'Clean Out the Fridge' Fried Rice. I cooked a refrigerator clean-out fried rice. I cooked a refrigerator clean-out fried rice. Clean out the fridge fried rice, how to make the perfect fried rice every time!
And guess what — all those random ingredients will come together and do wonderful things.
The key is to add what you like - basically just clean out the fridge.
If you love mushrooms, add a bunch.
You can have 'Clean Out the Fridge' Fried Rice using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of 'Clean Out the Fridge' Fried Rice
- It's of Cold/Leftover cooked rice.
- You need of (equal to)=.
- You need of Chopped/Diced raw vegetables/left overs.
- Prepare of Olive oil or butter.
- You need of Minced garlic.
- Prepare of Ginger.
- You need of Sesame oil.
- You need of Tamari/Soy sauce.
Fried rice is a favorite Asian staple, but did you know it works best with cold leftover rice? Here are some helpful hints for making this crowd-pleasing meal at home. Clean out the back of the fridge with this simple and savory Asian-inspired dish. I love to cook Asian-inspired dishes so a rice cooker is much needed in our household.
'Clean Out the Fridge' Fried Rice step by step
- If you do not have leftover rice, cook some rice in a yummy vegetable, chicken or beef stock at least 2 hours before preparing meal - the key is having enough rice to equal the amount of veggies you are using. Be sure rice is cooked and cold, and all veggies are chopped/diced prior to cooking..
- Heat olive oil or butter in a saute pan / wok (pan large enough for rice and veggies to be stirred).
- Add garlic, cook for a minute or 2..
- Add veggies, 1 at a time, in order of desired cooking time (example: 1st carrots for 3-5min, then onion, then broccoli, then water chestnuts, then spinach).
- Stir in rice, a couple dashes of ginger, sesame oil and tamari sauce (to taste). Stir fry for about 5min, then remove from heat and enjoy!.
- Any veggie combo will work, here is some inspiration: corn, peas, pea pods, sugar snaps, carrots, peppers, mushrooms, onion, broccoli, spinach, asparagus, waterchestnuts, eggplant, tomato, sweet potato, zucchini - add left over shrimp, chicken, pork, beef... anything goes!!! Even bacon!.
But for the last two years I've made pancetta fried rice and quinoa fried rice so I went a different route using Spam. I know that some people have HUGE aversions to canned. Whenever I make rice with my Zoujirushi, it tastes amazing! However, if I put it in a Tupperware in the fridge, it almost immediately gets dry and no longer fluffy. Instead of putting mine in the fridge, I measure it out by the cup and store it in ziplock bags in the freezer (squeeze any extra air out of the.