Quick and easy! Fried Rice

So I love to cook and sometimes I can spend hours creating masterpieces of food with layers and lots of dishes but today I needed quick and easy. Have an evening appointment and only 2 of 4 home for dinner I looked to see what I had available and what can I throw together. So, I came up with Fried Rice.

I started out by making the rice. I boiled 2 cups of water and I added 2 chicken bullion cubes and 1 cup of rice. I diced up 2 celery stalks, about 8 baby carrots, a quarter onion and sauteed them in olive oil and a drizzle of sesame oil. I like using sesame oil but I add too much I feel like the flavor is overwhelming. I added some frozen peas.and a clove of minced garlic.

I had some green onions from my cousins garden so I pulled them out of the fridge and there some peppers in there. I made my son try them and sure enough, they were hot so I sliced one of those up and added it to the mix.

Now for protein. I did scramble 2 eggs and add to the frying pan. I usually would use ham but I didn't have any. I did, however, have a pork chop so I diced that up and for a little more flavor I added some bacon. I buy real bacon bits for just this reason. I grabbed a half a handful and threw it into the mix. By this time the rice was done. I dumped that into the pan added some ground ginger, pepper and a few dashes of soy sauce.

Looks good right? Oh crap! I almost forgot the green onions that I pulled out of the bag! Sliced those up and added them.

Voila! It's done and it took exactly a half hour! Quick easy, tasty! Perfect weeknight meal.

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