It’s summertime! We love to cook, but in summer we prefer to make simple recipes, such as this awesome vegan fried rice. You need to try this amazing recipe, it’s fresh, easy to make and so tasty, in addition is ready in less than 30 minutes.
This recipe is pretty light, and you can make a healthier and lighter version with less fat, we’ll tell you how, keep reading! Both versions are so delicious.
To make this vegan fried rice you’re gonna need oil, veggies, tamari or soy sauce and rice, of course. As you can see, the ingredients are so easy to get and you can use your favorite vegetables. We’ve used garlic, onion, carrot, corn and peas. You can also add fresh or ground ginger.
We’ve used a wok to cook this recipe, but you can also use a skillet. We’ve also used extra virgin olive oil (we always use it!), but it has a lot of flavor, so many people prefer to use other oils when they use tamari or soy sauce in the same recipe, it’s up to you!
I recommend you to cook the rice the day before, but if you haven’t time or you forget it, you can cook your rice just before to make this vegan fried rice. This kind of rice is usually made with long grain rice, basmati is our favorite, but there are so many options.
If you can make a lighter alternative, you can steam or boil the veggies, instead of fry them with the rice and then you can add tamari or soy sauce. You don’t need to add oil and your rice will be so delicious, but the original version is more tasty.
We use tamari instead of soy sauce because is wheat and gluten free, but you can use it if you like it. You can also use sweet and sour sauce, it’s also delicious and it’s really easy to make, and you can enjoy your vegan fried rice with these vegan spring rolls, they are scrumptious!
Vegan Fried Rice
- Prep: 5 mins
- Cook: 20 mins
- Total: 25 mins
- 2 1x
- Main dish
- Vegan, Chinese
Servings 2 1x
Vegan Fried Rice. A simple recipe with just a few ingredients. So tasty and you can use your favorite veggies, it’s always delicious!
Ingredients
- 1 cup rice (200 grams)
- 1/2 cup corn kernels (80 grams)
- 1/2 cup peas (80 grams)
- 1 or 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1/2 onion
- 1 carrot
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce or tamari
Instructions
- Cook the rice according to package directions. I recommend you to cook it the day before.
- If you use fresh or frozen peas and corn kernels, cook them according to package directions. If you use canned peas or corn kernels, skip this step.
- Heat oil in a wok or skillet, add chopped garlic and onion and diced carrots, cook them over medium-high heat for about 2 minutes. Add peas and corn kernels and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add the rice, soy sauce or tamari and cook for 2 or 3 minutes or until rice is hot.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/2 of the recipe
- Calories: 552
- Sugar: 7.5 g
- Sodium: 1039.9 mg
- Fat: 8.2 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 105 g
- Fiber: 5.1 g
- Protein: 13.1 g
If you add tofu or tempeh ( bean cake) in the recipe, it makes it more sumptuous and more protein rich & yummy. I used green beans as well.
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Thanks for the tip 🙂 Have a nice day!
Delicious and easy!
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Thank you so much 🙂
What sides are good to make with this?
Hi! Maybe our pumpkin soup ☺️
This is my go to when I have vegan and non vegan guests. So simple to make and so so so delicious! I never mention it’s completely vegan and there is NEVER any leftovers!
Hi Amanda! I’m glad you all liked it 🙂 Thanks for your kind comment!
I made this for lunch today and everyone really liked it. I love an easy tasty recipe so thank you for sharing it with us.
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Hi Leyla! Thanks for your kind words 🙂 Have a nice day!
tasty and simple
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Hi Susan, so glad you liked it 🙂
Another delicious recipe that my whole family enjoyed, thank you so much! We added in some scrambled tofu and it tasted just like the egg fried rice I remember 😊thanks again and have a wonderful day, hope you’re safe and well wherever in the world you are during these crazy times ❤️
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Hi Court, so glad you liked it 🙂 Thanks for your words and hope you are well too!
Hi, just stopped by to lyk we made your simple vegan fried rice and we loved it. We reviewed it on our channel. We added our own spin to the veggies, but it is a weekly dish at our home. Thank you. https://youtu.be/LAPztiBqF2U
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Hi Camilla, many thanks 🙂
Awesome recipe, delicious and so easy a child could make it (or in this case a lazy teenager… lol!)
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Hi Holly. So glad you found it easy 🙂 Have a nice day!
Awesome recipe ! I was looking for a vegan or vegetarian fried rice, so I tried this one. No egg, but I did use Low Sodium Soy Sauce. I added collard greens instead of peas. It was so good. Thank you — sorry, I forgot to leave a rating
Hi Rena!!! Thank you so much for your words!!! It is great to know you liked it!! Have a nice day!
Awesome recipe ! I was looking for a vegan or vegetarian fried rice, so I tried this one. No egg, but I did use Low Sodium Soy Sauce. I added collard greens instead of peas. It was so good. Thank you .
Easy &Delicious , Have loved all of your Vegan recipes so far🖤🖤
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Hi Sarina! Thanks a lot 🙂 So glad you like our recipes!
My family’s favorite. They ask for it weekly.
Hi Robin! So happy to read that 🙂
I added finely diced cabbage for more veg and it was delicious! Very nice way to use leftover rice! Thank you for this!
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Hi Kaleba! You’re so welcome 🙂 SO glad you liked it!
Great recipe absolute L0V3D 1T!!!
Hi there! Thanks a lot 🙂