Calories in Egg Fried Rice

If you are a fan of 'Chinese fried rice', then you must be aware of the fact that there exist numerous varieties of this type of rice. Egg, chicken and prawns fried rice are the most popular varieties of Chinese fried rice. Preparing 'egg fried rice' is the easiest way of enjoying this type of food.

You can easily convert the leftover rice into a tasty and tempting dish. With its exclusive aroma, it can trigger the appetite of your loved ones. The calories in fried rice may vary according to the ingredients used and also according to the method of preparation.

Ingredients:

• Instant rice: 1 cup
• Water: 1 cup
• Finely chopped onions: half cup
• Finely chopped garlic: 1 tbsp
• Chopped green beans: half cup
• Egg: one
• Salt: half tsp

• Vegetable oil: One tsp
• Soy sauce: 2 tbsp
• Oyster sauce: 2 tbsp
• Black pepper powder: ¼ tsp

Procedure:

• Beat the egg lightly and keep it aside. Pour the water into a sauce pan, add salt and soy sauce. As the water boils, add rice. Stir lightly and remove from heat. Keep it covered for 5 minutes.

• Heat the oil in a skillet. Saute chopped onion and garlic; and then add the egg. Stir well. Add green beans. Stir well and add oyster sauce.
• Add the cooked rice and mix well. Serve hot after sprinkling the ground pepper powder.

Isn't it easy? It takes just 15 - 20 minutes to prepare egg fried rice. Now, let us turn to calories in egg fried rice.

Homemade egg fried rice, prepared according to the above instructions, contains about 145 calories. If you check out these fried rice nutrition facts, then you would come to know that it contains very little fat and about 53 mg cholesterol. It is a quick and easy meal which can keep you satiated for a longer period of time.

• 500 g Sainsbury's Egg Fried Rice contains 902 calories with 33 g fat, 560 mg sodium and 131 g carbohydrates. It also contains 19.6 g proteins and 6.6 g dietary fiber.
• ¼ pack (100g) of Uncle Ben's Express Egg Fried Rice contains 173 calories with 4.2 g fat and 29 g carbohydrates. It also contains 4 g proteins.

• 1 Serving / 200 g of Tesco Chinese Takeaway Egg Fried Rice contains 250 calories, 46. 6 g carbohydrates, and 9.4 g protein. It contains about 3 g fat and 3.6 g dietary fiber.
• 1 oz. egg fried rice may contain about 37 calories, 1.4 g fat and 82.4 mg sodium. It comes with 14.8 mg cholesterol, 1.2 g protein and 4.7 g carbohydrates.

It is the characteristic property of Japanese and Chinese food, that it does not contain excess meat (therefore it is low in saturated fat). Even the vegetable oil used to fry the ingredients comes with a very low amount of fat. Another important factor about this rice is that it contains vegetables along with egg.

You can add green peas, carrots and other vegetables of your own choice. You can garnish the dish with celery. If you are really interested in consuming healthy food, then you can use brown rice as the ingredient. This would help increase the nutritional value of the dish.

Chinese fried rice is high in sodium. These days, low-sodium soy sauces are available in market. Or you may use low-sodium soy sauce substitutes called 'liquid aminos', that are available in health food stores. This will help reduce the amount of sodium in the rice. You would then be able to enjoy the rice from the bottom of your heart.