Description
Savory Thai style crab fried rice delivers complex layers of flavor from wok-charred seafood and aromatic herbs. Delicate crab meat mingles with jasmine rice, creating a remarkable Southeast Asian culinary experience you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 cups long grain rice, day-old
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 can (6 oz / 170 g) lump crab meat, drained
- 2 tbsps vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- ⅓ cup carrots, finely diced
- ¼ white onion, finely chopped
- 2 green onions, sliced
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 2 tsps fish sauce
- 1 tsp sugar
- ¼ tsp white pepper
- 1 tbsp fish sauce (side sauce)
- 1 ½ tsps lime juice (side sauce)
- 1 clove garlic, sliced (side sauce)
- 1 bird’s eye chili, sliced (side sauce)
- ½ tsp sugar (side sauce)
- 1 Persian cucumber, sliced on a bias (garnish)
- 1 lime wedge (garnish)
- 1 sprig of cilantro (garnish)
Instructions
- Sauce Preparation: Whisk condiment ingredients in a small bowl and set aside for later enhancement.
- Skillet Activation: Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until oil glistens with potential cooking energy.
- Aromatic Foundation: Sauté minced garlic until edges turn golden, releasing a fragrant essence into the cooking environment.
- Egg Integration: Pour beaten eggs into the skillet, creating soft curds by gently disrupting the cooking surface, developing a delicate texture.
- Rice Transformation: Introduce rice grains, breaking and blending them with egg mixture, generating a loose, slightly toasted consistency.
- Flavor Infusion: Drizzle soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar, and white pepper across the rice, vigorously stirring to distribute seasonings evenly.
- Butter Enhancement: Add butter, allowing rice to caramelize while periodically rotating grains for uniform flavor development.
- Final Composition: Incorporate crab meat, carrots, white onions, and green onions, mixing thoroughly until ingredients meld seamlessly.
- Taste Refinement: Adjust seasoning with salt if needed, ensuring a balanced flavor profile.
- Presentation: Transfer to serving dish, garnish with cilantro, cucumber slices, and lime wedge, accompanying the prepared sauce for a vibrant Thai-inspired culinary experience.
Notes
- Mise en Place Matters: Prepare all ingredients before cooking to ensure smooth, efficient execution and prevent burning delicate components like garlic.
- Rice Temperature Trick: Use cold, day-old rice for optimal texture and to prevent soggy, clumpy fried rice that lacks the desired crispy edges.
- Heat Control Technique: Maintain medium-high heat to achieve proper caramelization and prevent burning while creating those signature toasted rice notes.
- Sauce Balance Strategy: Taste and adjust complementary sauce incrementally, as different brands of fish sauce and soy sauce vary in saltiness and intensity.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Lunch, Dinner
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: Thai
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 5
- Calories: 400
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 800 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 55 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 18 g
- Cholesterol: 150 mg