Fried Rice
Ingredients
Ingredients
▢2 tbsp oil
▢2 garlic cloves , minced
▢1/2 onion , finely chopped
▢120 g/4 oz bacon , chopped (optional, or use ham)
▢1 – 1 1/2 cups diced vegetables , frozen or fresh (Note 1)
▢2 cups (packed) cooked day old white rice (refrigerated or frozen defrosted (Note 2)
▢3 eggs, whisked
▢3/4 cup green onions , (shallots / scallions) sliced
SAUCE:
▢1 tbsp Chinese cooking wine or Mirin (or sake, dry sherry) (Note 4)
▢1 tbsp Oyster Sauce
▢1 tbsp dark soy sauce (or light or all purpose) (Note 5)
▢1/2 tsp sesame oil , optional
▢1/4 tsp white pepper
Directions
Heat about 1 1/2 tbsp oil in a wok or 2 tbsp oil in a skillet over high heat until smoking.
Add onion, garlic and bacon. Cook until bacon is light golden – about 1 1/2 minutes.
Add vegetables (still frozen is fine). Cook for 2 minutes so they defrost and water evaporates.
Add rice and Sauce ingredients. Cook for 1 1/2 minutes until liquid evaporates.
Shove rice to the side of the wok / skillet. Add 1/2 tbsp oil into the cleared space, shift wok so the heat is centred over the cleared space. Pour in egg then scramble – cook it through properly, don’t “soft scramble”.
Add shallots then stir the egg into the rice. Remove from heat and serve immediately!