Benihana Fried Rice Recipe

Benihana is a Japanese cuisine-influenced restaurant chain that was founded in New York City, USA. Their most incredible thing is that when you order the meal, the chef cooks your order right in front of your eyes, on your table. One of the signature dishes they serve is Benihana fried rice. These fried rice are stuffed with plenty of vegetables and scrambled eggs.

It means that you not only enjoy the food, but at the same time, you also get a lot of nutrition from this recipe. If you can not go to Benihana or there is no Benihana restaurant near you, do not worry. Because you can make this utterly delicious recipe at home. So let’s try making the Benihana fried rice recipe in our kitchen.

How to Make Benihana Fried Rice at Home?

It is an easy recipe to try at home because fortunately, there are no ingredients that you can not find in your grocery store and have to order from the origin country. 

Ingredients

• Rice = 2 cups 
• Eggs = 4 large sized
• Onion = 1 large sized
• Carrots = 2 large sized
• Jumbo Shrimp = 2 lbs
• Sesame seeds = 1 tbsp
• Safflower oil = 2 tbsp
• Green onion = 1 bunch
• Salt and pepper = to taste
• Water = 3 cups

For Garlic Butter:

• Butter = 1 stick (softened)
• Garlic = 2 cloves (diced)
• Soy sauce = 2 tsp
• Lemon = 1

Method

1. Preparation of Rice

• Take a saucepan and add water and rice to it. Also, add some salt and mix it.
• Put the saucepan on the stove and turn the heat on to a high flame. 
• When the rice starts to boil, mix them and then simmer for 20 minutes at low heat with the lid of the saucepan on.
• Keeping the saucepan covered, turn off the stove and let the rice cool down for twenty minutes.
• Then muddle up the rice so that all the rice grains are separated from one another.
• To avoid the final dish being wet and soggy, and to prevent the clumps of rice, place the rice in the refrigerator overnight to remove the extra water.

2. Preparation of Garlic Butter

• Prepare the garlic butter by mixing butter, lemon, soy sauce, and minced garlic in a good manner.

3. Preparation of Vegetables and Shrimps

• Now take the onions and carrots and saute them until they turn golden brown.
• In the last two minutes, also add green onion. Do not let it brown so that it maintains its fresh green color.
• In the next step, saute the jumbo shrimp. In the last two minutes, add some garlic butter to enhance flavor. Make sure all the shrimp are fully covered with garlic butter coating.

4. Preparation of Eggs

• Take the eggs and scramble them.

5. Assemble!

• Take a large frying pan and pour safflower into it. 
• Place the pan on high heat.
• Add the boiled rice to the pan and stir well so that all the rice is coated with oil.
• Now add garlic butter and again stir well so that all the rice is coated with the garlic butter.
• Finally, add shrimp, vegetables, and eggs and mix them well.
• Dish out the rice and season it and top them with sesame seeds, soy sauce, salt, and pepper.
• Bon Appetit!

Replacements for Ingredients

• If you are not a big fan of seafood, you can use chicken breast instead. And even you are not bound to add the protein at all. You are free to go with just vegetables also.
• You can use white rice if you do not have Botan calrose rice.
• Safflower oil can be replaced with olive oil or sesame oil.
• You can use white pepper instead of black pepper. But since it has a light flavor as compared to black pepper, you have to add more of it.
• For enhanced flavor, you can also add oyster sauce and fish sauce.
• You can add more types of vegetables such as broccoli and bell pepper according to your liking.

Tips from Chef

• Do not use freshly boiled rice. Must let them dehydrate overnight.
• Even if you like soy sauce, do not add too much of it. It will affect the taste of rice.
• Try to cut the vegetables in the same size so that it is easy to cook them. It also makes the appearance of the dish more eye-catching.
• Cook on a high flame.

How to Store?

If you have leftover fried rice, you can safely store them and use them later. For this purpose, just put the rice in an airtight container. You can also use a normal dish or storage container and cover it with a plastic sheet or aluminum foil so that no air can cross. Halting the crossing of air is necessary because it prevents bacterial and fungal contamination in the rice and keeps them safe for a longer time. 

Then place the container in a refrigerator or freezer depending upon how long you want to store the rice. Generally, the Benihana fried rice stays good in the fridge for three to five days. While you can store it in the freezer for up to three months.

How to Thaw and Reheat the Stored Benihana Fried Rice?

Thaw the rice by keeping them in the refrigerator. When you feel like the ice has melted, you can heat it further. For heating, there are two options:

• Take a pan and add a small amount of olive oil, safflower oil, or any other oil in it. You can also use only water. Add the rice and cook on medium flame on the stove. Keep stirring from time to time and serve when it’s cooked and hot.
• If you have a microwave, you can also reheat the rice in the microwave. First cook the rice for a good three minutes on high power. Take out the rice and stir it well. Then keep heating in 30 seconds increments and stop heating when you feel like it is hot enough.

Nutrition Facts

Amount Per servingCalories = 449 cal
Total Fat  Saturated fat Unsaturated fat	21.2 g
8.5 g
10.6 g
Cholesterol	306.5 mg
Total Carbohydrates Sugars Dietary Fiber	32.3 g
1.6 g
1.4 g
Protein	37.8 g
Sodium	554 mg
Potassium	487 mg
Calcium	9.8 %
Magnesium	16.2 %
Iron	18.5 %
Vitamin A	32.7 %
Vitamin C	4.6 %
Vitamin D	5.3 %

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