Menu planning for the day may take up a few hours to sort out what
ingredients I have in hand before I could work out.
Whenever I am lazy to cook 2-3 dishes for lunch or dinner,
Tuna Fried Rice is one of my favorite rice recipe that I could turn to when I
urgently need to get dinner serve on the table before 7pm.
It is the most easiest recipe for me to prepare and serve in 20 minutes or less.
I wished that I had learned to cook Tuna Fried Rice in the first place when I
entered the kitchen.
Although restaurant fried rice is tastier than home cooked, it is expensive
and a bit salty which is the reason why my family seldom eat outside.
Homemade fried rice is easy to prepare, quick to cook, cheap because you
can use whatever vegetables you have in hand, any brand of canned tuna
of original flavor and you can control the seasoning on your own, less salt,
no MSG, less oil.
The best part is, you can use overnight cold rice which will not go waste, the
perfect ingredient for a simple fried rice.
You can cook Tuna Fried Rice with overnight brown rice or white rice but
I prefer white rice because it is firm, chewy and gives the right texture
compare to brown rice.
You can add colorful vegetables such as mixed vegetables cubes sold in
large packet in the supermarket. It is usually a mixture of carrots, corns and
green peas.
Alternatively, you can use mustard greens, cabbage , french beans or green
beans ( long beans) and don’t forget the carrots!
For more protein, crack in an egg after you had toss in the overnight rice into
the wok.
Swirl in a circular motion to make sure every part of the rice is mixed with
the egg.
For this rice recipe, I had used green beans ( long beans) chopped with
carrot sticks, minced garlic and flakes of tuna from brine.
Discard the sauce in the can. I never use the brine because you will never
know what had been added into it!
# A can of tuna flakes in brine water, loosen them up, discard the water
# 2 cloves garlic, chopped
# 1 medium red onion, chopped
# green beans ( or long beans), chopped
# 1 small Carrot , peeled and cut into matchsticks
# 1 egg, beaten
# Overnight rice -yield 2 person
# Salt, pepper
Chopped spring onion or crispy shallots
1. Saute garlic and onions until fragrant.
2. Add in chopped long beans and carrot sticks. Stir fry for 5 minutes
.
3. Add in tuna flakes and stir fry for another 5 minutes.
4. Quickly add in the loosen up overnight rice, sauté it until all the
other ingredients are well combined.
5. Make a whole in the centre of the rice until you can see the base
of the wok, crack in a egg.
6. Allow the egg white to cook until it turns white color.
7. Then, scramble the egg and over it up with the rice.
8. Toss and turn the rice with the egg.
Try to loosen up the scrambled egg.
9. Season with salt and pepper and stir fry for another 5min before
you turn off the heat.
10. Serve into individual plates.
Garnish with fried shallots and chopped spring onions.
11. Yield: 3-4 persons
This is a healthy dish.
Tuna is high in Omega 3 fatty acids, all sort of vitamin B’s and of course,
PROTEIN to build healthy bones for growing kids.
To be honest, fresh tuna fish is much better than canned tuna but when
you need to whip up a quick dish, canned tuna works well with Fried
Rice.
By the way, don’t buy flavored tuna such as mayo, chilli, tomato, etc
because it will spoil the whole dish.
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