Prawn Fried Rice

Published: Jun 17, 2021 · Modified: Dec 6, 2021 · by Khin · This post may contain affiliate links.

Family favourite quick recipe on how to make King Prawn Fried Rice with eggs and peas. Packed with flavour and a great dish to serve for Chinese fakeaway dinner!

If you love fried rice, you will definitely love our Basil Fried Rice, Chicken Fried Rice, and Spicy Fried Rice recipe too!

In UK restaurants and takeaways, it's also called special fried rice or king prawns fried rice. Basically, made with prawns, chicken, vegetables, and soy-based stir fry sauces.

Fried rice has been my comfort food since my childhood and my dad taught me how to make proper Chinese fried rice. It looks simple yet there are some tips and tricks you might want to know if you want to make your own authentic Chinese restaurant-style fried rice at home. 

Protein – I am using large tiger prawns for this recipe. Simply season the prawns with salt, white pepper and a splash of Shao Xing cooking wine.

You can swap with other meat and seafood like king prawns/shrimps, squid, scallop, fish balls, boneless chicken thigh/breast as a substitute or an add-on. 

Vegetables – I am not adding many varieties of vegetables since I want to bring out more of the flavour of prawns. I am adding only green peas carrot cubes and spring onions.

Seasoning – the right amount of soy sauce, oyster sauce and sesame oil is essential for the authentic flavour of the Chinese fried rice. As many of you has asked which soy sauces or oyster sauce brand is best for Chinese cooking, we usually use Lee Kum Kee brand sauces in our recipes which is widely available across UK, Europe, the US and most counties across the world.

Cooking oil - Vegetable oil is the perfect oil to make fried rice that has no flavour in it. Most Chinese restaurants and takeaways use vegetable oil in their stir-fries and deep fry dishes. Or you can use any neutral flavour oil-like, sunflower, grapeseed or canola oil.

You will need to follow 5 simple steps to create restaurant-quality fried rice.

That's one of the most asked questions on my blog and videos posts. If I have to choose one rice, I would choose Jasmine rice which is also used in famous Thai and Chinese restaurants. Thai jasmine rice is a long-grain rice with pleasant popcorn and pandan-like fragrant, widely used in Chinese cooking and Oriental Asian rice recipes.

If you can't find jasmine rice you can use any long-grain white rice, basmati or even medium-grain rice. Only the fragrant will be slightly different. You can still create tasty fried rice with what you can get.

To make Thai style spicy prawn fried rice, use fish sauce instead of soy sauce and add chopped bird-eye chillies or dried chilli flakes after frying the vegetables.

Grew up as an Asian, we eat rice on a daily basis. There is no rules or exact same ratio or equipment to cook rice. You can either cook, with or without a rice cooker. Water ratio and cooking time can vary, depend on the rice you chose. Here is how we usually cook jasmine rice at home:Simple Steps to make perfect jasmine rice:1. Wash rice two to three times with water until the water is almost clear then drain the water out. ( You can use a mesh strainer or colander to drain the rice. ) Washing rice is important to remove the excess starch from the rice grains which creates a fluffy rice result.2. Rice Cooker - Place washed rice and water in a rice cooker, once it's cooked let it sit for 15-20 minutes. Then gently fluff with a rice spatula. ( Rice to water ratio is 1:1 ) Or Stove Top - Add washed rice and water in the medium-size saucepan. Bring it to boil with no lid on. Then reduce to low-medium heat, close the lid and cook for another 12-15 minutes until no water left. Remove from heat and let it sit for 15-20 minutes. Then gently fluff with a rice spatula. ( Rice to water ratio is 1:1¼ )Note 1 cup of jasmine rice yields about 3 cups of cooked rice.

You can simply serve this on its own or pair it with Hot and Sour Soup, Spring Rolls, Crispy Taiwanese Fried Chicken, or Crispy Shredded Orange Beef and make it a wholesome banquet dinner.

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