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10-Minute Vegan + GF Fried Rice (For One!)

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When you’re a blogger, you’re a planner.

10-Minute Vegan + GF Fried Rice (For One!) | Whisk and Shout

I’m a planner in everything I do, whether I have to organize ahead of time or not. But I have found that when it comes to blogging, having a game plan regarding your posts is just totally vital. 


How else can you stay on top of seasonal produce, holidays, and vary your recipe type month to month? Short answer? For me, I can’t without a little (a lot) of planning.

Which is why posts like these get me kind of excited. Posts that were NOT planned but happened in the kitchen and had to be recreated for the blog. Or alternatively, posts that began as dinner and then, one bite in, the plate was rushed over to my photography set up to take pictures.

Basically, breaking my own rules makes me feel like an outlaw.

(Yeah, I know, I’m hardcore)

10-Minute Vegan + GF Fried Rice (For One!) | Whisk and Shout

I had never made fried rice at home before this. And I’ll have you know that this was going to be cauliflower rice, but I didn’t have any cauliflower because we’re going out of town next week and slowly emptying the fridge and please just accept my excuse and eat some simple carbs, okay?
Anyways, this is super easy to make. Start some oil in your pan, add some miso/grated ginger/turmeric/salt/a dried red chile if you’re feeling adventurous. Pop in some baked tofu and let it sizzle. Add some broccoli before your tofu gets TOO sizzly. Grab a handful of whatever veggies you have (I used a frozen mix of peas, carrots, Lima beans, corn, and green beans). Throw those in the pan. Stir a little and add some garlic powder because this is EASY and we aren’t about chopping up garlic right now. Lastly, add your rice. Drizzle soy sauce all over. Turn the heat up. Get excited about your amazing dinner. Eat.
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10-Minute Vegan + GF Fried Rice (For One!)
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Recipe type: Lunch, Dinner
Cuisine: Asian
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Serves: 1-2
 
This fried rice comes together in under 10 minutes for a quick and easy single-serving meal that is vegan and gluten free- so much better than takeout!
Ingredients
  • ½ cup chopped broccoli florets
  • Scant ¼ cup baked tofu
  • ½ cup mixed vegetables (my medley had corn, peas, carrots, edamame, and green beans)
  • ½ cup cooked rice (I used white, you can sub cauli or brown or quinoa or anything!)
  • 1-2 tbsp canola oil or sesame seed oil
  • 1 dried red chile (optional)
  • 1 tsp miso paste (fishless)
  • ½ tsp salt + more to taste
  • ¼ tsp turmeric
  • ¼ tsp grated ginger
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • 1-2 tbsp soy sauce
Instructions
  1. In a medium skillet over LOW (yes, low!) heat, add your oil, chile, miso, salt, turmeric, and grated ginger. Stir everything together and cook for 1-3 minutes, until fragrant.
  2. Add your tofu and stir to coat evenly. Let sizzle and turn the heat up a little (nowhere near medium! just a little more than the lowest setting)
  3. Add chopped broccoli florets and stir for another minute, until broccoli begins to color a deeper green.
  4. Add mixed vegetables and garlic powder and stir well to combine. Cook for another 1-2 minutes.
  5. Add rice and stir everything together. Add soy sauce and turn heat up to medium and keep stirring so everything is coated.
  6. Add more salt to taste, if desired.
  7. Serve immediately.
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  4. Josefine says

    I love fried rice!! It’s seriously the best thing ever.
    And I also love when you make a non-planned post 😉 I also do that from time to time and it is always such a pleasant surprice, when a recipe turns out perfect even though you didn’t plan it

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  7. Anna @ shenANNAgans says

    Fried rice is the business, especially when it is so healthy like your version. I ordered some from the Chinese restaurant last week, it was awful, almost like they had emptied the contents of the fridge, all the left overs into the rice. Not cool! 🙁
    Guess that’ll teach me to buy a dish I can very easily make. Looking forward to trying your version. 🙂

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    • Medha says

      Oh noooo! Yeah we used to order so much Chinese takeout in this house, but since we have just slowly stopped doing that on our own, I decided to try my hand at my homemade version 🙂

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  8. Mike@TheIronYou says

    I’m so not a planner, hence I am not a blogger. What am I then? That is the question…
    It doesn’t matter though, as long as I have a bowl of this fried rice!

