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stir-fried rice

stir-fried rice

1 1.6
Rice quickly cooked in a little oil with vegetables or meat
  • noun
  • /ˈstɜrˌfraɪd raɪs/
translation icon : arroz frito
  • Can we order stir-fried rice for dinner?

Examples

  • She ordered stir-fried rice with vegetables and tofu for lunch.

  • The chef served spicy stir-fried rice as a side dish at the party.

  • Making stir-fried rice is a great way to use up leftover rice from dinner.

  • I love stir-fried rice with vegetables.

  • He ordered a delicious bowl of stir-fried rice with vegetables and chicken from the restaurant.

  • For dinner, she quickly prepared stir-fried rice using leftover vegetables and eggs.

  • The chef demonstrated how to make perfect stir-fried rice in just a few minutes over high heat.

Synonyms

fried rice
vsstir-fried rice
11 1.0

Rice cooked in a hot pan with oil, vegetables, and eggs

emphasizes very quick high heat cooking with a small amount of oil
Chinese fried rice
vsstir-fried rice
1.0

A dish of cooked rice quickly fried with egg, green onions and meat or shrimp

is broader and not limited to that specific ingredient mix

How Complex

stir-fried rice
1 1.6
fried rice
11 1.0
white rice
9 1.0

Surface Forms

stir-fried rice singular
stir-fried rices plural

Morphology

stir-fry + rice

The noun phrase is directly built from the verb 'stir-fry' (to fry rapidly while stirring) and the noun 'rice', with '-fried' functioning as an adjectival past participle meaning 'cooked by stir-frying'. This cooking-method composition is common and predictable across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

The dish stir-fried rice gets its name from how it is made: cooks stir the rice and other ingredients quickly in a hot pan with a little oil, so the rice is literally stir and fried. That's why the name means rice cooked quickly over high heat with added vegetables, meat, or seasoning.