fried rice
nounDefinition of fried rice
: a dish of boiled or steamed rice that is stir-fried typically with soy sauce, beaten egg, chopped meat, and vegetables
Examples of fried rice in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Beef short ribs, combination of sweet and sour crispy pork, and fried rice, soy-braised codfish. — Fox News, "Woolsey: Trump keeps the North Koreans off balance," 12 June 2018 Even the fried rice served in little clay hot pots was impressive. — Craig Laban, Philly.com, "Atlantic City restaurants: New casinos, diverse independent spots create rising culinary energy," 6 July 2018 Rosenthal’s order: shrimp toast (on the specials menu), fried chicken and rice (also on the specials menu), pickle plate, kimchi fried rice, noorook and celeriac pasta. — Jenn Harris, latimes.com, "Phil Rosenthal's L.A. food crawl: Six spots to try," 29 June 2018 Both proteins were cooked to perfection and paired with fried rice. — Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Urban Hibachi Sushi & Grill plates up elegant Japanese fare," 30 June 2018 Meituan is still best known for food delivery, with a fleet of half a million uniformed drivers on scooters ferrying noodles, fried rice and milk tea from restaurants to customers, their routes guided by central computers. — Liza Lin, WSJ, "Meituan Wants to Be the Grubhub of China (and the Yelp, and the Groupon, and the Kayak)," 21 June 2018 Try the Dan Dan noodles, Pepper Twins Fish, mapo tofu, salty pepper shrimp and pineapple-and-shrimp fried rice. — Houston Chronicle, "A taste of Houston's Asian restaurants," 10 May 2018 Local variations include frozen SPAM with kimchi fried rice. — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, "Chloe Kim's secret snack, SPAM, popular throughout South Korea," 18 Feb. 2018 However, fried rice is such a widespread dish due to its practicality, approachability and delicious flavor! — Debbi Snook, cleveland.com, "Leftover Easter ham recipes: Soup, salad, stir fry, ham loaf," 28 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fried rice.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Keep scrolling for more
Keep scrolling for more
Comments on fried rice
What made you want to look up fried rice? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Test Your Vocabulary
Words from Greek and Roman Mythology Quiz
-
- Boreal comes from the name of the ancient Greek god of which wind?
Test your visual vocabulary with our 10-question challenge!
TAKE THE QUIZ
Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.
TAKE THE QUIZLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridgedWords at Play
Ask the Editors
Word Games
-
Words from Greek and Roman Mythology Quiz
A mythological/etymological mashup!
Take the quiz -
Great Scrabble Words—A Quiz
Words to improve your Scrabble game
Take the quiz -
Name That Thing
Test your visual vocabulary with our 10-question challenge!
Take the quiz -
Dictionary Devil
The dictionary has been scrambled—can you put it back together?
Play the game
Share fried rice
Resources for fried rice