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  9. David @ Spiced says

    Haha! I love that this recipe just came about randomly. I TOTALLY get the whole planning thing. And do you ever feel like you are off when it comes to the seasons/holidays. By the time the actual holiday arrives, I’m already off planning and making recipes for the next holiday. It’s kinda messed with my whole internal clock! Either way, love this quick and easy recipe!

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    • Medha says

      Yes!! This year my main goal is to stop cooking/baking for specific holidays but rather take a more seasonal approach. Otherwise it feels like fourth of July all throughout June!

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  10. Katalina @ Peas and Peonies says

    I totally hear you on the planning stuff, and its something that I just discussed this morning with my husband. Planning is so vital for blogging, that I have to finally admit it and work on it. So far my posts just happen, since I work full time 10 hours a day and have a toddler to take care of after, I must be a little more organized not to go insane.

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  11. Rachelle @ Beer Girl Cooks says

    I love fried rice, but never make it at home after a bad experience in my own kitchen that we won’t talk about. Yours looks so good that I may have to try again! I actually wish I had some of this right now. YUM!

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  12. Meagan @ The F&B Department says

    I love fried rice! It’s one of those cravings that I tend to get, and nothing else will suffice. Sometimes I feel guilty ordering takeout though. Like “I’m a food blogger; I should make food, but I’ve been baking all day and now I don’t feel like cooking”. The photos of this fried rice are gorgeous. With such a fresh, simple recipe, I have no excuse to not make the stuff at home. Thank you and pinned!

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  14. Monica says

    This looks totally scrumptious! I can see how you had to post this even if it wasn’t planned. For ages, I never made fried rice at home either but it’s all changed now. It’s great to clean out the fridge by making a fried rice. Planning on having leftover rice is the only thing. This is a great version – will take the miso and tofu ideas and run with it. Thanks!

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    • Medha says

      If you don’t have any leftover rice, you could always try cauliflower rice by blitzing raw cauli in your food processor! Or any cooked leftover grain would work 🙂

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  16. Mir says

    SO TRUE about the planning. I usually love it, but sometimes I just want to not plan anything and sit around. Especially since I’m a teacher/mom too, that can’t happen.
    THIS fried rice can happen. It’s so great!!

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  19. Anne says

    Hhahaa, agreed so much!!! However, my problems are less about seasonal produce and more about the milk is spoiled. Or we don’t have any butter. Or oil. Or flour. And the baking soda is flat. Oh and the baking powder is too :/
    This looks superb!!! I love fried rice (how can I not? I’m Chinese), but this looks especially amazing!

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  20. Kathleen | HapaNomNom says

    Aren’t unplanned posts just the best!? They are some of my most popular ones… hmm, maybe I should stop planning altogether! 😉 Ha, just thinking about doing that gives me anxiety!
    I love, love, love fried rice – I think I could literally eat it by the pound! You’ve got some seriously bold flavors in there – I know this is incredible. Pinning and yumming for sure!

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  21. Sarah @ Making Thyme for Health says

    Sometimes the recipes that are unplanned are the best ones! I love ihe simple and fulfilling this looks. And I’m glad you didn’t use cauliflower rice. I’ve tried it myself and it was disappointing. Too much work for too little reward. I’ll take brown rice any day!

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  27. Mariah @ Mariah's Pleasing Plates says

    Blogging is all about planning but i have been such a slacker lately. I need to get on that. 😉
    I also need to make this super simple fried rice cause it looks amazing. Yay for quick recipes!

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  33. Sneha says

    Heyya…I love fried rice for an easy dinner! This looks delicious with the broccoli,I love fried rice, but never make it at home after a bad experience in my own kitchen that we won’t talk about.The photos of this fried rice are gorgeous. With such a fresh, simple recipe, I have no excuse to not make the stuff at home. Thank you and pinned!

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    • Medha says

      Broccoli is the best! And I have heard that people (myself included) have had bad homemade fried rice experiences! Don’t worry, if I can make it, you can 🙂

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  34. Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary says

    I agree, breaking your own rules and being an “outlaw” is where it’s at! Especially when the end result is this delicious! Love fried rice (who doesn’t) and your looks scrumptious! Thanks for sharing! 🙂 Cheers!

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  35. Beeta @ Mon Petit Four says

    Yum! I loving this fried rice with all those delicious, bright colored veggies! This looks better than restaurant take-out! Lovely job, Medha! P.S. I totally cracked up reading about you feeling like an outlaw 😉

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