Homemade fried rice is so much better than restaurant fried rice. It just tastes so much fresher and more alive than anything you get out of a restaurant, especially the cheaper takeaway Chinese stores. I’ll often make it a whole meal by itself when I make it at home but I could never do that with store bought fried rice. Combining it with a good chicken or beef dish will just add to the party in your mouth 😉
Fried rice is one of those recipes that you can add almost anything to. Seafood, red meats, chicken, vegetables.. the possibilities are endless.
I use a wok but you can just as easily use a large saucepan to make fried rice.
I have been using this background above in a few of my photographs lately. It’s an old rusted wheelbarrow that was recently used for concreting. I didn’t clean it out properly and my reward for being lazy is this wonderful textured background for food pictures!
This plate is the closest to an Asian style that I could find. Since moving house I just can’t find anything!!
- 2 cups of rice
- 1 large onion sliced thinly
- 1 1/2 cups of diced bacon
- 1 tablespoon of ginger grated
- 1 cup of frozen peas blanched
- 1 cup of bean sprouts
- 4 sprigs of [url href=”http://www.goodfoodrecipes.com/ingredients/spring-onions/”]spring onions (scallions)[/url] diced
- 6 eggs
- 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup of soy sauce
- Cook the rice as you would normally cook it and then spread it out over a tray to dry. Place it in the fridge for at least a couple of hours. It can also be done the night before cooking it.
- Beat the eggs and add them to a frying pan, stirring to break them into small pieces as they cook. Once done, set them aside for later.
- Heat up the wok or large saucepan and add the vegetable oil. Then add the onions until soft.
- Add the bacon pieces for 30 seconds and then add the ginger, continuing to stir the ingredients.
- Add the rice, peas, bean sprouts, the eggs, and soy sauce. Continue mixing the ingredients well.
- Finish with the diced spring onions (scallion) and serve with a nice beef or chicken dish. I often add so much to the fried rice that it is a meal by itself.
食福 or chia̍h hok
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