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Olive Vegetable Fried Rice

March 20, 2019 11 Comments

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Amazing simple vegetarian olive vegetable fried rice using only 4 ingredients and 10 minutes preparation.

Olive vegetable fired rice|chinasichuanfood.com

What’s Chinese olive vegetable (橄榄菜)

Chinese olive vegetable (橄榄菜) is a a specialty of Teochew (or chao zhou, 潮州) cuisine, a branch of Chinese cuisine. The name is quite misunderstanding. It is not pickled olive fruit but cooked mustard with olive fruit, soy sauce and oil. Though not fermented, the long cooking time gives the oil vegetable a very distinctive, strong savory flavor.

The background story about Chinese olive vegetable says that one lady found the young and immature Chinese White Olive (青橄榄) dropping to the ground. She picked them up and place in their pot cooking mustard green. Then this “olive vegetable “was created. I get lots of feedbacks asking about how to find Chinese olive vegetable. You can search it in Asian stores or check this link and get it from amazon. 

Olive vegetable fired rice|chinasichuanfood.com

I have tried to use it in basic soups, topping for breads and fried rice. Last time when I visit a local Cantonese restaurant, I found this olive vegetable fried rice been brought up on their seasonal new meal. Unlike other fried rice with lots of ingredients for a multi layer flavor, this olive vegetable fried rice is really simple, it only includes eggs, bok choy and olive vegetable fried rice. But it is so delicious so I make this copycat at home when back to home.

Olive vegetable fired rice|chinasichuanfood.com

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs, whisked with a small pinch of salt 
  • 2 servings left over rice (around 3 cups)
  • 2-3 bok choy, wash carefully and then cut into small pieces
  • salt to taste
  • 1 and 1/2 tbsp. Chinese olive vegetable
  • 2 tbsp. cooking oil

Instructions

  1. Heat 2 tablespoon of cooking oil and then fry whisked egg. Break the eggs into small pieces once well fried.
  2. Place leftover rice in. Use the back of your turner and separate the grains.
  3. Add chopped bok choy and olive vegetable. Mix well. Add salt to taste before serving.

Olive vegetable fired rice|chinasichuanfood.com

Olive vegetable fired rice|chinasichuanfood.com

Olive vegetable fired rice|chinasichuanfood.com

5 from 3 votes
Olive vegetable fired rice|chinasichuanfood.com
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Olive Vegetable Fried Rice
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
 
Olive vegetable fried rice with only 4 ingredients but creates extremely delicious flavor.
Course: staple food
Cuisine: Chinese
Servings: 2
Calories: 336 kcal
Ingredients
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 servings left over rice around 3 cups
  • 2-3 bok choy wash carefully and then cut into small pieces
  • salt to taste
  • 1 and 1/2 tbsp. Chinese olive vegetable
  • 2 tbsp. cooking oil
Instructions
  1. Heat 2 tablespoon of cooking oil and then fry whisked egg. Break the eggs into small pieces once well fried.
  2. Place leftover rice in. Use the back of your turner and separate the grains. 

  3. Add chopped bok choy and olive vegetable. Mix well. Add salt to taste before serving.
Nutrition Facts
Olive Vegetable Fried Rice
Amount Per Serving
Calories 336 Calories from Fat 180
% Daily Value*
Fat 20g31%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Cholesterol 163mg54%
Sodium 608mg26%
Potassium 2177mg62%
Carbohydrates 19g6%
Fiber 8g33%
Sugar 10g11%
Protein 18g36%
Vitamin A 37770IU755%
Vitamin C 378mg458%
Calcium 907mg91%
Iron 7.5mg42%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Olive vegetable fired rice|chinasichuanfood.com

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  1. Rose Mary George says

    March 20, 2019 at 1:06 pm

    5 stars
    This looks delicious!

    Reply
    • Elaine says

      March 20, 2019 at 7:38 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  2. chris 06 says

    April 6, 2019 at 9:05 pm

    Cette recette est bien agréable . Merci et bises Chris 06

    Reply
  3. Michael says

    April 6, 2019 at 9:10 pm

    Yes, looks good, but where do we get olive vegetable. Could salt cured black olives be used instead?
    Please explain. I’m Greek and we use olives for everything.

    Reply
    • Elaine says

      April 8, 2019 at 8:15 am

      No Michael. It is actually not olive in common sense. Check this link and get it from amazon.

      Reply
  4. Anita Cecil says

    April 6, 2019 at 10:06 pm

    I’ve only recently learned that olives are a big part of Chinese cooking and look forward to trying this. Where do I look for this “olive vegetable” in my local Asian market? Can you show a picture of the label?

    Reply
    • Elaine says

      April 8, 2019 at 8:12 am

      I will find a chance to shoot a picture of the label. It should be “橄榄菜” in Chinese. It is not olives actually. It is a Chinese seasonal ingredients made with green olive and mustard vegetables.

      Reply
  5. Erika says

    May 4, 2019 at 4:37 am

    5 stars
    Delicious dish, fast and easy to prepare. I used blanched green beans as a substitute fo the bok choi and it was pleasant to eat as well.

    Reply
    • Elaine says

      May 4, 2019 at 8:24 am

      Thanks Erika for the feedback. Blanched green beans is a brilliant idea. I cam imagine how delicious it is.

      Reply
  6. Valerie says

    November 20, 2019 at 2:31 am

    5 stars
    I just made this and it was so simple and so good! I’ll be using the olive vegetable for the green bean recipe next 🙂

    Reply
    • Elaine says

      November 20, 2019 at 8:23 am

      Thanks for trying this one. It is quite unknown and I always get little feedback about this ingredients. Glad to know you love it too.

      Reply

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