Seafood Fried Rice

Seafood Fried Rice

Updated February 12, 2026

Fried rice with XO sauce, crab, scallops, and Chinese sausage.

XO sauce was invented in Hong Kong in the 1980s. Lap cheong is sweet Chinese sausage.

This is luxury Chinese restaurant fried rice. Adjust seasoning based on XO sauce saltiness.

Cook time
35 min
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Ingredients

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  • 4 cup Day-old jasmine rice
  • 8 oz Lump crab meat
  • 6 oz Bay scallops or diced sea scallops
  • 2 piece Chinese sausage (lap cheong), sliced thin
  • 2 whole Eggs, beaten
  • 3 tbsp XO sauce
  • 3 tbsp Vegetable oil
  • 1 tbsp Fresh ginger, minced
  • 1 tbsp Light soy sauce
  • 4 whole Scallions, sliced
  • ¼ tsp White pepper

Instructions

Sear the seafood and make egg
Heat wok until smoking. Add 1 tablespoon oil. Sear scallops 1 minute per side; remove. Add lap cheong, cook until fat renders. Remove. Add eggs, scramble, remove.
Equipment
  • wok
Ingredients
  • vegetable oil (1 tbsp)
  • scallops (6 oz)
  • lap cheong (2 piece)
  • eggs (2 whole)
Fry the rice and finish
Add remaining oil. Add ginger, cook 15 seconds. Add rice and XO sauce. Spread flat, let char, then toss. Add soy sauce around edges. Return scallops, lap cheong, and eggs. Gently fold in crab. Add scallions and white pepper. Serve immediately.
Equipment
  • wok
Ingredients
  • vegetable oil (2 tbsp)
  • ginger (1 tbsp)
  • rice (4 cup)
  • XO sauce (3 tbsp)
  • soy sauce (1 tbsp)
  • crab (8 oz)
  • scallions (4 whole)
  • white pepper (¼ tsp)

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