A quick Chinese recipe, using common easy-to-get ingredients. You can experiment with different kinds of vegetables (carrots, cabbage, mushrooms are all perfect add-ons or substitutes) and meat…
Ingredients (for 2)
- 1 cup Basmati rice
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup peas
- 1/4 cup cubed ham
- 2 tbsp peanut oil
- 1/4 onion
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- rock salt
Directions
- Heat the water in a large saucepan and bring it to a boil
- Add the rice and stir frequently until almost cooked (1-2 minutes short of full cooking time)
- In the meantime, boil the peas in salted water for 10 minutes, or alternatively gently heat them in a saucepan with olive oil, adding hot water a little at a time until crisp (you can skip this step if you have canned peas)
- While the rice and the peas are cooking, chop the onions, cut the ham into cubes (or small squares) and beat the eggs
- Heat olive oil in a large pan or wok, add the eggs and cook for 2 minutes until firm (stir frequently, eggs have to be scrambled)
- Drain the rice and the peas and add them to the scrambled eggs
- Add ham, onion and soy sauce
- Stir fry at high heat for 2 minutes
- For added flavor you can add sesame seeds before serving
Best Served With
While a main course in its own right, it will frequently accompany other meat-based traditional Chinese courses
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