Com Chien - Vietnamese Fried Rice
Leftover rice fried crisp and studded with juicy shrimp, crisp fried spam, crunchy green beans, and fragrant herbs, this Vietnamese fried rice is nothing like the slop dished out at your local Chinese takeaway.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp neutral oil divided
- ½ lb. medium shrimp peeled
- ½ (12-oz.) can spam diced large
- 1 ½ cups green beans chopped small
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 4 scallions thinly sliced
- 4 ½ cups cooked rice
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp sugar
- ½ tsp white pepper
- 2 eggs
- fish sauce to taste
Instructions
- Bring a wok or large skillet to high heat and add 1 tbsp oil. Add the shrimp and cook for around 3 minutes, until pink and just done. Remove to a bowl for now.
- Add the diced spam and cook, tossing occasionally, until crisp, about 5 minutes.
- Next add the green beans to the pan and cook for 3 minutes, tossing occasionally.
- Then add the garlic and scallions and cook for another 2 minutes.
- Pour in the remaining 1 tbsp oil followed by the rice. Cook this, tossing occasionally for 5 minutes.
- Return the shrimp to the pan and add the cilantro. Sprinkle over the salt, white pepper, and sugar.
- Clear a space in the center of the pan and scramble the eggs.
- Finally, mix it all together and add fish sauce to taste.