NUTTY FRIED RICE

   
                             Fried rice ❤

I have always thought of fried rice as the quintessential comfort food. Think of it a bowl of streaming white rice cooked to just the right consist ency ,filled with bits of meat and vegetables. No wonder fried rice is one of the world's most popular rice dishes.

For the home cook, the beauty of fried rice is that it is very adaptable. Like chow mein, it s perfect for those nights when you are cleaning out the refrigerator and want to get rid of any leftover meat or vegetables.

While the exact origins of fried rice are lost are lost to history, it's believed that it was invented sometime during the Sui dynasty, in the city of yangzhou in eastern Jiangsu province. Yangzhou fried rice is still the standard by which all other chinese fried rice dishes are judged : morsels of fluffy rice tossed with roast meat ,prawns, scallions and peas. In America Chinese restaurants you will sometimes find it called special fried rice.



 Today fried rice dishes are found throughout China, particularly in the South, where rice is the staple grain.

One of the secrets of fried rice is that the ingredients are cooked separately helping them maintain their distinct flavors and then combined in the final  stages of cooking

          



 There is no question that it's easier to do this if you remove each ingredient from the pan after cooking and then add it back at the end, as in this recipe for basic fried rice. But the choice is up to you if you leave all the ingredients in the pan, make sure each is cooked before adding the next vegetables lightly stir fried ,the egg fully set ..

Fried rice can be served either as a main dish or side dish .simple fried rice ,without any meat or seafood, makes a nice substitute for plain cooked rice at a evening meal. At chinese banquet, fried rice is frequently served at the conclusion of the main meal, before the dessert course

The recipe for today is : Nutty fried rice


I incorporate lots of nutty flavor into traditional fried rice using sesame oil, cashews, peanut buter,and sesame seeds.


The indredients:

3 Tbsp toasted sesame oil, divided
3 Cups broccoli florets
8 oz presliced shiitake mushrooms
2 (8,8 oz) pkg precooked brown rice
1/2 Cup unsalted roasted cashews
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
3 Tbps reduced sodium soy sauce,divided
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/4 Cup peanut butter
1Tbps rice vinegar
1 Tbps water
1 Tbps toasted sesame seeds



 

Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high .Add broccoli and mushrooms , cook 6 minutes Remove broccoli mixture from pan make sure do not wipe out pan .

Add remaining 2 tablespoons oil to pan  Add rice and cashews, cook 5 minutes .
Stir in eggs ,cook for for 1 minute .Stir in broccoli mixture 1 tablespoon soy sauce
and pepper .

Combine remaining 2 tablespoons soy sauce, peanut butter, vinegar and 1 tablespoon water in a bowl .Top rice mixture with peanut butter mixture and sesame seeds
                               Enjoy