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Stir up your weeknight meal routine by serving up 20-minute Quick Fried Brown Rice with Shrimp and Snap Peas.

Recipe by Cooking Light June 2014

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Credit: Randy Dausch; Styling: Lindsey Lower

Recipe Summary

Yield:
Serves 4 (serving size: 1 1/2 cups)
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Ingredients

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Directions

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  • Heat rice according to package directions.

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  • Combine soy sauce, sambal oelek, and honey in a large bowl. Combine 1 teaspoon peanut oil and shrimp in a medium bowl; toss to coat. Heat a wok or large skillet over high heat. Add shrimp to pan, and stir-fry 2 minutes. Add shrimp to soy sauce mixture; toss to coat shrimp. Add 1 teaspoon peanut oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add eggs to pan; cook 45 seconds or until set. Remove eggs from pan; cut into bite-sized pieces.

  • Add 1 tablespoon oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add rice; stir-fry 4 minutes. Add rice to shrimp mixture. Add remaining 1 teaspoon oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add sugar snap peas, peanuts, salt, and garlic to pan; stir-fry for 2 minutes or until peanuts begin to brown. Add shrimp mixture and egg to pan, and cook for 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

Chef's Notes

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Nutrition Facts

418 calories; fat 19.8g; saturated fat 3.6g; mono fat 8.5g; poly fat 5.9g; protein 22g; carbohydrates 39g; fiber 3g; cholesterol 229mg; iron 2mg; sodium 587mg; calcium 82mg.
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