Easy Chorizo Fried Rice

🤍 Recipe Highlights

I have summarised everything that you will come to know and love (LOVE ❤) about the chorizo rice recipe in the points below:

• Simple ingredients: each of the ingredients needed to make this chorizo fried rice recipe are simple and easy to find at the local shops. You might even find that you have many of them in the pantry already!
• Budget friendly: this is a cost effective easy recipe that won't break the bank. It is much cheaper to make fried rice at home than it is to order it in and pay for delivery.
• Family favorite: everyone of all ages will love this fried rice! It is tasty, delivers a wide variety of textures and a combination of ingredients that works exceptionally well together. Don't be suprised if you get asked to make it again and again (and again 😂).
• Versatile: serve it as a meal in one, a side dish, take it to a pot luck, picnic or bbq. This chorizo with rice will lend itself to being serving in a variety of ways making it a good choice for multiple occasions.
• One pan: we want to cook the rice the day before we make the recipe (for best textured rice). From there we only need 1 pan to cook the entire dish! This means less clean up, less effort and adds to the straight forward nature of the recipe.
• Fast recipe: this is a fast to cook recipe that will only set you back about 20 minutes. Making it a perfect choice for weeknight dinners when you want homemade but not for that to take hours to get sorted. It is a handy recipe to have up your sleeve to whip out as needed and you my friend, will find yourself whipping it out time and time again!! 😉👌.

🥗 Ingredients

The photo below is to show you everything you need to make the recipe. Please refer to the printable recipe card for specific ingredient measurements as well as detailed instructions.

As you can see the recipe calls for:

• Peanut oil: we use a little oil in the pan to fry the chorizo.
• Salt and pepper: we use salt and a little bit of black pepper for seasoning in the recipe.
• Garlic: you can use 2-3 cloves of fresh garlic, chunky chopped (my favorite for its convenience) or minced jarred garlic. This choice is yours my friend. 
• Sesame oil: aromatic and fragrant, the sesame oil is one of the liquids used to create the sauce.
• Soy sauce: this is regular or light soy sauce.
• Oyster sauce: thick and strong in flavor. It is commonly used in Chinese cooking and a very versatile and popular sauce.
• Worcestershire sauce: my secret sauce! I use it to add a little 'oomph!'.
• Chinese cooking wine: also known as Shaoxing wine. This will be in the Asian foods section of the supermarket.
• Green onions: we use these to garnish the chorizo rice for serving.
• Onion: 1 large onion that we peel, slice in two and dice will be perfect!
• Eggs: excellent as an alternative texture in the rice, being soft and fluffy we simply whisk then scramble these to cook.
• Frozen vegetables: I like to use a combination of frozen peas, corn and carrot when making fried rice. It is a trio of vegetables that you can purchase from the freezer section of the supermarket as is. We then add these frozen to the pan and they cook very quickly!
• Bacon: store bought diced bacon is what we are looking for. Easy to simply throw in the pan with no chopping required. Bacon egg fried rice is one of the most common and popular about town.
• Chorizo: known for being a spicy or smoky sausage this popular protein is versatile and full of flavor. Fresh chorizo sausage is available at the deli in the supermarket or packaged where the sandwich meats are in the fridge section. Versions are Mexican chorizo sausage or Spanish chorizo sausage.
• Rice: we want to use rice that has been cooked the day before and kept in the refrigerator until we are ready to use it. I use 2 cups of dried basmati rice, in a microwave rice cooker using 3 cups of tap water. It takes 12 minutes on high. Simply fluff with a fork when done, let it cool then pop in the fridge for the next day.

Tasty Tip: I like to provide you with a number of substitutions and variations giving you an array of options when making my recipes. If in doubt of any of the above ingredients, or wanting alternatives, read this section (further below) before jumping into the instructions on how to make the recipe which are coming next 😉👌.

🍳 Instructions

Here are the step by step instructions to make the recipe. We start by making the sauce and then cooking the chorizo sausage.

• Gather the sauce ingredients (Photo 1)
• Whisk to combine (Photo 2)
• Add the oil, chorizo, salt and pepper to the pan (Photo 3)
• Whisk the eggs (Photo 4)

👩‍🍳 How to Make Chorizo Fried Rice

To make the chorizo fried rice start by gathering the ingredients to make the sauce. Then add the soy sauce, oyster sauce, Chinese cooking wine, Worcestershire sauce and sesame oil to a small glass. Use a mini whisk to combine then set aside.

Next, place a large non stick sauté pan or wok on the stove top and turn the heat to high. Add the peanut oil, sliced chorizo, salt and pepper. Cook the chorizo for 3-4 minutes, flipping sides as you go until the sausage is browned and a little crispy on the edges.

Once done, transfer the cooked chorizo out of the pan and place it into a paper towel lined bowl. Then use some additional paper towel to absorb the excess oil in the pan as you see me doing in the photo below.

Next add the beaten eggs to the pan and scramble them, breaking them into small pieces are you go. Once the eggs are cooked, you can remove them from the pan and place them onto a plate.

