
Midweek meal miracle: Healthy one-pan baked fried rice
BETTER-for-you fried rice cooked in the one pan in the oven - it's a midweek meal miracle!
METHOD
Step 1
- Preheat oven to 200C/180C fan forced.
- Place the rice in a 30 x 20cm baking dish.
- Add the garlic and ginger.
- Pour in the water and add the oil.
- Stir to combine.
- Cover dish tightly with foil and bake for 45 minutes.
Step 2
- Carefully uncover the dish and stir in the carrot, peas, ham, shallot and soy sauce.
- Cover tightly and cook for a further 10 minutes.
Step 3
- Remove and discard foil.
- Make 3 indentations in the rice mixture and break an egg into each.
- Use a fork to lightly whisk each egg without mixing into the rice.
- Return to the oven and cook, uncovered, for 7 minutes or until the egg is set.
Step 4
- Use a small sharp knife to coarsely cut the egg in the dish.
- Stir to combine.
- Diagonally slice the reserved shallot tops and sprinkle over rice mixture.
- Serve drizzled with sriracha and extra soy sauce.
INGREDIENTS
- 300g (1 1/2 cups) brown rice
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
- 625ml (2 1/2 cups) boiling water
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 2 carrots, peeled, coarsely grated
- 150g (1 cup) frozen peas
- 100g 97-per-cent fat-free sliced ham, chopped
- 3 green shallots, white and pale green parts thinly sliced (tops reserved)
- 2 tablespoons light soy sauce, plus extra, to serve
- 3 eggs
- Sriracha chilli sauce, to serve
PREPARATION
15 minutes
COOKING TIME
1 hour, 5 minutes
SERVINGS
Four
GRADE
Easy
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