Taiwanese🍚 Starches

Garden Fried Rice

Name: Garden Fried Rice
Cuisine: Taiwanese
Ingredients: ~3 cups Day-old cooked long grain white rice; 5 Eggs; ~2 medium Carrots; ~2 stalks Spring onion (white part); ~200 g Sprouting broccoli stems and tops; ~3-4 tbsp Homemade aromatic oil; ~2 tbsp Light soy sauce; ~1½ tbsp Homemade sake; ~1½ tsp Plum vinegar; ~2 tbsp Green onion tops (for garnish)

A nutrient-packed fried rice made with day-old rice, seasonal garden vegetables, eggs, and a homemade aromatic oil. Simple yet full of flavor, this is one of the daily staple meals the creator eats for long-term health.

High-protein

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Ingredients

Day-old cooked long grain white riceRice that has been refrigerated for 1-2 days works best~3 cupsest.
Eggs5
CarrotsSliced into small rounds~2 mediumest.
Spring onion (white part)Diced, used as aromatic base~2 stalksest.
Sprouting broccoli stems and topsAny seasonal vegetable can be substituted~200 gest.
Homemade aromatic oilNeutral oil like avocado oil infused with garlic, ginger, and spring onion~3-4 tbspest.
Light soy sauce~2 tbspest.
Homemade sakeRegular sake can be substituted

Steps

1
First make the aromatic oil: chop ginger into chunks and pulse spring onion and garlic to a fine chop, place in a heatproof bowl, then pour hot neutral oil over them to infuse.
2
Slice the carrots, dice the white part of the spring onion, and roughly chop the broccoli stems and tops.
3
Heat a wok on high, add a few scoops of the aromatic oil, and fry the carrots and diced onion until slightly softened and colored.
4
Add the broccoli and stir-fry for about a minute.
5
Add the day-old rice and stir-fry, making sure there's enough oil so nothing sticks, until the rice develops a bit of color.
6
In a separate pan, crack the eggs and fry on high heat, then immediately turn off the heat and let them finish cooking gently so they stay tender and slightly undercooked.
7
Season the fried rice with light soy sauce, homemade sake, and plum vinegar to achieve a salty, slightly tangy flavor.
8
Add the fried eggs to the rice, break them up, and continue stir-frying for 2-3 more minutes to combine all the flavors.
9
Plate and serve — this garden fried rice works great as breakfast or lunch.

Garden Fried Rice

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