Saturday, July 9, 2022

HAVE A RICE DAY!

Fried Rice.




Serves 4 - 5 persons
Preparation time: 15 to 20 minutes


Ingredients:
  • 4 cups cooked rice, or
  • 175 g raw rice cooked in 500 ml water
  • 2 carrots, thinly sliced
  • 1 or 2 capsicums as per your choice, diced
  • 2 spring onions
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 4 tablespoons oil 
  • 50 g cooked chicken (optional)
  • 50 g cooked prawns, peeled (optional)
  • 1 tablespoons soy sauce

Method / Instructions:

  1. Finely chop the spring onions. Mix half of them with the eggs, add a pinch of salt and beat lightly. Warm a third of the oil in a wok or frying pan, then add the eggs and stir until scrambled. 

  2. When the eggs set, transfer them to a pre-heated plate and break them into small pieces with a fork.

  3. Warm another third of the oil in the pan. Meanwhile dice the chicken (optional)

  4. Place the meat cubes, the prawns (optional), carrot and capsicum and the remaining salt in the pan and stir-fry for about 1 minute then remove with a perforated spoon and set in another bowl.

  5. Heat the remaining oil in the pan, then add the spring onions and cooked rice. 

  6. Stir to detach each grain of rice. 

  7. Add the soy sauce and stir until it is evenly blended with the rice, then add the eggs, chicken, prawns, carrot and capsicum. Reduce the heat. 

  8. Serve as soon as everything is well mixed.




Best Wishes.