I added ham, peas and egg to turn it into a quick and easy meal.
Frying up the tomato rice with garlic adds extra flavour which is on point!
In case I wasnt clear about it in the opening, this is not an authentic Vietnamese recipe!
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At least, not to my knowledge.
So I thought Id spin it into a fried rice dish, and here it is!
What you need
Heres what you gotta make this quick meal.
Freshly cooked rice is too moist and your fried rice will clump and become sticky.
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Then refrigerate for as long as you’re free to until cooled.
Rice key in:Ive usedjasmine ricewhich is popular in Vietnamese cooking.
However, anyplain cooked ricecan be used (white,brown,basmati).
Tomato paste For the tomato flavour and red colour.
Fish sauce The soy sauce of Vietnam!
It has a more complex, deep flavour than soy sauce.
It smells pungent on its own but when cooked out what remains is a delicious and incomparable savoury flavour.
More on different soy sauces and when to use whichhere.
Butter My fat of choice; more flavour than using plain ol boring oil!
If youre thinking, butter isnt an authentic ingredient in Asian cooking!!
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!, dont forget Vietnam was once colonised by France, the land of bread and butter!
Frozen peas Some veg and colour!
Feel free to substitute with any chopped vegetables you like (eg.
Next, add the ham and cook for 30 seconds.
Now add the peas (still frozen is fine) and cook for another 30 seconds.
Rice and tomato Next add the tomato paste and rice.
Cook them for 2 minutes to cook out the raw flavour from the tomato paste.
Meanwhile your ham will have nicely bronzed.
Dont shortcut this step caramelisation = extra flavour!
Scramble eggs Scrape the rice to one side of the pan.
With the heat of the pan this will take just 1 minute or so.
Tossthe cooked eggs through the rice.
Done!Thats it, youre done.
Because we cant have that!
I hope you give it a go.
Let me know what you think if you do!
And dont forget my tip of the day: keep bags ofcooked plain ricein your freezer.
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