Quick & Dirty Fried Rice
So a friend of mine got me, among others, a Rogue Morimoto Soba Ale. I had it last night with some shark steak (another story...), miso soup, and edamame, all made by said friend (what can I say, I got good friends). Great food aside, the smell of this beer just made me start jonesing for fried rice. It must be the roasted soba. I have no idea what soba is, but that's about the only asian-type ingredient in the beer, and smelling it made me able to hurt someone for a bowl of fried rice.
So today, I just finished making my own fried rice after looking at several example recipes. I'm not saying this is great by any means (or even good, for some higher level chefs out here), but my cupboards were limited and I did what I could with what I had.
-cooked rice
-finely diced onion (didn't have green onions...)
-soy sauce (I only had the 'supreme dark' stuff)
-diced carrots
-one egg
-sesame oil
-one strip of cooked bacon (I saw a recipe that had bacon in it. I felt inspired.)
Heated up the wok, then the oil, threw in the onions & carrots and a splash of soy sauce, let it go for a minute or two. Once cooked sufficiently, threw in a wad of the cooked rice, some more soy sauce, and stirred to break it up. After about 30 seconds, tossed in the beaten egg, stirred more and more, and, lastly, threw in the bacon pieces.
All in all, not a terrific dish of fried rice, but it was enough to satiate my craving. Any fundamental things I missed on? Can I sub something out for the egg here? The cholesterol really bothers me.
So today, I just finished making my own fried rice after looking at several example recipes. I'm not saying this is great by any means (or even good, for some higher level chefs out here), but my cupboards were limited and I did what I could with what I had.
-cooked rice
-finely diced onion (didn't have green onions...)
-soy sauce (I only had the 'supreme dark' stuff)
-diced carrots
-one egg
-sesame oil
-one strip of cooked bacon (I saw a recipe that had bacon in it. I felt inspired.)
Heated up the wok, then the oil, threw in the onions & carrots and a splash of soy sauce, let it go for a minute or two. Once cooked sufficiently, threw in a wad of the cooked rice, some more soy sauce, and stirred to break it up. After about 30 seconds, tossed in the beaten egg, stirred more and more, and, lastly, threw in the bacon pieces.
All in all, not a terrific dish of fried rice, but it was enough to satiate my craving. Any fundamental things I missed on? Can I sub something out for the egg here? The cholesterol really bothers me.