Go Back

Schezwan Fried Rice

Ingredients

INGREDIENTS

  • Serves 2
  • Recipe adapted from: Kavya’s Kitchen

For Schezwan sauce

  • 10-12 Dry Red Chillies Soak them in water for 1 hr and blend them to a smooth paste
  • 6 cloves Garlic finely chopped
  • 1 tsp Grated Ginger
  • 1 tsp Red Chilli Sauce Store bought
  • 1/2 tsp Soya Sauce
  • 1 tsp Vinegar
  • Salt:To Taste
  • Pepper Powder to taste
  • 1/4 tsp Sugar
  • 2 tsp Oil

Fried Rice

  • 1 Carrot cut in juliennes
  • 1/2 cup Cabbage finely shredded
  • 1/2 cup Capsicum cut in juliennes
  • Chopped Spring Onions:3 tsp
  • 2 cups Cooked Rice
  • Salt to Taste
  • Pepper Powder to Taste
  • 2 tsp Broken Cashews
  • 1/2 cup boiled and shredded Chicken
  • 2 tbsp Oil

Instructions

DIRECTIONS

    Schezwan Sauce

    • Heat Oil in pan,when hot add the chopped garlic and grated ginger,fry till garlic turn golden color.
    • Add in the red chilly paste and fry till the mixture leaves oil,now add salt and pepper to taste.
    • Add sugar,vinegar,soya sauce and red chilli sauce and mix well.Add jst 1/4 cup of water if the mixture is too dry.Cook for 5-7 minutes and let it cool,store it in a bottle and refrigerate and use when needed.

    Schezwan Fried Rice

    • Heat oil in a pan,add broken cashew nuts and fry them till light golden color,then add the spring onions, carrot, cabbage, mix and sprinkle little salt,cook them covered for 2 mins and then fry them till done. Add the chicken.
    • Now add half of the prepared schezwan sauce,mix well,sprinkle some water if needed,so that the sauce is evenly coated to all the vegetables. Fry them together for 2 mins and then add the sliced capsicum and continue frying for another 2 mins, finally add the cooked rice,mix evenly and sprinkle some pepper powder and salt to taste.
    • Toss and serve hot.

    Notes

    ✔️ If you want to make it purely vegetarian, just omit the chicken. You can add beans, peas etc.
    ✔️ Paneer can also be added.
    ✔️ While preparing the Schezwan sauce, try to remove the seeds from the dried red chillies. At least from few of them. Remove and then soak in water.
    ✔️ We had it with sweet and spicy chicken fry and it turned out to be a heavenly combination. As the rice by itself is so flavorful, you wouldn’t need any gravy so this fry was perfect.