FRIED RICE (Cơm chiên)

Ingredients:

450g (1 lb)                 cooked rice (about 4 bowls), cool

100g (3 ½ oz)            pork, fried and diced

100g (3 ½ oz)            Chinese sausage, fried and diced

100g (3 ½ oz)            crab meat (if available)

2                                  eggs

60g (2 oz)                  dried shrimps, soaked

200g (7 oz)                carrot, diced

2                                  onions, diced

5                                  tablespoons cooking oil

3                                  teaspoons stock granules

1                                  teaspoon ground pepper

4                                  cloves garlic, bruised

2                                  tablespoons soy sauce

1                                  cucumber

2                                  tomatoes

4                                  sprigs cilantro

                                    Jalapeno chilies (for garnishing)

1. Heat a skillet, add 2 teaspoons of cooking oil and 2 bruised cloves of garlic to brown. Then, add crab meat and stir – fry for 5 minutes. Add carrots, dried shrimps, Chinese sausages and pork in turn. Stir – fry for another 5 minutes. Season with a teaspoon of stock granules.

2. Heat another skillet and add 3 teaspoons of cooking oil, brown 2 cloves of garlic. Add rice to stir – fry over low heat for 10minutes. Add onions. Season with stock granules and ground pepper

3. Beat eggs well and pour gradually into rice. Stir well until eggs are cooked

4. Combine carrots, dried shrimps, Chinese sausages, pork and crab meat with rice. Stir well. Remove the mixture from heat

5. Fill each bowl with cooked rice, press hard. Then, turn the bowls upside down and pour rice on a dish. Garnish with tomatoes, cucumbers, cilantro and jalapeno chilies. Serve with a bowl of soy sauce

Note: - Chicken, bacon and sausages can be used instead of fried pork. Rice is still tasty

-          To prevent fried rice from sticking together, turn up rice before and after it is cool.