Simple Caribbean Vegan Fried Rice

Name: Simple Caribbean Vegan Fried Rice
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients: 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 pc onion; 110 g Jamaican callaloo; 80 g bodi (chopped); 1 pc bitter melon; ½ tsp black pepper; 1 pc pimento pepper; 2 sprigs thyme; 2 tbsp chives; 3 cloves garlic; ¾ tbsp sesame oil; 3 cups cooked rice (preferably chilled); 1 pc celery; 1 tbsp light soy sauce; 1 tbsp oyster sauce; 1 tbsp hoisin sauce (for fully vegan option); 1 tsp ginger (grated, optional); 1 tbsp Chinese cooking wine (optional)

Wholesome Caribbean-style vegan fried rice with callaloo, bodi and bitter melon, tossed through chilled rice and aromatic seasonings.

22 min 554 kcal/serving serves 2

554kcal13gprotein97gcarbs14gfat

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🫗vegetable oil

🧅onion

🥣Jamaican callaloo

🥣bodi (chopped)

🍈bitter melon

🧂black pepper

🌶️pimento pepper

🌿thyme

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About Chris De La Rosa

Trinidadian-Canadian home cook and creator of CaribbeanPot.com

Chris De La Rosa is a Trinidadian-born, Canada-based home cook and food writer who founded CaribbeanPot.com, one of the most established online resources for Caribbean cooking. He is known for sharing Trinidadian recipes and techniques through his website and video content, aimed at making island cooking accessible to home cooks abroad.

His cooking centers on Trinidadian staples and the wider Caribbean pantry, with dishes like curry crab and dumplings, pelau, doubles, and callaloo built on scotch bonnet peppers, garlic, thyme, and green seasoning. He favours one-pot and stewed preparations, browning meats before slow cooking them, and leans on bold, well-seasoned flavours rather than elaborate technique, with an emphasis on recipes that reflect home kitchens rather than restaurant plating.

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