Ok, so not the healthiest, nor the most complex, or interesting – however, it tastes good and is a nice change sometimes, and a good way to use up extra rice! Be very careful though – when using leftover rice, ensure it has fully cooled down, before you store in the fridge, and then heat it fully when reheating.
Ingredients:
- rice – any amount, whatever you have
- 1 egg (or more if you have more than 2 portions of rice)
- soy sauce
- salt and pepper
Method:
- Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a frying pan. Add your rice (either still hot after cooking, or fully cooled as leftovers).
- If cool, fry for around 10mins, continually stirring to prevent it burning. If warm, then fry for approx. 5mins.
- Add in soy sauce to taste and stir!
- Just as it is getting ready, push the rice to one side, and crack in an egg. Using a spatula, scramble the egg, and leave to set for a minute.
- When it begins to solidify, stir the egg through the rice, ensuring it cooks properly.
- Season to taste, and then serve.
Vegetables can easily be added to this to make a veggie rice stir fry. Ensure they are cooked properly. Sorry, but I have forgotten to take photos of this one!!!!
Costs: from Tesco, £2.04 – for a whole bag of rice and 6 eggs. Obviously making this costs a lot less per portion!
The Night-Time Scribbler 