Cantonese rice

Cantonese rice

Main dishes

A delicious and colorful rice dish, featuring shrimp, onion, leek, and beetroot.

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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

4 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

  1. Cook the rice according to the instructions, then drain it.
  2. Chop the onion and leek into slices, and the beetroot into small pieces. ≈ 8 min
  3. Whisk the eggs in a bowl. ≈ 4 min
  4. Whisk the eggs in a bowl, then cook them in a pan with a little oil until they form an omelette.
  5. Cut the omelette into slices and arrange them on a plate. ≈ 8 min
  6. Now, return the vegetables, the cured meats, and the shrimp to the pan and cook for a few minutes, until they are tender.
  7. Next, combine everything with the omelette slices in the pan, or directly on the plate.
  8. Finally, add the cooked rice. ≈ 3 min
  9. If the rice has already cooled, warm it up before adding it.
  10. 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.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 300 g of rice (for example, basmati or pandan rice)
  • 300 g of beetroot
  • 2 onions (or Balkan onions)
  • 300 g of leek
  • approximately 100 grams of peeled shrimp
  • 100 g of ham
  • 3 eggs
  • fish sauce
  • pepper
  • salt

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