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Mushroom Fried Rice

Mushroom fried rice with browned mushrooms, egg, scallions and cold rice, cooked until some grains develop crisp edges.

Prep15 minCook15 minTotal30 minYield4 servingsLevelEasy

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Mushroom fried rice with browned mushrooms, egg and scallions

Before you start

What this method is trying to achieve

Cook mushroom liquid away before the rice enters, then use high heat so the rice toasts instead of steaming.

Success looks like

Know the target before you cook

The mushrooms should be browned and the rice separate with a few lightly crisp grains.

Ingredients

What you need

Rice

  • 600 g cold cooked jasmine rice

Mushrooms

  • 300 g mixed mushrooms, sliced

Egg

  • 2 large eggs, beaten

Aromatics

  • 2 cloves garlic, minced

Finish

  • 4 scallions, sliced

Seasoning

  • 2 tbsp soy sauce

Cooking

  • 2 tbsp neutral oil

Method

Cook by the cues, not just the clock

Cook egg

  1. Scramble egg and remove.

Brown mushrooms

  1. Cook mushrooms until their liquid evaporates and edges brown.

Add aromatics

  1. Add garlic briefly.

Fry rice

  1. Add cold rice and soy sauce and spread across the hot pan.

Finish

  1. Return egg and add scallions.

Critical checkpoints

Stop here and check

other

Mushroom liquid gone?

The pan is no longer wet before rice enters.

Keep cooking mushrooms.

other

Rice spread across pan?

Rice has broad contact with hot metal.

Avoid a deep pile.

other

Rice clumpy?

Grains remain stuck in lumps.

Use fried-rice-clumpy.

If yours looks different

Route the failure before changing the recipe

The mushroom fried rice forms sticky rice lumps.Fried rice clumpy? Diagnose rice temperature, mushroom moisture and heat.

Why Is My Fried Rice Clumpy?

The rice becomes wet or overly soft.Fried rice mushy? Diagnose moisture and pan heat.

Why Is My Rice Mushy?

After cooking

Storage, reheating & substitutions

Storage

Cool promptly and refrigerate.

Reheating

Reheat quickly in a hot pan.

Substitutions

Use cremini, shiitake or mixed mushrooms.

Evidence

Sources & methodology

Technical claims and method decisions are tied to sources. Recipe-specific advice is not presented as a universal food-science law.

  1. Egg, Baby Asparagus, Corn and Shimeji Mushroom Fried RiceFood Network

    Food Network uses cold jasmine rice and high heat with mushrooms and egg.

    publisherPassage verified
  2. Fried RiceFood Network Kitchen

    Food Network stir-fries mushrooms and aromatics before adding rice.

    publisherPassage verified