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How to Make Anything into Fried Rice

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How to Make Anything into Fried Rice

Need to do something with that leftover rice? Here are five variations on one of the most satisfying dishes of all time.
Chris Schonberger
  • Breakfast fried rice (bacon, maple, and potato edition)

    Ambition required: 2/5 You need:
    • 2tbs bacon fat
    • 1/2 cup bacon lardons
    • Glaze: mix 2tbs pure maple syrup, 2tsp light soy sauce, 1tbs strong coffee
    • 1/2 cup cooked potato, diced
    • 1 cup spring onion, sliced
    • 1 egg
    Bacon hashbrown528B

    How to make it

    Heat bacon fat in wok on medium heat; add bacon lardons, cook until crispy. Bacon hashbrown544B Add potato; cook until crispy and golden. Bacon hashbrown546B Add rice and sauce mixture. Cook until lightly toasted. Bacon hashbrown553B Add spring onion and lardons; toss to combine. Salt and pepper to taste. Bacon hashbrown555B Crack an egg into the rice and mix to coat rice and cook egg. Bacon hashbrown558B Garnish with chopped scallions. Bacon hashbrown570B Ooh, killem. Bacon hashbrown577B
  • Italian-American fried rice (sausage and peppers)

    Ambition required: 3/5 You need:
    • 2 cups cooked white rice
    • Refined high heat olive oil
    • 1 cup red and green bell pepper, julienned
    • 1 cup onion, julienned
    • 1/2 cup spicy Italian sausage, crumbled raw
    • 2tsp tomato paste
    • Soy sauce
    • 1 egg
    pepper and italian sausage598B

    How to make it

    Drizzle oil in wok over high heat. Remove sausage from casing and crumble into wok. Cook until lightly browned. pepper and italian sausage599B Add onions and peppers and cook until softened. Add tomato paste, cook until fragrant. pepper and italian sausage606B Add rice and soy sauce. Toss in wok on high heat until all ingredients are thoroughly combined and rice is lightly toasted. pepper and italian sausage587B Make well in the center, add egg. Toss to combine until egg is cooked through. Salt and pepper to taste. Optional: Fry another egg and place it on top of the rice. pepper and italian sausage591B
  • Peking duck fried rice

    Ambition required: 4/5 You need:
    • 2 cups cooked white rice
    • 4tbs duck fat
    • 1 cup diced duck meat
    • 1 cup fresh scallion, julienned (plus 2tbs for garnish)
    • 2tsp hoisin sauce
    • 2tsp light soy sauce
    • 1/4 cup sliced crispy duck skin
    duck

    How to make it

    Put half the duck fat in wok on high heat. Add duck meat, sauté until lightly browned. duck613B Add 1 cup scallion, toss until softened. duck614B Add rice, hoisin, and soy sauce. Sauté on high heat until toasted and fragrant. duck617B Add crispy duck skin, toss until combined. duck624B Salt and pepper to taste, and hit it with a little more duck fat for good measure. duck627B Plate and garnish with remaining scallion. duck628B
  • Mediterranean fried rice (a.k.a., crispy couscous with salmon)

    Ambition required: 1/5 You need:
    • Refined high heat olive oil
    • 2 cups pearl couscous, cooked
    • 3oz skinless salmon filet, cooked and flaked
    • 2tsp tomato paste
    • 1/2 cup bell pepper, julienned
    • 1/2 cup onion, julienned
    • 2tbs capers, drained and rinsed
    • 2tbs chopped dill (optional)

    salmon634B

    How to make it

    Heat oil on high; add vegetables and cooked until softened. Add tomato paste, sauté until fragrant. Finally, added cooked couscous. salmon639B Cook until lightly toasted (you want to get the couscous to crisp up a little bit). salmon644B Add capers, salmon, and dill. salmon645B Toss lightly to combine. salmon646B Salt and pepper to taste, and serve with some extra capers on top for good measure. salmon652B
  • Indo-Chinese fried rice (a.k.a. sorta biryani)

    Ambition required: 5/5 You need:
    • 2 cups rice
    • 4tb ghee (clarified butter)
    • 2tb small diced carrot, blanched
    • 2tb sliced green beans, blanched
    • 3 cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
    • 1/4 cup julienned white onion
    • 2tb cooked small potato, diced
    • 2 cloves garlic, sliced
    • 1/2tsp chopped fresh ginger
    • 2tsp tomato paste
    • 1/4 cup coconut milk
    • 1tsp blanched sliced almonds, toasted
    • 1/8tsp coriander seeds
    • 1/4tsp cumin seeds
    • 1/8tsp curry powder
    • 2 green cardamom pods
    • 1/2 cinnamon stick
    • Pinch of saffron

    How to make it

    Add all whole spices, toast until they just begin to become fragrant (don't burn).  biryani656B Add ghee, warm on medium heat. biryani659B Add onion and tomato paste. Sauté until softened and golden. Then add garlic and ginger; sauté 30 seconds. biryani664B Add dried spices (saffron and curry powder) and mix. biryani668B Turn heat to high. Add potato, carrot, green bean, and tomato. Sauté for one minute. Salt and pepper to taste. biryani671B Add rice and toss to combine. Add coconut milk, sauté for one minute. biryani676B Optional: Remove rice from wok and add sliced almonds. Toast lightly. biryani678B Garnish with the toasted almonds and serve.
    biryani680B
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