PrincessInOz
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What's For Dinner Tonight? My Contribution
What's For Dinner Tonight? This was my contribution.
You might remember that after the DHS day, we headed back to Alison’s villa and did some preparation. There was a lot of vegetable dicing going on that night.
I also used some of this....
......placed it in the microwave and got some cooked rice.
I have to admit that I was really dubious about the cooked rice after it come out of the microwave. Short grain rice has a tendency to be rather unforgiving if you add a little bit too much water. And when it came out of the micro, I could tell that it wasn't going to be rice that I would be happy to cook with.
The rice weighed heavy on my mind for a couple of days. Until.....
......until, I got to Yak and Yeti. The rice they served me for lunch was exactly what I was looking for. A simple question to our server and I came home with two of these.
During the planning bit for tonight, AnneBerkery had volunteered to supply the protein. Thanks so much for this!
So, all up.....my starting ingredients:
The ingredient on the list that had been the subject of a bit of pre-planning chatter was the Kecap Manis. It's sweet and slightly thick soy sauce that the South East Asians use for their cooking. The others hadn't seen it before and we did talk about where to source a bottle from. I was rather reluctant to bring a bottle all the way from Oz and take it on the road trip with me; but I would have if I had to (and maybe left it with franandaj to bring with her). In the end, luvchefmic and franandaj found some locally and they ended up getting a large bottle each. I think I was using the bottle supplied by franandaj for tonight's meal.
I normally use a wok but there wasn't one available at the villa. I ended up cooking the rice in two batches in the pan.
Cook the eggs in a moderately hot pan, like you would for scrambled eggs, in a little oil. Remove from the pan when still slightly runny.
Heat more oil to the pan. Add the garlic and ginger and toss for 1 - 2 minutes.
When fragrant, add the diced carrots and toss for a couple more minutes.
Add the green beans and toss for another minute.
Add the rice and toss together for a couple of minutes.
Add the cooked shrimp and about 1 - 2 tablespoon of the kecap manis to the pan.
Mix all ingredients together until the sauce is evenly coating the rice. Allow to cook on a low heat for 2 - 3 minutes or until all the ingredients are hot. If you start to hear the rice in the pan sizzling, toss quickly so that the rice does not burn at the bottom.
Remove from heat and place in a large dish.
My fried rice.
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What's For Dinner Tonight? My Contribution
What's For Dinner Tonight? This was my contribution.
You might remember that after the DHS day, we headed back to Alison’s villa and did some preparation. There was a lot of vegetable dicing going on that night.
I also used some of this....
......placed it in the microwave and got some cooked rice.
I have to admit that I was really dubious about the cooked rice after it come out of the microwave. Short grain rice has a tendency to be rather unforgiving if you add a little bit too much water. And when it came out of the micro, I could tell that it wasn't going to be rice that I would be happy to cook with.
The rice weighed heavy on my mind for a couple of days. Until.....
......until, I got to Yak and Yeti. The rice they served me for lunch was exactly what I was looking for. A simple question to our server and I came home with two of these.
During the planning bit for tonight, AnneBerkery had volunteered to supply the protein. Thanks so much for this!
So, all up.....my starting ingredients:
- Rice, 2 cups - cooked
- Carrots, 4 medium sized - diced
- String beans, a generous handful - diced
- Eggs, 3 or 4 medium sized
- Cooked Shrimp, I don't know how much AnneBerkery got but it was more than enough.
- Kecap Manis, 1 - 2 tablespoons
- Oil, 1 – 2 tablespoons
- Garlic and ginger, about 1 teaspoon of each (but I used less for this recipe)
- Salt and Pepper to taste
The ingredient on the list that had been the subject of a bit of pre-planning chatter was the Kecap Manis. It's sweet and slightly thick soy sauce that the South East Asians use for their cooking. The others hadn't seen it before and we did talk about where to source a bottle from. I was rather reluctant to bring a bottle all the way from Oz and take it on the road trip with me; but I would have if I had to (and maybe left it with franandaj to bring with her). In the end, luvchefmic and franandaj found some locally and they ended up getting a large bottle each. I think I was using the bottle supplied by franandaj for tonight's meal.
I normally use a wok but there wasn't one available at the villa. I ended up cooking the rice in two batches in the pan.
Cook the eggs in a moderately hot pan, like you would for scrambled eggs, in a little oil. Remove from the pan when still slightly runny.
Heat more oil to the pan. Add the garlic and ginger and toss for 1 - 2 minutes.
When fragrant, add the diced carrots and toss for a couple more minutes.
Add the green beans and toss for another minute.
Add the rice and toss together for a couple of minutes.
Add the cooked shrimp and about 1 - 2 tablespoon of the kecap manis to the pan.
Mix all ingredients together until the sauce is evenly coating the rice. Allow to cook on a low heat for 2 - 3 minutes or until all the ingredients are hot. If you start to hear the rice in the pan sizzling, toss quickly so that the rice does not burn at the bottom.
Remove from heat and place in a large dish.
My fried rice.
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= PRICELESS.
old friends new friends. I have been waiting for this post to snag the info on how to make the fried rice. In anticipation I have a nice big bag of cooked shrimp in the freezer. 
