READING 9 A2

Quick fried rice

You will need:
2 large spoonfuls of olive oil
1 small onion
1 carrot
1 cup of mushrooms
some green cabbage
2 cups cooked rice
1 egg
salt and pepper

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Cooking time: 5 minutes

I make this when I have extra rice left over from another meal. It's easy and delicious and you can use any
vegetables you have in your kitchen, but some people also use small pieces of fish or meat. If you want to do
this, cook the meat first.
First, heat 2 big spoonfuls of oil in a frying pan, until it's quite hot. The pan has to be big and not very deep so
everything cooks fast.
Next, cut all the vegetables into very small pieces with a large knife. Add them to the hot oil and cook them for a few
minutes, until they start to get soft.
Then mix in the cooked rice. Be careful that the cooker doesn't get too hot. Continue mixing, to make sure all the
rice is hot.
After that, take the pan off the cooker. Make a small hole in the middle of the rice using a spoon. Break the egg into
the hole and quickly mix it into the rice and vegetables.
When it's mixed, add salt and pepper. Your fried rice is ready to eat!

1 Put the words in the correct column. 3 Read the recipe again. Are the sentences
true or false?
add cooker cut eggs frying pan heat knife mix olive oil
onions rice spoon vegetables 1 The writer makes this dish when he has a
lot of rice in the cupboard. TRUE/FALSE
Food Things in the kitchen Cooking verbs 2 This recipe takes about 10 minutes to
make, from start to finish. TRUE/FALSE
3 You can only cook this dish with onions,
carrots and cabbage. TRUE/FALSE
4 You need to use a deep frying pan.
TRUE/FALSE
2 Read the recipe quickly. Put the sentences in the correct order. 5 The cooker must be very hot. TRUE/FALSE
Then add them to the hot oil and cook them for a few minutes. 6 All the rice should be hot. TRUE/FALSE
Cut all the vegetables into small pieces. 7 You need to cook the egg first before you
1 First, heat some oil in a frying pan. add it to the rice. TRUE/FALSE
When the rice is hot, take the pan off the heat and add the egg. 8 Add salt and pepper at the end.
Add salt and pepper. It’s ready! TRUE/FALSE

Quickly mix it into the rice and vegetables.

After that, mix in the cooked rice.

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