Modified Luau Fried Rice

Rice – you either like it or hate it . Carbs infused little granules yet sooo delicious. The fragrance it emits when its cook – how the smell fills the house .. Got to love it. Sure it piles on the pounds but in moderation is a great food. Rice a staple in my part of the found can be eaten on its on with gravy or fried. Different regions in Asia have their own blend of fried rice variation. The Malay & Indian communities have a spicy version of fried rice where as the Chinese have a more milder version cooked with soy sauce and a tinge of white pepper and sesame seed oil. My mom uses chili and onion paste with eggs a very simple dish but none the less delicious especially when eaten with fish crackers or sliced cucumbers or both. My version of fried rice is taken from the internet. I modified it here and there and voila I get fried rice. This is one of my favorites and I have sliced cucumber and fried chicken as accompaniment. The actual recipe is called Luau fried rice a Hawaiian/Chinese version of the fried rice and it can be found at http://gohawaii.about.com/od/luaurecipes/r/fried_rice.htm

The modified version of the recipe is below ..

Modified Luau Fried Rice

Ingredients:-
3 cups cooked rice (best left over night)
1 Onions (sliced)
1 inch Ginger (sliced)
2 cloves Garlic (sliced)
3 tbsp Onion paste
1 tbsp Ginger/Garlic paste
¼ tbsp Anchovy granules (optional)
¼ tbsp Chicken granules
2 tbsp Oyster sauce
2 tbsp Light soy sauce
1 tbsp Sesame oil
½ tbsp White pepper

3 Eggs
1 cup Beef (thinly sliced)
1 cup Chicken breasts (sliced)
1 cup Shrimp (tails left on back cut)

5 Shitake mushroom (sliced
4 ears Baby corn (sliced sideways)
1 Carrots (sliced sideways)
5 Snap peas (cut into half)
2 fresh Red chili
2 fresh Green chili

For garnishing
Fried shallots
Green onions (chopped)

Directions:-
1- Break the eggs into a bowl and beat lightly. Fry the eggs, using a
fork breaking the egg so it forms small pieces. Set aside.
2- Heat oil then fry the sliced onions, ginger and garlic for about 2
mins before adding in the beef . Fry until the beef is cooked.
3- Add in the onion and ginger and garlic paste fry for about 3 mins
before adding in the chicken slices.
4- Add in the soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil, white pepper,
chicken & anchovy granules. Mix around well for a minute or so.
5- Add in the shrimp and red & green chilies.
6- Add in the vegetables fry for a min.
7- Add in the rice. Mix well before adding the eggs. Fry for 2 mins and serve. Garnish
with shallots & green onions. Accompany this with fried chicken (recipe below) and
cucumber (optional)

Simple fried chicken
Ingredients:-
500gms Small chicken pieces
(breasts cut into small pieces, wings are best)
1 tbsp Chili powder
1 tsp Turmeric
Salt to taste

Method:-
1- Mix all the ingredients together and rub all over chicken set aside for about 20 mins
before frying.

2 - Deep fry till brown then serve.

The amount of sauces used for the fried rice can be adjusted so suit your taste buds. Salt is omitted seeing all the sauces already have salt in it but if you need salt in your diet feel free to add it in. The amount of meats & vegetables are up to your liking too. The fresh chilies are optional. I only added it because we enjoy some spice in our rice. Feel free to omit it.

And the finish product of this recipe is this …..

Its simple fast and yummy .. happy trying, cooking and eating .. ;))