Meatless Monday: Mushroom Fried Rice

September 14, 2015

Meatless Monday - Mushroom Fried Rice | Sarcastic Cooking

Are you a fan of take-out? Are you such a big fan of take-out that you think you might be the only person on your block that has take-out deliveries at least two days a week? Speak up people! I am beginning to feel like my neighbors are judging me for the convoy of food delivery cars that come to our door each week.

Why do they have to have that big, light up sign on the roof of their car? Don’t they know I am sitting in the front window peeking through the blinds ready to meet them at the door before they ring the doorbell and alert the kid and dog that food is here?

Ok people. I know I am not the only one that creeps on delivery cars.

I can honestly tell you that one type of take-out we never order is Chinese food. I grew up on Friday night Chinese food orders. Chicken and Broccoli with that corn starchy chicken sauce was my jam! In fact, shout out to my little brother, who is 28 today, for allowing me to mooch off his fave take-out dish for all those years. Egg rolls, fried wontons, and anything lo mein. Yaaaaassssss!

Meatless Monday: Mushroom Fried Rice | Sarcastic Cooking

So why, if I love this take-out so much, do I never order it? Well, remember long ago, in what seems like another lifetime of mine, I was a restaurant inspector. I must have had really bad luck, but there were a few local Chinese places that just did it for me. Raw chicken sitting out in a bucket at room temp under a leaky pipe. A rice cooker which was cooking cockroaches instead of rice. Those are just a few of the nasty things I saw.

So, as to not totally turn you off from ordering Chinese take-out, I will stop while you may still have a little bit of an appetite. Recreating some of my favorite take-out dishes through this site has been something really fun for me. This way I know what I am eating and have total control over what goes into my food. Well, aside from the stray dust particle or dog hair. Sorry if I am all about grossing you out today.

A classic take out dish that I am all about is fried rice. I amped up the veggie intake with a whole lotta mushrooms. I like to make this dish when I have a lot of leftover rice. It can be a main dish solo or a side dish to some tofu or chicken/steak. It is good and spicy too!!!

Mushroom Fried Rice

A spicy, meatless version of traditional fried rice loaded with three different types of mushrooms.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 4 -6 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 4 Ounces Shitake Mushrooms stems removed and chopped
  • 6 Ounces Portabella Mushrooms stemmed and chopped
  • 4 Ounces Button Mushrooms chopped
  • 1/3 Cup Diced Yellow Onion
  • 2 Carrots peeled and grated
  • 2 Teaspoons Chili Garlic Sauce
  • 1 Tablespoons Low Sodium Soy Sauce
  • 3-4 Cups Cooked White/Brown Rice cooked according to instructions on packaging
  • 2 Large Eggs
  • 4 Green Onions chopped
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Add olive oil to a large skillet or wok. Allow the oil to heat up for a minute or two over a medium flame. Add all the mushrooms. Stir to evenly coat in oil. Sautee mushrooms for 10 minutes until golden and crispy on the edges. Add the onion and carrot. Sautee an additional three to five minutes until onions become translucent.
  2. Remove the vegetables from the pan. Add to a plate and keep off to the side for later. Reduce the heat to low. Add the two eggs to a small mixing bowl and beat. Add in a little pinch of salt and pepper. Pour the eggs into the hot pan and scramble. Cook until firm. Remove egg and add it to the plate with the veggies off to the side.
  3. Add chili garlic sauce and soy sauce to the pan, whisk to combine. Mix in the rice. Add in the cooked egg and mushrooms. Stir to make sure the flavors are evenly distributed. Lastly, mix in the green onions, and season with salt and pepper to taste.
  4. Serve with additional soy sauce and hot sauce.

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  • Cindy
    September 22, 2015 at 12:34 am

    Oh, no! That sounds awful. I would totally be scarred if I saw those kinds of things (especially the cockroaches…bugs are the worst)!

    That said, I love fried rice. Like, LOVE. I love that there are a ton of mushrooms in yours!