Vegetarian Volcanic Fried Rice | Butterfingers Kitchen

This month I try to stay vegetarian, so I've been trying out quite a few new vegetarian recipes. Today I'm sharing with you this delicious vegetarian volcanic fried rice recipe. It's Korean-inspired.

​It's not only appetizing but it's also visually satisfying. It will definitely impress your vegetarian or even non-vegetarian guests.

​You can choose other kinds of vegetables or even add ground pork or beef to the recipe. I hope you'll enjoy it as much as my husband and I did. :)

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Watch the video below for detailed instructions

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Ingredients:
  ❥ Fried Rice Sauce:

• 2 tbsp gochujang (Korean hot pepper paste)
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp mirin. Can be substituted by 2 tbsp water + 3/4 tsp sugar
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1-2 garlic cloves, minced
• A pinch of pepper

​  ❥ Egg Lava:

• 1/2 cup water
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 tsp salt

  ❥ Fried Rice: 

• 1 king oyster mushroom
• 3 large shiitake mushrooms
• 1 cup green peas (fresh or frozen then thaw it out)
• 3 Korean green pepper or sweet pepper
• 1/2 medium sized onion
• 2 cups leftover cold short-grain rice. Short-grain rice would make it easier for shaping
• Roasted seaweed
• Shredded mozzarella cheese
  

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Instructions:

• Dice all the vegetables and set aside
• Mix all ingredients for the fried rice sauce into a paste
• Mix all the egg lava ingredients and beat the eggs slightly
• Heat up 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil in a skillet on medium heat
• When oil is hot, add onion and stir-fry till translucent then add Korean pepper and stir fry for 30 seconds
• Add peas and stir-fry till softened
• Add mushroom and cook till they shrink, then make a hole in the middle of the skillet and add rice
• Break rice up using 2 spatulas then add the sauce
• Mix everything together till rice is evenly coated with the red sauce
• Spread rice out evenly on the skillet and let cook on low heat without stirring for 1-2 minutes to get crispy bits in your fried rice
• After that, add shredded roasted seaweed and shredded mozzarella cheese onto the fried rice and start forming a mountain/volcano
• When you get the shape you want, make a hole and passage for the "lava" using the end of your spatula
• Turn the heat to medium and start pouring "lava" onto the volcano
• To cook the egg evenly, keep stirring around the egg.
  
• Serve hot on the skillet when egg is cooked! 

Enjoy! Oh, if you don't need egg, just melt mozzarella cheese in some water and use it for the same purpose ;)

Butterfingers Kitchen presents to you the Vegetarian Volcanic Fried Rice recipe. Please leave your questions in the comment if you're not sure about any step. I would be happy to help :)