Servings: 4
Black Sesame Chahan 黒胡麻チャーハン
Black sesame Chahan is Japanese fried rice cooked with a lot of black sesame seeds which has health and nutritious benefits.
Ingredients
- 2 cups of cooked rice
- 1 tbsp Japanese mayonnaise *1
- 2 eggs
- ½ tbs olive oil
- ½ tbs sesame oil
- 2 slices of rindless bacon *2
- 3 tbs black sesame grinded
- 1/2 tbs soy sauce
- salt and pepper to taste
- 3 tbs finely chopped green shallots
Instructions
- Mix mayonnaise into the rice and set aside.
- Grind the sesame seeds and set aside.
- Heat olive oil in a frying pan and make scrambled egg.
- Take the scrambled eggs and set aside.
- Heat the same frying pan, wipe off excess olive oil, and add sesame oil.
- Add the rice and egg and mix and fry all together.
- Add grinded black sesame seeds and finely chopped scallions.
- Pour the soy sauce over and continue to stir and turn over constantly with a spatula.
- Add salt and pepper to taste
- Serve in rice bowls or plates and garnish with more shallots.
Notes
If you don't have cooked rice already, check how to cook rice here
*1 I used store bought Kewpie mayonnaise but if you don't access to it, there is Japanese mayonnaise in this recipe
*2 I did not use bacon for this update post to make it vegetarian.
Nutrition
Calories: 236kcal, Carbohydrates: 24g, Protein: 6g, Fat: 12g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Cholesterol: 81mg, Sodium: 168mg, Potassium: 89mg, Fiber: 1g, Vitamin A: 120IU, Calcium: 86mg, Iron: 1.6mg