In the Kitchen #3
Grew up as an Air Force brat and lived on Norton AFB as a kid. My dad would go to the coolest places and bring home some of the neatest things. He brought home a wok for my mother once and she perfected one of the best fried rice recipe.
I make a variation of it today with my own little electric wok, but you don’t need one if you don’t have one, it can be made normal kitchen gear.
Fried Rice
You’ll need
Hardware:
1 wok (or 1 skillet and a very large mixing bowl)
Rice cooker (or however you normally make rice)
A flat, rectangular wooden spoon
Paper plates or small bowls
Software:
3 eggs
2 carrots
2 stalks of celery
1 medium onion
2 cups rice
.25 lbs bacon
1 meat of choice (a rib eye steak or 2 chicken breasts or 1 butter flied pork chop)
Soy Sauce
Canola Oil
Dice veggies, bacon and meat
Begin cooking rice as per instructions on the packaging
Heat wok/skillet over medium heat
Add bacon and fry to desired consistency
Remove the bacon and set aside, leave the grease in the wok/skillet
Add diced veggies and cook until onions are glossy
Remove veggies and set aside
Add 1 Tbls of oil to the wok/skillet and allow to heat
Drop in diced meat of choice and stir constantly (cook pork/chicken to complete and/or beef to desired taste)
Remove cooked meat and set it aside
Add 1 Tbls of oil to wok/skillet
Beat eggs and add to heated oil
Stir constantly until scrambled and remove
Return bacon and meat to the wok (if you do not have a wok use a large mixing bowl)
Fold in cooked rice
Combine veggies and eggs with the rice and meat in the wok/bowl and stir
Sprinkle in four or five dashes of soy sauce and stir
Remove from wok/mixing bowl and fold into a serving dish
Allow to cool for approximately 2 minutes before serving
In the immortal words of the Chairman “Allez cuisine”
Tags:Creative Cooking, Everyday Inspiration Getting Inspired
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