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How To Make Singapore Style Fried Rice
This Singapore fried rice recipe will be your new Friday fakeaway favourite! Rice stir-fried with vegetables, prawns, pork and chicken is not only easy to make but is very tasty too. Find out how to make this popular UK takeaway classic below!
I love making Chinese takeaway dishes at home! It’s quick to make, it’s so easy and it requires minimal effort. Singapore fried rice is just another Chinese takeaway favourite that you can make in a matter of minutes.
It’s a great main meal but also serves well as a side. I sometimes have Singapore fried rice on its own or serve it with this honey chilli chicken and these roasted tenderstem broccoli for a delicious feast.
It’s the perfect recipe to use up leftovers such as cooked meats, vegetables and spare rice. Plus, it’s ready to eat in just 20 minutes!
What Is Singapore Fried Rice?
Singapore fried rice is a fast-food favourite and is available in many Chinese takeaway shops. It’s a spicy fried rice dish flavoured with garlic, curry powder, soy sauce, meats, prawns and vegetables.
The rice has a distinctive and vibrant yellow colour derived from the curry powder, which also gives the rice a curry base flavour. Whereas classic Chinese fried rice recipes use oyster sauce and soy sauce for their distinctive flavour profiles.
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What’s In Singapore Fried Rice?
Singapore fried rice has a range of proteins including pork, chicken and prawns. It’s usually flavoured with curry powder and other spices such as chicken powder and salt. It also contains scrambled eggs and vegetables like peas, carrots and spring onions too.
In other words, it has a little bit of everything!
Is Singapore Fried Rice Spicy?
This fried rice recipe has a low to medium spice level, the heat comes from diced chillies and I tend to use a low or medium curry powder. You can alter the heat and spice level by using a low, medium or hot curry powder and by choosing milder chillies or even bell peppers.
Singapore Fried Rice Ingredients
Below is a list of ingredients you need to make this Singapore fried rice recipe:
- Cooked Rice: I like to use either Jasmine rice or basmati rice. You can use any long grain rice, just make sure it’s been cooked the day before or use cooked packet rice.
- Egg: If you don’t like eggs in your fried rice, then you can leave this ingredient out.
- Prawns: I used cooked king prawns in this recipe, you can also opt-in for smaller prawns usually found in the frozen section in supermarkets.
- Chicken: Use boneless chicken breast or thighs, dice the chicken into small chunks. I like to marinate the chicken in a mixture of 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp black pepper before frying. If you have leftover shredded chicken, then you can use that instead.
- Char Siu: Char Siu is barbecued pork which is roasted until cooked. If you don’t have Char Siu, you can use any leftover pork meat. I like to use pork lardons, it’s a great replacement (and it’s what I use in this recipe).
- Vegetables: Peas, chillies, spring onions and garlic are used in this recipe.
- Fried Rice Seasonings: To add flavour to the Singapore fried rice: soy sauce, salt, curry powder, sugar, chicken seasoning and sesame oil are added to create the Chinese takeaway style taste. Instead of sesame oil, you can use chilli oil for an extra kick of heat.
What Is The Difference Between Singapore Fried Rice And Special Fried Rice?
Wondering what’s the difference between Singapore fried rice and special fried rice?
Singapore fried rice is an Indo-Chinese street food and a popular UK takeaway dish. Rice is stir-fried with prawns and meats such as