Veggies – Some onion, frozen peas and carrots, minced ginger and green onion make up the veggies in this fried rice dish. These are pretty standard fried rice ingredients, but you can add or modify with other veggies too!
Eggs – All my favorite fried rice recipes have egg in them! It’s optional if you aren’t a fan.
Soy Sauce – Just a touch to add that umami flavor. You can use whatever brand you want if you have a preference! If you’re concerned about the amount of salt, use low sodium soy sauce.
Sriracha Sauce – We also like to mix in a bit of sriracha or Sambal Oelek to spice things up a little.
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“This was really good. I used this as a side dish with your Cheesy Ranch Chicken last night and the two went really well together. Thank you for the ideas!” – Bev
Helpful Tools:
You don’t need any special equipment, just a large non-stick skillet! If you’d prefer to use a wok, this is the one I have and we LOVE it! It allows us to easily make a double batch in one go, which is perfect since we like to eat this for breakfast the next day!
How to Make Bacon Fried Rice:
Rice: Add rice and water to a sauce pan, bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, cover, and cook for 15 minutes. Turn off the heat and let set for 5 minutes and then fluff with a fork, place in the fridge, and chill for at least 1 hour, preferably overnight. Leftover rice from our rice pilaf recipe will also work.
Helpful Tip!
Too much moisture in the rice is how you end up with subpar fried rice! It needs to chill and dry out for a bit in the fridge, uncovered, for at least an hour and up to a day to remove the moisture and get it just right for making the perfect fried rice!
Bacon: Add chopped bacon to a skillet and cook through. Remove the bacon to a paper towel lined plate, drain off all but a tablespoon of bacon grease into a coffee cup, and fry up the veggies!
Veggies: Begin with the diced onions, cooking them for about 5 minutes or until translucent. They’ll fry up with lots of flavor in the bacon grease! Next add the carrots, peas, and ginger and cook those for 2 more minutes. When finished remove all the veggies from the pan and set aside for now.
