Today I'm sharing one of our favourite family friendly healthy dinner recipes - fruity prawn fried rice. This recipe is really easy to prepare (it's a great one for kids to help cook) and has always been a big hit with kids and adults alike!
I love cooking meals like this for family dinners, because the leftovers are perfect for packing for lunches the next day. I've been known to scale this recipe down and make it for my own lunch at home too, and you can use leftover rice, which is great for speeding up the cooking time!
Fruity Prawn Fried Rice
Ingredients
- 300g basmati rice
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 1 red pepper
- 1 red onion
- 150g frozen peas
- 200g cooked prawns
- 80g raisins
- 150g seedless grapes
- 1 200g tin sweetcorn
- 1 spring onion
- 2 tbs soy sauce
Method
Add the rice and the turmeric to a large pan of boiling water and cook as per the packet instructions.
While the rice is cooking, finely chop the onion and red pepper. Heat the oil in a large pan, and gently fry the onion and pepper until soft.
Add the peas to the pan and gently fry until the peas have defrosted and warmed through. Take off the heat until the rice has finished cooking.
Drain the rice and add it to the pan with the rest of the ingredients. Stir well to mix together, then season with salt and pepper to taste.
Serve warm or cool down quickly and store in the fridge until needed.
Leftovers of this rice really are delicious for lunch the next day, do be sure to cool it down and keep it in the fridge, and pop an ice pack in with a lunch box if transporting anywhere.
You may also like these rice recipes from some of my blogging friends, which are great for packed lunches as well as family meals: Ottolenghi's Rice Salad from They Called it The Diamond Blog, Jewelled Persian Rice from Tin and Thyme, Jewelled Persian Rice with Pomegrantes, Walnuts and Parsley from It's Not Easy Being Greedy or Secret Veggie Green Rice from My Fussy Eater.
Grace
Fruity Prawn Fried Rice
Ingredients
- 300 g basmati rice
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 1 red pepper
- 1 red onion
- 150 g frozen peas
- 200 g cooked prawns
- 80 g raisins
- 150 g seedless grapes
- 200 g tin sweetcorn
- 1 spring onion
- 2 tbs soy sauce
Instructions
- Add the rice and the turmeric to a large pan of boiling water and cook as per the packet instructions.
- While the rice is cooking, finely chop the onion and red pepper. Heat the oil in a large pan, and gently fry the onion and pepper until soft.
- Add the peas to the pan and gently fry until the peas have defrosted and warmed through. Take off the heat until the rice has finished cooking.
- Drain the rice and add it to the pan with the rest of the ingredients. Stir well to mix together, then season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve warm or cool down quickly and store in the fridge until needed.
Kim Carberry says
This is going to go on my meal plan for next week....It sounds so good 🙂
Grace says
Thank you, it's one of my favourites!
Kate | The Veg Space says
What a fab recipe - love the idea of grapes and raisins alongside savoury rice - yum! Thanks for linking up to my Green Goddess Lunch Bowl!
Alison says
That looks lovely. I love the addition of the grapes
Kirsty Hijacked By Twins says
Oooh this looks lovely, I am sure my kiddies would love the grapes in it! x #TastyTuesdays
Amy (feeding finn) says
Looks fab, anything with fruit in it is a winner in our household! #tastytuesdays
Nikki Frank-Hamilton says
Hmmmm...this is really interesting. I love shrimp fried rice, but have never seen it with grapes, very creative and I bet the kids love it.
hayleigh aka budgetfoodmummy says
This looks delicious, my daughter would love this. We will give it a try next week! #whatkidseat
Sian says
This sounds really tasty! And easy! I'm really in to rice salads at the moment.
#TastyTuesdays
Honest mum says
Oh wow, sunshine in a bowl, we made a risotto with prawns yesterday that looked similar, so tasty and full of flavour, yours is stunning. Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays
Jennifer Tammy says
This looks amazing! I'm adding it to next week's meal plan, I bet the kids are going to love it!
Anne says
Just found this and now I want it so bad. I have all the ingredients to hand too 🙂 🙂
Grace says
Thank you, it's one of my favourites! 🙂