Cantonese rice
A delicious and colorful rice dish, featuring shrimp, onion, leek, and beetroot.
Cantonese fried rice is a delicious and flavorful rice dish with exotic notes. It’s perfect for a quick and satisfying meal, and it can be prepared in just 30 minutes, making it ideal for the whole family.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time15 min
- Cook time15 min
- Total30 min
- DifficultyEasy
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodbread
- Estimated cost$9.43 $2.36 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
Ingredients
people
- $0.87
- $3.03
- $0.29
- $0.68
- $2.46
- $1.05
- $0.87
- $0.14
- $0.04
Prices from US supermarkets for 7 of 9 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Cook the rice according to the instructions, then drain it.
- Chop the onion and leek into slices, and the beetroot into small pieces. ≈ 8 min
- Whisk the eggs in a bowl. ≈ 4 min
- Whisk the eggs in a bowl, then cook them in a pan with a little oil until they form an omelette.
- Cut the omelette into slices and arrange them on a plate. ≈ 8 min
- Now, return the vegetables, the cured meats, and the shrimp to the pan and cook for a few minutes, until they are tender.
- Next, combine everything with the omelette slices in the pan, or directly on the plate.
- Finally, add the cooked rice. ≈ 3 min
- If the rice has already cooled, warm it up before adding it.
- In terms of flavor, add ginger, pepper, and salt. ≈ 3 min
The bill
Cantonese rice
- 300 g of rice (for example, basmati or pandan rice)$0.87
- 300 g of beetroot$3.03
- 2 onions (or Balkan onions)$0.29
- 300 g of leek$0.68
- approximately 100 grams of peeled shrimp$2.46
- 3 eggs$1.05
- fish sauce$0.87
- pepper$0.14
- salt$0.04
Total$9.43
that's $2.36 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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