VERY VEGGIE FRIED RICE WITH EGGS

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Some of the best dinners can come from a choose-your-own-adventure-like foray into your fridge to see what leftover vegetable you can make something out of. Here, vegetable fried rice uses zucchini or broccoli or green beans, packs in some frozen peas and carrots, and gets a nutrition boost from shredded kale. A dreamy fried egg is the protein topper that takes this easy weeknight meal to legendary status.

Provided by Sarah Carey

Categories     Quick & Easy Recipes

Time 35m

Number Of Ingredients 10

4 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
3 cups shredded kale (from 1 small bunch)
4 ounces zucchini (or broccoli or green beans), chopped (1 cup)
Kosher salt
4 teaspoons minced fresh ginger (from a 1-inch piece)
4 teaspoons minced garlic (from 2 cloves)
2 cups cooked white rice
2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
1 cup frozen carrots and peas, such as Green Giant
4 large eggs

Steps:

  • Heat a large, heavy nonstick skillet over high. Swirl in 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; add kale and zucchini. Season with salt and cook, stirring, until zucchini is bright green and kale is wilted, about 3 minutes. Add ginger and garlic; cook, stirring, 30 seconds. Add rice and 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; cook, stirring to break up rice, 1 minute. Stir in sesame oil and carrots and peas; season and cook 1 minute.
  • Make 4 wells in mixture; divide remaining 1 tablespoon vegetable oil among them. Crack an egg into each well; season. Reduce heat to medium and cook until whites begin to set, about 3 minutes. Cover, turn off heat, and let stand until whites are set but yolks are still soft, 3 to 4 minutes more. Serve immediately.

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