【Recreating Ryuuji's Recipe】 A simple taste "Supreme Lettuce Fried Rice" made without relying on garlic and ginger to create fried rice.

A recipe by Ryuuji that allows you to enjoy a restaurant-like flavor with familiar ingredients. This time, it's a basic fried rice that does not use aromatic vegetables commonly used in fried rice, such as ginger and garlic. It’s a simple dish that both adults and children, the whole family can enjoy.

Shrimp is the key! How to make Ryuji's "Supreme Lettuce Fried Rice"

The main ingredients of "Supreme Lettuce Fried Rice."

**[Ingredients]** Salad oil: 2 tablespoons Salt: a pinch Pepper: to taste Potato starch: 1 teaspoon Shrimp: 5 pieces (shell-on banana shrimp recommended) Eggs: 2 Hot rice: 200g **[Seasoning Ingredients]** Ajinomoto: 8 shakes Salt: 1/2 teaspoon Lettuce: 2 leaves (about 70g) Oyster sauce: 1 1/2 teaspoons Sake: 1 tablespoon Five spice powder: 1 shake Black pepper: three times as much as you think

Just adding five-spice powder brings the authentic taste of street-style Chinese cuisine.

[How to Make]

1. Sauté the shrimp shells

Heat salad oil in a frying pan and sauté the shrimp shells until they are golden brown. *Due to the shrimp with shells being sold out, I used peeled shrimp this time. This step has been omitted.

2. Sauté the shrimp meat

Season the shrimp meat with salt and pepper, and coat them with cornstarch. Remove the sautéed shrimp shells and add the shrimp meat to the frying pan, sautéing until they are nicely browned.

3. Sauté the eggs and rice

Pour the beaten eggs into the hot frying pan, and immediately add the rice and stir-fry.

Do not reduce the heat, and stir-fry all at once; this is the key to achieving the fluffy texture of fried rice.

4. Season and add lettuce

Once the rice and eggs are mixed to some extent, add 8 shakes of monosodium glutamate and 1/2 teaspoon of salt to season, then add 70g of lettuce.

5. Season further.

Add 1.5 teaspoons of oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon of sake, three times the amount of pepper you think, and a pinch of five-spice powder, and stir-fry.

If you add too much five-spice powder, it will turn into authentic Chinese fried rice, so the key to making it "street-style Chinese" this time is to use it moderately.

6. Plate the shrimp and it's complete.

Return the shrimp that you set aside back to the frying pan, and once the shrimp are warmed up, plate them, and you're done.

What is the taste of basic lettuce fried rice that doesn't use garlic or ginger?

Ryuuji's "Supreme Lettuce Fried Rice" with large shrimp is complete!! The fried rice plate I had at home is too big, making it look like a small serving, but it actually has about 1.5 bowls worth.

When I took a bite, the aroma and umami of the shrimp filled my mouth. And the key ingredient is undoubtedly "five spice powder"! I used five spice powder for the first time this time, and I never thought that just a sprinkle would elevate the flavor so much.

Savoring the happiness of enjoying the plump texture of the large shrimp and the fluffy rice, like the fried rice made in a Chinese wok, I finished it in no time. Normally, I often add umami with garlic or ginger, but I was impressed by how deep and rich the flavor could be enjoyed with the shrimp oil produced from frying the shrimp.

Ryuuji's recipe allows you to enjoy a restaurant-like flavor with ingredients that can be easily obtained at local stores such as supermarkets. Why not give it a try, everyone?

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