Five Spiced Fried Rice with step by step photos. Chinese five spiced rice made with prawns, veggies and five spiced powder. This recipe is easy, delicious and could be made in a matter of minutes if you have the boiled rice prepared in advance.
I have posted earlier the recipe of five spiced powder on the blog. You could use the store bought ones too but prefer home-made. If you are a vegetarian then skip the prawns. Also, Chinese steamed rice is made slightly different refer notes below for more detailed information.
This recipe is made quite often at our house in different ways. The authentic five spiced fried rice doesn’t consist of soy sauce but if wish to add you could it’s optional. The recipe is my own version of five-spiced rice.
However, five spiced fried rice is not so popular like veg fried rice, egg fried rice, veg spring rolls, mushroom fried rice, veg manchurian, chili paneer or szechuan fried rice. Other popular food from Indo chinese are hot and sour soup, manchow soup, noodles and stir fried rice.
How to make Chinese five spiced fried rice recipe:
1. For steamed rice: Cook rice with 6-7 cups of water add 1 tsp oil and salt. Once the rice is 90% cooked discard the water. Put the rice on a colander keep under running tap of cold water. Allow the water to drain add 1 tsp of oil and toss gently with a spatula.
2. Peel and de-vein the prawns.
3. Heat oil in a wide bottomed sauce pan. Add the prawns.
4. Shallow fry the prawns until they change color.
5. Remove them with a slotted spoon on a different dish.
6. In the same pan add garlic, ginger and saute for 1-2 mins until raw smell diminishes.
7. Add in all the veggies except mushrooms and toss them on high heat.
8. Keep stirring once the veggies start sweating add the cashews.
9. Now add the mushrooms and saute on high heat until they soften.
10. Add the five star spice powder and mix nicely.
11. Now add the shallow fried prawns.
12. Cook for a minute add soy sauce if using, sugar and salt.
13. Now add the chinese steamed rice and stir gently.
14. Once all is combined well garnish with greens of spring onion.
15. Serve your five spiced fried rice hot with gravy based dish.
Five spiced fried rice recipe below:
- 2 tbsp sesame oil + 2 tsp sesame oil for cooking rice
- 2 cup of chinese steamed rice (refer below for the recipe)
- 1 cup of prawns (de-shelled and de-veined)
- 2 tsp finely chopped garlic
- 2 tsp finely chopped ginger
- ⅓rd cup bell pepper
- ⅓rd cup french bean chopped finely
- ⅓rd cup carrot chopped finely
- 8-10 cashew
- ⅓rd cup mushrooms sliced
- 1 tsp soy sauce (optional)
- 1 tsp five spice powder
- a pinch of sugar
- salt as per taste
- 2 tbsp chopped greens of spring onion
- For steamed rice: Cook rice with 6-7 cups of water add 1 tsp oil and salt. Once the rice is 90% cooked discard the water. Put the rice on a colander keep under running tap of cold water. Allow the water to drain add 1 tsp of oil and toss gently with a spatula.
- Heat oil in a wide bottomed sauce pan. Shallow fry the prawns until they change color.
- Remove them with a slotted spoon on a different dish.
- In the same pan add garlic, ginger and saute for 1-2 mins until raw smell diminishes.
- Add in all the veggies except mushrooms and toss them on high heat.
- Keep stirring once the veggies start sweating add the cashews.
- Now add the mushrooms and saute on high heat until they soften.
- Add the five star spice powder add mix nicely.
- Now add the shallow fried prawns.
- Cook for a minute, add soy sauce if using, sugar and salt.
- Now add the steamed rice and stir gently.
- Once all is combined well garnish with greens of spring onion.
- Serve your five spiced rice hot with gravy based dish.
2. Add veggies of your choice.
Amy says
Can we substitute prawns with chicken?
maria says
Yes Amy you can substitute chicken with prawns but chicken will take a longer time to cook. So you can take boiled shredded chicken. Let us know how the rice was?
sweetie says
Tried this and it was great my hubby liked it thx so much. do u have pan fried noodles on ur site?
maria says
Thankyou Sweetie glad your hubby liked it. Have taken your request for pan fried noodles recipe allow some time to post.