Bacon and Garlic Fried Rice
 
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Serves: 2 servings
Ingredients
  • 3 cups of cooked rice
  • 2 large eggs
  • 6 strips of bacon
  • 1 tsp of cooking oil
  • 4 TBS of bacon fat
  • 2 large cloves of garlic
  • 1 green onion
  • 2 TBS of chopped cilantro
  • 3 TBS soy sauce
  • 1 tsp fish sauce
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp black pepper
  • 4 ounces of ground turkey (optional)
Instructions
  1. Cook 2 cups of rice in rice cooker. (This will yield 3 cups of cooked rice)
  2. While rice is cooking, cook 6 strips of bacon and cut into small pieces. Save the bacon fat drippings.
  3. Chop 2 large cloves of garlic and set aside.
  4. Chop the green onion and cilantro and set aside.
  5. Mix the eggs and scramble with 1 tsp of cooking oil and set aside.
  6. Cook the ground turkey and set aside.
  7. In a large sauce pan or wok, add 3 TBS of bacon fat and add in the chopped garlic.
  8. Add in the cooked ground turkey and stir.
  9. Add in the cooked rice and stir.
  10. Mix the soy sauce and fish sauce and add to the wok.
  11. Stir the ingredients in the wok.
  12. Add in the remaining 1 TBS of bacon fat and mix.
  13. Add ¼ tsp of salt and ¼ tsp of black pepper.
  14. Taste, if you need to add in an additional ¼ tsp of salt.
  15. Garnish with green onions and cilantro.
Notes
Taste if you need any additional salt.
If you decide to add in the ground turkey, add ¼ tsp of salt when cooking.
Recipe by Cooking With Hua at https://www.cookingwithhua.com/bacon-and-garlic-fried-rice/