Shrimp Fried Rice

This recipe is light, flavorful, versatile as well as near of it tin hold upward made ahead as well as simply heated together at repast time. It is i of our favorite's (summer AND winter) as well as double or tripled, it is groovy for a crowd!! 

 

3 cups of mutual frigidity COOKED rice (day sometime rice is best)
5 slices of bacon (save 2 tablespoons bacon fat )
1/2 loving cup chopped sugariness onion
1/4 cup sliced light-green onion tops
1 pound of  large shrimp
2 eggs beaten
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon dark pepper
dry crushed crimson pepper flakes to taste
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
Sliced cherry tomatoes for decoration
Any veggies you lot desire to add together (cooked as well as chopped)


Spray your largest frying pan amongst vegetable spray as well as oestrus to medium high. Beat two eggs as well as pour them into the pan, tilting the pan as well as therefore the eggs spread out squeamish as well as thin. When the eggs are starting to "set", sprinkle lightly amongst a few crushed crimson pepper flakes. Flip the eggs over as well as take away from heat. If the eggs don't flip over inwards i piece, that's ok, simply croak along the pieces every bit large as well as sparse every bit you lot can. Remove from pan.

When the eggs are cool plenty to handle, scroll them upward as well as while thinly (to get thin strips of egg). This sounds similar a hassle, but it is an of import usage of the dish; set aside.


Fry five slices of bacon until crispy, take away as well as drain on newspaper towels ready aside (reserve to a greater extent than or less bacon fat).

Put 2 tablespoons of the reserved bacon fatty inwards a wok or large frying pan, add together 1/2 loving cup chopped sugariness onion as well as saute until tender; add together iii cups of COLD cooked rice, the crumbled bacon, 1/4 loving cup sliced light-green onion, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon dark pepper as well as whatever other chopped (cooked) vegetables you lot desire to include; gently mix over medium heat.

Add two tablespoons soy sauce, 1/4 teaspoon sesame stone oil as well as i pound of COOKED shrimp (see note). Gently toss, as well as oestrus through; gently stir inwards egg strips simply earlier serving. Decorate amongst sliced cherry tomatoes.

NOTE: If you lot are using precooked shrimp, simply stir them inwards at the terminate of the recipe.

NOTE: If you lot are using raw shrimp (which I highly recommend), CLICK HERE for my slow cooking method.

NOTE: If you lot are using  frozen raw shrimp, brand certain they are completely thawed as well as drained as well as patted dry before you cook them (or they volition boil every bit they defrost as well as become rubbery).

NOTE: It is of import that the rice used inwards this recipe hold upward made ahead of fourth dimension as well as chilled inwards the fridge. It is a groovy usage for leftover rice. 

NOTE: You volition non hold upward happy amongst the final result of this recipe  if you lot usage freshly made rice.