'Leftover' Stir-Fried Rice

    10m prep time
    20m total time
    Easy level
    11 ingredients

This recipe has been designed specifically to use up ingredients that we think you may already have in your fridges, and that need a tasty home. It's quick, simple, very tasty and extremely versatile. No courgettes...use cabbage! Don't have garlic, use ginger instead! We are very keen to help you save more and eat better, so please get creative with this recipe and don't allow any of your hard-earned veggies to go to waste.

Method

Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.

Step 1

Place a large non-stick frying pan or wok on a high heat and add 1 tbsp vegetable oil. If you have a few eggs that need using up, crack 2 medium eggs into the oil and stir-fry for 1-2 minutes until they scramble. Remove the eggs from the pan and set to one side.

Step 2

Add a further 1 tbsp oil to the still hot frying pan or wok and add 1 sliced onion, 2 diced carrots, 2 diced courgette, 1 diced pepper and (or) any other vegetables that you have prepared and would like to use in your stir-fry. A few examples include small florets of broccoli, green beans, mange tout, corn or shredded cabbage. Cook the vegetables for 4-5 minutes until they start to soften.

Step 3

Add 2 cloves chopped garlic to the vegetables and cook for a further 1-2 minutes. Pour in 500g cooked rice and mix well. Heat through for a further 2-3 minutes along with 5 tbsp soy sauce as well as 2 tbsp of sweet chilli sauce or kecap manis (whatever you have in the cupboard that needs using). Stir through the optional 100g peas and the cooked egg. Turn off the heat and divide between 4 bowls.
  • Ingredients
  • Based on 4 servings
  • 1 Pepper, diced. Can also use broccoli, mange tout or green beans 1 x Sainsbury's Red Pepper
  • 500g White Rice, leftover or pre-cooked of any type 2 x Tilda Microwave Rice Fragrant Jasmine 250g
  • 2 Courgette, roughly diced 2 x Sainsbury's Courgettes Loose
  • 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil 1 x Sainsbury's Vegetable Oil 1L
  • 2 Eggs 1 x Sainsbury's British Free Range Eggs Medium x6
  • 1 Onion, sliced, red or white or 5-6 spring onions 1 x Sainsbury's Onions Loose
  • 100g Peas 1 x Sainsbury's Garden Peas 910g
  • 2 Garlic Cloves, fresh, paste or "Lazy". Peeled and chopped if fresh 1 x Sainsbury's Garlic
  • 2 tbsp Sweet Chilli Sauce, or use Kecap Manis 1 x Sainsbury's Sweet Chilli Sauce 330g
  • 2 Carrots, peeled and diced 2 x Sainsbury’s Carrots Loose
  • 5 tbsp Soy Sauce 1 x Sainsbury's Light Soy Sauce 150ml
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