Fried rice with crab or prawns

Name: Fried rice with crab or prawns
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 2 red shallots, peeled and finely sliced; 1 garlic clove, peeled and finely chopped; 1 egg; 250 g/9 oz cooked rice; 250 g/9 oz steamed crab meat or cooked prawns (shelled and deveined); 250 g/9 oz steamed crab meat or cooked prawns (shelled and deveined); 1 fresh red chilli, deseeded and finely sliced; 1 tablespoon light soy sauce; ½ teaspoon Demerara or palm sugar; ½ teaspoon Demerara or palm sugar; freshly ground black pepper, to taste; vegetable oil, for frying; 2 spring onions, trimmed and finely chopped; a handful of fresh coriander leaves, chopped

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Keith Floyd's Thai Food

By Keith Floyd

Published 2006

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Ingredients

2 red shallots, peeled and finely sliced
1 garlic clove, peeled and finely chopped
1 egg

Asia
Thailand
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Heat a little oil in a wok or heavy-based frying pan. Add the shallots and stir-fry until slightly golden, then add the garlic. Continue stir-frying until the garlic has started to turn golden.
Break the egg into a bowl and beat until the yolk and white are well mixed. Pour into the wok and stir-fry until the egg has set.
Pour in the rice and stir-fry to