Fried Rice

Fried rice is one of my favorite things to make, because it's a great and yummy way to clean out the fridge. I had extra white rice from the pork and black bean stew last week, there was about 3/4 of a green pepper left over from the Mexican rice, and I had just a little fresh ginger left in the fridge from Indian food a couple of weeks ago. Of course there's always garlic, onion, egg, and soy sauce around here. Sometimes if I have extra pork loin or cooked chicken or beef I'll throw those in, too, but this time I had no meat leftovers.

Fried Rice
2 c. leftover rice
2 eggs
2 T. cooking oil
1 green pepper, chopped
1 onion, chopped
4 garlic cloves, chopped
a sliver of ginger, chopped
1/4 c. soy sauce
1 T. sriracha sauce or 1 t. crushed red pepper

Scramble eggs, then set aside. Pour oil in med-high skillet, when it's hot, add onion and pepper. Saute about 5 mintues, until they soften. Add garlic and ginger and saute another minute. Add rice, egg, soy sauce and hot sauce/ red pepper. Let rice get a little crusty on the bottom, then turn rice over so the other side can brown.

We had some Trader Joe's Chicken Curry Sticks (or something like that) in the freezer, so we had those next to the rice. A very quick dinner.