Ingredients:
3 cups cooked Jasmine rice (Best if this is leftover cooked rice from the following day)
1 tbsp turmeric powder
4 slices of bacon, cooked and crumbled
2 tbsp reserved bacon grease
4 tbsp unsalted butter
1/2 cup of frozen peas
1/2 cup of cooked chicken, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 whole egg, beaten
1/4 cup soy sauce, optional
salt to taste, optional
Directions
1. Start by cooking your rice. Rinse the rice until the rice is no longer cloudy. We use a rice cooker, using a 1-to-1 cooking method; 3 cups of rice to 3 cups of water. Add the turmeric and the garlic to the rice cooker and give a good stir. Cook, and serve if you would like. That’s what I did, served alongside grilled chicken. I then used the remaining leftover chicken and cooked rice the following day for this recipe.
2. When you are ready to make your fried rice, start by cooking the bacon. Once cooked, remove and set aside on a plated lined with paper towel. Reserve about 2 tablespoons of the bacon grease, then add the butter and let that cook on medium heat until it is nice and bubbly.
3. Add the chicken and get a bit of color onto it, cooking for a couple of minutes. Add the rice and start breaking it up with your wooden spoon.
4. After a few minutes of cooking the rice, add the beaten egg, and start mixing up the rice.
5. Next add the bacon pieces, soy sauce, and continue to cook.
6. Turn up the heat to medium-high. Add the peas, and stir.
7. Continue cooking on medium-high heat until you get a bit of some crispy fried rice going on. Once you are satisfied, taste, and season with any salt, or other remaining things you might like in a fried rice such as chili flakes, or chopped chilies.
