How to Cook Shrimp Fried Rice [Thai Recipe] By Benchamat Laksaniyanon Thai fried rice. [Online image] Available http://www.ezythaicooking.com/free_recipes/Thai-fried-rice-with-prawns_th.html, March 24, 2012.

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Descriptions This step-by-step presentation is for you to learn how to cook Shrimp Fried Rice, one of the popular menus of Asian food. This menu is Easy and Not Costly, so you can make your quick delicious dinner within less than 10 minutes. Let’s try…

Main Menu Part I: Preparing Ingredients (Step 1-7) Part II: Cooking (Step 8-19) Part III: Decorating/Serving (Step 20-21) Final step

Part I: Preparing Ingredients Of course! First of all you need to buy the ingredients. You, however, can Apply to other kinds of Meat such as beef or pork or even combo. Also, you can Change types of Vegetables as you preferred. Let’s start…

Step 1. Provide ingredients 1 cup of Cold streamed rice [left in a fridge over night or at least 5 hours] 7-8 shrimps & 1-2 eggs 1-2 tablespoons of oil 1-2 teaspoon of soy sauce & sweet source 5-6 pieces of a tomato, green & yellow onions, cucumber & 1 piece of a lime Optional: ½ teaspoon of chopped garlic Ingredients.jpg © Benchamat. Used with permission.

Step 2. Wash your hands Don’t forget to wash your hands before cooking. It is a small part, but important. If you wish to learn cooking, then try to familiar with washing hands Often. [or use gloves] Cooking and hand washing.jpg. [Online image]. Available http://explore.ecb.org/videos/VLC_file?TYPE=Image&P1=1621&REFERER=OTHER, March 28, 2012

Step 3. Wash the vegetables Wash the vegetables as you need to use and put all in one plate. Tips: Select the plate that big enough for all of your vegetables and meat also. Washed vegetables.jpg © Benchamat. Used with permission.

Step 4. Prepare (dry) vegetables Firstly, finely cut green onion and slice yellow onions. Tips: Slice, chop, or cut dry vegetables first. Because you don’t need to Often clean up the cutting board. Green onion.jpg and yellow onion.jpg © Benchamat. Used with permission.

Step 5. Prepare (wet) vegetables Then, finely cut cucumber, lime, and tomato, orderly. Tips: Tomato is juicy, so you should do it last so that your cucumber will not get messy with the tomato juice. Cucumber.jpg, lime.jpg, and tomato.jpg © Benchamat. Used with permission.

Step 6. Prepare shrimps Wash and peel 7-8 shrimps or as you needed. Tips: Using fresh and raw shrimps will be testier, but if you have no time you can use precooked shrimps and put them at the same time with vegetables. Peeled shrimps.jpg © Benchamat. Used with permission.

Step 7. Put all in one plate garlic Put all of the prepared vegetables and shrimps into one plate to be ready and easy during cooking. Tips: Garlic is optional but it can help improve food smell when it was cooked with oil. Prepared ingredients.jpg © Benchamat. Used with permission.

Part II: Cooking For now on, you have all of the prepared ingredients you need. In this part, it is from step 8 (start cooking) to step 19 (have your food on a dish). Let’ cook…

Step 8. Turn on stove Turn on stove and adjust at medium heat. Tips: During cooking, you may adjust the heat levels sometimes. It depends on types of meat or vegetables. Turn on stove.jpg © Benchamat. Used with permission.

Step 9. Heat a pan & vegetable oil Heat the pan and put 1-2 tablespoons of vegetable oil. Wait until the oil gets hot. Tips: Don’t worry! You can use any types of pans, but the size of the used pan should be big enough to cook easier. Use medium heat, typically. Pan and oil.jpg © Benchamat. Used with permission.

Step 10. Put shrimps & yellow onions Put shrimps and yellow onions. Fry them until the shrimps are Almost done (the color changed). Push them into one side of the pan to have more room for eggs. Tips: Yellow onion will be sweeter if it is done well, so it should be put at the beginning step. But if you want to keep it be pungent, you can put it last with the other vegetables. Shrimp and onion.jpg © Benchamat. Used with permission.

Step 11. Put egg & garlic garlic Put 1-2 eggs as needed. Stir eggs but leave them keep 2 colors; yellow and white. Put ½ teaspoon of garlic (optional). Wait until eggs are Almost done. Tips: Eggs not done entirely will stick with rice and make rice tastier. Put eggs.jpg © Benchamat. Used with permission.

Step 12. Put rice Put Cold streamed rice on the top of eggs. Tips: Don’t put/mix rice if the entire egg is still raw, that will make rice too wet and test worse. Rice on egg.jpg © Benchamat. Used with permission.

Step 13. Put soy sauce & sweet sauce Put soy sauce and (Thai) sweet sauce on all around. If you cannot find (Thai) sweet sauce, use sugar instead. Tips: Thai sweet sauce makes rice not only sweeter but also brown, so rice will look more delicious. Sauces.jpg © Benchamat. Used with permission.

Step 14. Mix rice Mix rice, sauces, eggs, shrimps, yellow onions, and garlic together until they blend all. Tips: Use the spatula to cut eggs into small piece and use the back of the spatula to press rice if rice is hard and stick together. Mix rice and sauces © Benchamat. Used with permission.

Step 15. Put tomato& green onions Put tomato and green onions and mix them all again. You can also add other types of vegetables. Tips: Vegetables may be chopped into small pieces if you make for kids and use broccoli instead of green onions or use the vegetables that kids preferred. Put vegetables.jpg © Benchamat. Used with permission.

Step 16. Fry & mix all continuously Fry and mix all continuously for several minutes or until the vegetables were done enough [or as you like] Tips: You may have to reduce heat during this step so that shrimps will not become too hard, but still hot enough for vegetables. Mix all.jpg © Benchamat. Used with permission.

Step 17. Test & improve You can test your food now and try to (quickly) improve it as you like by adding sauces, salt, sugar, chili, or pepper. Tips: You may have to reduce the heat level if you are a beginner and not familiar with cooking. Some seasonings need a heat for melting. If you use liquid seasonings, you can add them after finishing cooking. Seasoning.jpg © Benchamat. Used with permission.

Step 18. Turn off stove To be safe, turn off stove Immediately every time after you finish cooking. Turn off stove.jpg © Benchamat. Used with permission.

Step 19. Move to a plate Move the shrimp fried rice to a plate. Tips: If you cook for kids, select the plate that is cute or colorful! Move to plate.jpg © Benchamat. Used with permission.

Look good? Food on dish.jpg © Benchamat. Used with permission. Tips: If you cook for guests or others, put shrimps on the top and spread out the vegetables. Food on dish.jpg © Benchamat. Used with permission.

Part III: Decorating/Serving To make your food look nicer and tastier, decorate your dish with sliced cucumbers and a piece of limes, and then it is Ready to serve.

Step 20. Put cucumber & lime Put the prepared cucumbers and lime near the edge of the plate. Tips: You can also use cucumbers and limes as a side dish with soy sauce. Decorate dish.jpg © Benchamat. Used with permission.

Step 21. Serve Serve. Yeah! Tips: If you have children, they must love it! Serve.jpg © Benchamat. Used with permission.

Part IV: Final Step Eat & Enjoy! Eat and enjoy.jpg © Benchamat. Used with permission.

I am also full! @*_*@ Yummy… I am full.jpg © Benchamat. Used with permission.

next time let’s try another meat! ☺Good job! and next time let’s try another meat!