Friday, October 9, 2015

Fried rice

Mmmmmm, fried rice with chicken, tuna or plain veggies! Using just veggies, or canned tuna, you reduce the cooking time significantly, from 1,5h to 30 minutes :)

Time you'll need to make this: 1,5h
Difficulty level: easy

Ingredients (for 2-3 portions):

- 300g chicken leg fillets or 2 cans of tuna or a packet of wok veggies of your preference
- basmati rice (use the portions indicated on the box)
- one small bowl of frozen veggie mix with corn, green peas and red pepper
- 3 eggs
- olive oil
- 4 small yellow onions, or 1 big
- salt
- black pepper
- grill mix spices
- nutmeg, ground
- curry powder
- 1 broth cube, either chicken, veggie or fish, depending your main ingredient

How to cook it:
  1. Heat your oven to 180. Meanwhile, cut the chicken in small bites and add two rounds of olive oil, salt, pepper, curry, grill mix spices and a bit of nutmeg. Mix everything very well and place in the oven when ready. Let it cook for about 45 minutes, or until chicken is well done. You don't need to prepare anything if you will be using tuna. For the wok veggies, you can stir fry them with a little bit of olive oil in a frying pan or a wok :) Leave them aside when done.
  2. In the meantime, you can boil the rice and veggie mix. Add water, the broth cube and a spoon of butter in a cooking pot, and throw in the rice when the water is boiling. About 5 minutes later, add the veggies and let it all boil for another 5 minutes. Drain whatever water is left, and leave aside.
  3. Slice and dice the onion. and leave aside. Beat the eggs in a bowl.
  4. When the chicken is done, drain most of the oil, and throw it in the cooking pot with the rice and veggies. Mix well. Same goes for the tuna or the wok veggies.
  5. Place the onion in a frying pan and add a little bit of olive oil. Fry the onion for 1-2 minutes on high heat, then toss in the rice mix (I usually do this in one portion at a time). Add pepper, nutmeg, curry and salt to taste (I add lots of curry and nutmeg, and a little pepper and salt), stir very well so that the spices go everywhere, and let it fry for a minute or two, stirring it.
  6. Pour the beaten eggs (or a part of it, if you're frying by portions) on top of the rice, and stir everything well so that the eggs are distributed nicely in the rice mix. Let it fry for 2-3 minutes, until the egg is well cooked, stirring occasionally.
  7. Serve warm and eat well! :)

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