Thai fried rice with prawns & peas

Name: Thai fried rice with prawns & peas
Prep time: 8 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 23 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1 sliced Red Onions; 2 sliced Garlic Clove; 1 sliced Red Chilli; 250g Raw King Prawns; 140g Brown Rice; 75g Frozen Peas; 1 tablespoon Soy Sauce; 1 tablespoon Fish Sauce; Bunch Coriander; 4 large Egg; To serve Hotsauce

By The Spice & Simmer Kitchen · Published May 3, 2026

A one-pot Seafood recipe with Thai flavors, built for busy weeknights when you want real food without a sink full of dishes. Comes together in roughly 45 minutes, serves about 4, and uses ingredients you can find at any normal grocery store. The technique is simple: build a base in your pot, layer in the main ingredients, simmer until everything has had time to talk to each other, and serve straight from the pan. If you're cooking for picky eaters, this one tends to land — the flavors are recognizable, the texture is comforting, and there's nothing weird hiding in the ingredient list. Perfect for the kind of evening where you want dinner on the table by 7pm and the kitchen empty by 7:30.

Ingredients

Makes 4 servings · 23 min total

2 tbsp Vegetable Oil
1 sliced Red Onions
2 sliced Garlic Clove
1 sliced Red Chilli
250g Raw King Prawns
140g Brown Rice
75g Frozen Peas
1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
1 tablespoon Fish Sauce
Bunch Coriander
4 large Egg
To serve Hotsauce

Step-by-step instructions

step 1.
Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a wok, add the onion, garlic and chilli, and cook for 2-3 mins until golden. Add the prawns and cook for 1 min. Tip in the rice and peas, and keep tossing until very hot. Add the soy and fish sauce, then stir through the chopped coriander. Keep warm while you fry the eggs.
step 2.
Heat the remaining oil in a frying pan and fry the eggs with some seasoning. Divide the fried rice mix between 4 bowls and top each with a fried egg. Serve scattered with coriander, with chilli sauce, if you like.

Why this works on a weeknight

Thai fried rice with prawns & peas genuinely fits a 30-minute weeknight window, which is why it earned a spot in our Stir-Fry collection. The technique is forgiving, the ingredient list is grocery-store standard, and the active cooking time is short enough that you can answer a text message in the middle without ruining dinner.

Cleanup notes

This is a single-pan recipe, so the cleanup is exactly one pan, one cutting board, and one knife. While the dish rests, fill the pan with hot soapy water — by the time you are done eating, the residue lifts off with a single pass of a sponge. Skip the steel wool on cast iron; a stiff brush and warm water are all you need to keep the seasoning intact.

Make-ahead and leftovers

Leftovers keep covered in the fridge for up to three days. Reheat in a dry pan over medium-low with a splash of water or stock to loosen the sauce. Thai fried rice with prawns & peas actually improves overnight as the flavors keep talking to each other, so doubling the recipe and packing tomorrow's lunch is a high-leverage weeknight move.

Filed under 🥢 Stir-Fry Seafood Thai ⚡ 30-Min Dinner