CheffEye
10-Minute Pantry Egg and Rice Stir-Fry
Vegetarian | Pantry mode | 10 minutes | 2 servings
This is what CheffEye Pantry Mode returns when you list five things: cooked rice, eggs, frozen peas, onion and soy sauce. A reminder that pantry mode is the answer to "what should I cook tonight?". You list what you have, the app reads the constraints, and it writes a recipe that fits the kitchen.
Egg fried rice is the canonical pantry meal because it works on any night. CheffEye uses it as the baseline whenever those five ingredients appear together.
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked, cooled rice (ideally day-old)
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp neutral oil
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- Salt and black pepper
- Optional: 1 sliced spring onion
Instructions
- Heat neutral oil in a wok or large pan over high heat. Add the onion and stir-fry 2 minutes until soft and translucent.
- Push the onion to one side. Crack the eggs into the empty side and scramble quickly with a spatula until just set, about 1 minute.
- Add the rice and frozen peas. Stir-fry for 3-4 minutes, breaking up any rice clumps, until everything is hot.
- Drizzle soy sauce and sesame oil over the rice, toss to coat, and season with salt and pepper. Finish with spring onion if using.
Nutrition
Per plate: 440 kcal, 16 g protein, 62 g carbs, 12 g fat. Serving size: 1 plate.
How CheffEye personalizes this recipe
Add one extra ingredient to the pantry list and CheffEye rebuilds the recipe. List chicken thighs and it becomes a fuller stir-fry with the chicken seared first. List kimchi and the recipe swings toward a Korean-style fried rice with gochujang. Set the diet to Gluten-free and the soy sauce becomes tamari. Set Vegan and the eggs become turmeric tofu crumble. The five-ingredient default above is just the starting point.
FAQ
Why use day-old rice?
Day-old rice has dried out a little in the fridge, which is exactly what makes it fry instead of steam. Fresh hot rice releases too much moisture and turns gummy in the pan. If you only have fresh rice, spread it on a plate and chill for 20 minutes before stir-frying.
Can I make this without eggs?
Yes. Crumbled firm tofu seasoned with a pinch of turmeric is the closest swap and keeps the recipe vegan. Edamame or cubed tempeh also work and give you a protein hit without the egg. Tell CheffEye Pantry Mode you have no eggs and it will pick the right substitute.
Can CheffEye generate similar pantry dishes?
Yes. That is what Pantry Mode is for. List the ingredients you have, even just five things, and the app returns a full recipe with timing and nutrition. The egg fried rice above is what it returns for the most common pantry combo: rice, eggs, peas, onion and soy.
Pantry Mode is the fastest way to use what you already have. Open CheffEye, tap Pantry, and list whatever is in your kitchen tonight.