Out comes fluffy, seasoned fried rice thats so good, you may never wok-tossfried riceever again!
(Well, maybe not.
Nothing beats the real deal, after all.
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But this emergency version isexcellentfor the minimal effort required!)
Emergency baked fried rice
OK, youre right, this isntfriedrice per se!
Its a baked rice.
But I call it abaked fried ricebecause its everything we love about fried rice, without the frying!
Id need to figure out special liquid/rice ratios and bake times, which I have not done!
Dont have liquid stock?
Use water plus stock powder.
Make up 2 cups according to the stock powder directions and use per the recipe.
Vegetables Because this is conceived as a recipe for dinner emergencies, Ive used frozen diced vegetables here.
Garlic I cant ever imagine making any pop in of fried rice without garlic.
And that includes an emergency baked version!
Bacon (uncooked) or ham Just like we do in wok tossed fried rice!
Here, its scattered across the surface and it adds flavour into the stock as it cooks.
Soy sauce Ive used light soy sauce here which adds seasoning without discolouring the rice too much.
All purpose soy sauce will work just fine too.
Its not the same, but equally delicious!
Pepper For a touch of warmth.
White pepper is typically used for fried rice because you cant see it.
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Substitute with black pepper.
Sesame oil & green onion For finishing.
How to make baked fried rice
Are you ready to see how easy it is??
To finish the dish, add sesame oil and green onion, fluff with a fork then serve!
Youll also notice that the surface of the rice grains will be wet.
No mushy, overcooked rice in sight!
Pair it with something sticky like thisChilli Chicken,Honey Garlic Chickenor a tropical HawaiianHuli-Huli chicken.
The rules are: there are no rules!
This is a rice side that will go with virtually anything, Asian or not!
I just had a fleeting thought.
By upping the veg in this, it would be great as a meal!
Dozer was keen to help.
(Well thats a big fat lie!
We all know he was just snuffling around for treats from the road side assistance man.)
