Stir all the ingredients until you have a smooth sauce, and then refrigerate in an airtight container for up to five days. Drizzle on everything that you want to give a boost of flavor!

If you want a slightly different flavor but something that still goes great with shrimp, you can try the bang bang sauce from this fried shrimp recipe.

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