How to make Khao pad (Thai fried rice)

Ingredients

• 400 g cooked jasmine rice, cold (cooked the day before, cooled within an hour and kept covered in the fridge)
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 small onion, sliced
• 200 g boneless chicken or raw peeled prawns, cut into small pieces
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 spring onions, sliced
• Cucumber slices and lime wedges to serve

Method

1. Break up any lumps in the cold rice with your fingers.
2. Heat the oil in a wok over high heat, fry the garlic and onion for 1 minute, then add the chicken or prawns and stir-fry until cooked through.
3. Push everything to one side, add the eggs and scramble them until almost set.
4. Add the rice and toss everything together for 2 to 3 minutes, until the rice is hot.
5. Season with fish sauce, soy sauce and sugar, stir in the spring onions and serve with cucumber and lime.