• Absorb excess oil (Photo 5)
• Scramble the eggs (Photo 6)
• Add the bacon pieces, onion and garlic (Photo 7)
• Then add the frozen vegetables (Photo 8)

🍚 Chorizo Rice

Next add the bacon bits, diced onion and garlic to the pan. Cook these for 1-2 minutes until the onion softens and the bacon gets a little crispy. When it has add the frozen vegetables to the pan as you see me having done in the photo above 😁👍.

• Add the rice (Photo 9)
• Then pour over the sauce (Photo 10)
• Add the cooked egg (Photo 11)
• Add the cooked chorizo (Photo 12)

Next add the cooked rice to the pan and pour over the sauce. Then take a couple of minutes to work the sauce into the rice. (Elbow grease required 😂👍).

When the sauce is consistently mixed through the rice and vegetables (no clumps of white stuck together rice), add the cooked egg and chorizo back to the pan as you see in the photos above.

• Stir allowing the dish to heat through (Photo 13)

Gently stir to fold the egg and chorizo into the rice and allow them to heat through.

Once they have garnish the rice with a sprinkling of the finely chopped green onions and call everyone to the table as 'dinner is ready!' 😉👌.

🍽 Serving Suggestions

When it comes to serving your chorizo rice, you are practically unlimited in choices available to you!

It can be a side to the Roast Chicken, BBQ Lamb Ribs, Sweet and Sour Ribs or Pulled Beef Brisket.

Pair it with other proteins like the Pulled Lamb, Pulled Pork, Panko Pork Chops or the Honey Mustard Sausages.

Serve it with seafood alongside the Stuffed Scallops, Cajun Prawns or more meaty mains like the Herb Crusted Rack Of Lamb or Sticky Pork Ribs.

Or simply call it a meal in one and serve the sausage fried rice as is!

The combination of spicy chorizo, fluffy eggs, a ton of veggies and rice simply works and you can turn to it again and again! The whole family will thank you for it.

👍 How to Guide

How to Store

Let the rice fully cool. Then transfer leftovers into a sealed, air tight container. They can be kept for 3-4 days and need to be reheated before being consumed.

How to Freeze

Once the rice has cooled, portion into air tight containers. Then place into the freezer for up to 3 months.

How to Reheat

Allow frozen portions of the chorizo rice to fully thaw. Then reheat in the microwave for 2-3 minutes until warmed through.

Or add leftover rice to bowls and cover with cling wrap. Then reheat on high in the microwave in 1 minute increments until heated through.

😉 Substitutions and Variations

Here are my sub ins and outs that you might be thinking about as you read the post and I will tell you if I think they will work or why they won't:

• If you want to omit the peanut oil and simply allow the fat to render from the chorizo you can. In which case you are best using a non stick pan.
• Or for an alternative oil, you can use olive oil to fry the pork chorizo.
• For little ones that you might be worried the chorizo will be too hot for, you can substitute with beef, pork or chicken sausages.
• For a darker looking fried rice you can use 'dark soy sauce' in place of the light soy. If choosing to do so I would recommend a straight switch ie one for the other and not adding both to avoid the rice becoming too salty.
• For the rice you can either use Jasmine rice or Basmati rice. My favorite type of rice for fried rice and what you see in the photos throughout the post is basmati rice.
• To turn it more into a Spanish fried rice you can add some black beans, bell peppers or cherry tomatoes.

💡 Tasty Tips

Here are my top tips and tricks that I want to share with you so that you master the recipe from the get go:

• A non stick frying pan or wok will give you the best results.
• If you want to cook the egg in the pan without then taking it out again you can. Do this after the vegetables have been added, thawed and cooked. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't (cook it separately). So choose the method easiest for you.
• As the rice we are using is cooked and cold from being in the fridge, we do need to work it a little bit to break up the clumps. You can also pop a lid on the frying pan at this step for a couple of minutes as the steam/condensation will allow the clumps to break apart more easily.
• Love fried rice? You might also like to try the Basmati Fried Rice, Lamb Fried Rice, Brown Rice Fried Rice or the Pork Belly Fried Rice. Simple love recipes with rice? Try the Thai Minced Pork, Satay Prawns, Mexican Prawns or the Sweet Chilli Prawns 😉👌.
• Love cooking with chorizo? Try the Chicken Chorizo Paella, Chorizo Sausage Rolls or the Chorizo Noodles 👍👌.

🤓 Frequently Asked Questions

Should you fry chorizo?

Yes. Pan frying chorizo is an excellent cooking technique for making chorizo crispy and delicious.

How to pan fry chorizo?

Add a little oil to a pan on the stove top. When the oil is hot, add thinly sliced chorizo pieces and cook them for 3-4 minutes. Flip them as you go to ensure both sides and charred and a little crispy.

Can you eat the plastic around chorizo?

The plastic looking thing around chorizo is the casing. This is best removed if the chorizo is ready to eat with the meat cured. If it is Mexican uncooked chorizo (softer) you can leave the skin on as you go to cook it.

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It is time to get our chorizo fried rice on my friend! You can also find all of my takeout style recipes or dinner recipes in the one spot.

Adrianne

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