Benihana Japanese Fried Rice

Total Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 cups cooked rice or 1 cup uncooked rice
• 1 cup frozen peas, thawed
• 2 tablespoons carrots, finely diced
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 cup onion, diced
• 1 1/2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 cook rice following instructions on package (bring 2 cups water to a boil, add rice and a dash of salt, reduce heat and simmer in covered saucepan for 20 minutes).
• 2 pour rice into a large bowl to let it cool in the refrigerator.
• 3 scramble the eggs in a small pan over medium heat.
• 4 separate the scrambled chunks of egg into small pea-size bits while cooking.
• 5 when rice has cooled to near room temperature, add peas, grated carrot, scrambled egg and diced onion to the bowl.
• 6 carefully toss all of the ingredients together.
• 7 melt butter in a large frying pan over medium/high heat.
• 8 when butter has completely melted, dump the bowl of rice and other ingredients into the pan and add soy sauce plus a dash of salt and pepper.
• 9 cook rice for 6-8 minutes over heat, stirring often.