Description
Baked Veggie Fried Rice is a quick and easy dish packed with flavor. With simple ingredients like rice, peas, and carrots, it’s perfect for a healthy family dinner.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 ½ cups vegetable broth or water
- 1 ½ cups long grain white rice
- 1 bunch green onions
- 2 cups frozen peas and carrots
- 1 ½ cups frozen mukimame aka shelled edamame
- ½ cup raw unsalted cashews (optional)
- 1 tablespoon chili garlic sauce (optional)
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- ¼ cup light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- ½ inch ginger, grated (or ½ teaspoon ginger powder)
- 2 cloves garlic, grated (or ½ teaspoon garlic powder)
- 1 teaspoon corn starch
- 1 teaspoon water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400F. Bring the vegetable broth to a boil.
- Rinse the rice under cool running water until the water is clear. Thinly slice the green onions, keeping white and green parts separate.
- In a 9×13-inch baking dish, add the rice, frozen peas and carrots, frozen mukimame, white parts of the green onions, cashews, chili garlic sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil, salt, and pepper. Pour in the boiling broth and stir to combine.
- Cover the dish tightly with a lid or foil. Bake for 25 to 35 minutes until the rice is fluffy and cooked through.
- While the rice bakes, prepare the teriyaki sauce by whisking together soy sauce, brown sugar, rice vinegar, and sesame oil. Grate in the ginger and garlic. Mix corn starch with water to create a slurry and add it to the sauce.
- Bring the sauce to a boil over high heat, then reduce to a simmer until thickened.
- Fluff the baked rice with a fork and drizzle with the sauce. Top with the green parts of the green onions and serve.
Notes
Feel free to use fresh veggies if you prefer. Just adjust cooking time accordingly.
Adding the cashews is optional, but they add a nice crunch!
Leftovers can be stored in the fridge for a few days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/5 of the recipe
- Calories: 360
- Sugar: 6g
- Sodium: 830mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 60g
- Fiber: 8g
- Protein: 12g
- Cholesterol: 0mg