Black Fried Rice with Snap Peas, Hemp Seeds and Scallions

This black fried rice recipe is brought to you in partnership with my friends at USA Rice & TheFeedfeed. All opinions are my own (duh). Thank you for supporting the brands that make this site (and my at-home Chinese takeout) possible!

While it’s well documented that I succumb every once and a while to the lure of Thai takeout, it’s been a long time since I received a paper carrier box full of fried rice.

As I lamented in December, thanks to my gluten-free status, even Jewish Christmas is now something I have to prepare myself at home. Which only makes me slightly less bitter about the fact that my Jewish Christmas has been replaced by Charlie’s family’s real Christmas, goose and all.

To keep everyone happy on the home front year-round (meaning, mostly myself), I’ve taken to making healthified versions of classic Chinese fare at home. There was the recent Mongolian Beef that I created as a way of “pouring one out” for Jewish Christmas this year. This Peking chicken from the year prior. And a whole host of fried rice dishes in between.

So in honor of the Chinese new Year of the Pig that descended on us today, I thought I would celebrate virtually with you all by making a pig-free, vegetarian black japonica fried rice.

I love starting with a more fiber-rich grain, like I did with this fried quinoa. I’ve made it with brown rice many times, but this time I wanted to experiment with brown’s even more nutritious cousin, U.S.-grown black japonica rice.

Because of its dark color, black japonica rice contains a lot of the same antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties that you’ll find in other vibrant foods like blueberries. If you “fry” it in coconut oil, season it with gluten-free tamari, and top it with hemp seeds, you have a dish jam-packed with nutrients—a far cry from what I might have sourced in a takeout container from the Flushing food courts.

Though some of you seasonal sticklers might find it a little too early for sugar snap peas, they are one of my favorite ingredients for fried rice, with just the perfect amount of crunch and sweetness. I add them to regular frozen sweet peas in this black fried rice recipe for extra color and veggie goodness.

You can easily make this recipe vegan by omitting the egg, but I like keeping certain parts of a classic fried rice in the mix.

With health and hedonism,

Phoebe

Black Fried Rice with Snap Peas, Hemp Seeds, and Scallions

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Fried rice recipes work best when the grains are a day or two old. Split up your cooking work and make the black japonica rice the day before. You can also sub black rice for leftover quinoa or brown rice from your takeout order.

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Total Time 20 minutes minutes

Servings 4

Author Phoebe Lapine

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil
• 2 medium carrots diced
• 1 bunch scallions white and green parts separated, thinly sliced
• 1 cup thinly sliced snap peas
• 2 garlic cloves minced
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
• 3 cups cooked U.S.-grown black japonica rice from 1 cup uncooked
• 3 tablespoons gluten-free tamari
• 2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil
• 1 teaspoon sriracha
• 2 eggs beaten
• 1 tablespoon Organic Shelled Hemp Seed

Instructions

• In a large wok or nonstick skillet heat the coconut oil. Sauté the carrot and white scallion over high heat until soft and beginning to brown, about 5 minutes. Add the snap peas, garlic, ginger, and green scallions and stir-fry until fragrant, another 2 minutes. Fold in the black japonica rice and stir-fry until well-coated in the vegetable mixture and beginning to toast, 2 minutes. Add the gluten-free tamari, sesame oil, and sriracha and stir to combine.
• Push the rice to the side of the pan to create a well. Pour the eggs into the center and cook, stirring gently, until nearly set. Toss the fried rice with the eggs and hemp seeds. Transfer the fried rice to bowls and serve right away.

Nutrition

Serving: 4g

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This black fried rice recipe is brought to you in partnership with my friends at USA Rice & TheFeedfeed. All opinions are my own (duh). Thank you for supporting the brands that make this site (and my at-home Chinese takeout) possible!