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Light Vegetable Fried Rice Recipe with BBQ Pork
Light Vegetable Fried Rice with Pork…Skip the take-out and cook up a batch of flavorful, healthier fried rice at home. Packed with vegetables! #VegItUp 275 calories and 7 Weight Watchers SmartPoints
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
1 hr 15 mins
Total Time
1 hr 25 mins
Servings: 10 Cups
Calories: 228 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Chinese
Ingredients
- 2 eggs whisked
- 3 teaspoons canola or grapeseed oil divided
- 2 large carrots diced
- 2 large celery stalks diced
- 3 greens onions thinly sliced, white & green sections separated
- 7 cups cooked Bob's Red Mill basmati brown rice preferably day old
- ¼ cup low-sodium soy sauce
- 3 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1 ½ cup frozen green peas
- 6 ounces Chinese BBQ pork diced
- Salt and ground pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Coat with cooking spray and add egg. Swirl the egg to cover the bottom of the skillet. Cook until the egg sets, flip with a large spatula and cook for 1 minute. Transfer to a cutting board. Cut the egg into 1-inch thin strips. Set aside.
- Heat 1 teaspoon oil in the skillet. Add the carrots, celery and white sections of greens onions. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetable start to soften, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a bowl.
- Increase the heat to medium-high and add remaining 2 teaspoons of oil.
- Add the rice and cook for 2 minutes. Stir in the sesame oil and soy sauce. Continue to cook the rice, stirring occasionally so the rice doesn’t burn, for about 7 minutes.
- Add the green peas, barbecue pork and cooked carrots and celery. Cook for 1 minute.
- Gently stir in the egg and green sections of green onion. Serve.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1.25Cups
Calories
228kcal
(11%)
Carbohydrates
37g
(12%)
Protein
8g
(16%)
Fat
5g
(8%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Cholesterol
40mg
(13%)
Sodium
250mg
(10%)
Potassium
220mg
(6%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
2290IU
(46%)
Vitamin C
10.1mg
(11%)
Calcium
33mg
(3%)
Iron
1.4mg
(8%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 10Cups
Amount Per Serving
Calories 228
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1.25Cups | |
| Calories | 228kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 37g | 12% |
| Protein | 8g | 16% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 40mg | 13% |
| Sodium | 250mg | 10% |
| Potassium | 220mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 2290IU | 46% |
| Vitamin C | 10.1mg | 11% |
| Calcium | 33mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1.4mg | 8% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.