I am always about using up ingredients in my fridge.
And I am always well stocked with rice in my house (being half Asian, I sometimes have rice for breakfast, lunch AND dinner!)
So when I saw a recipe for fried rice with peas on Thyme for Cooking Blog, I knew I had to make it.
It is this month that I decided to join Secret Recipe Club where we are randomly assigned a blog, and are told to create any recipe from their blog you want. I think this is such a fun idea, because there are so many great blogs out there with amazing recipes to try.
And while I had a mini panic attack when I was assigned to this blog because *gasp* there were mainly savory recipes, I found one that I could do with my limited experience cooking actual meals! I think looking through Katie’s blog has inspired me to start cooking some good dinners, instead of grabbing my favorite recipes and not trying anything new.
If you look at how I made this, I fried everything in bacon drippings because I hate waste and I made bacon earlier that day! But if you didn’t want to trash up an already delicious dish, you should head on over to Katie’s original recipe and try it that way.
This reminded me how much I like fried rice! With two kinds of peas, and eggs mixed right in, I think this will be a regular in my usual dinner rotation!
Fried Rice with Peas and Snap Peas
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup white rice
- 1 cup chicken broth (or vegetable broth if vegetarian)
- 1 large egg
- 2 Tbsp bacon drippings, divided (or olive oil)
- 100 g snap peas, trimmed and cut into thirds
- 1 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1/2 cup frozen peas
Instructions
- In your rice cooker, cook the rice and chicken broth according to manufacture’s instructions. If you don’t have a rice cooker, combine rice and chicken broth in a saucepan, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
- When rice is done, leave uncovered for a while to cool slightly.
- Meanwhile, beat the egg in a small bowl. Heat 1 tablespoon of bacon drippings on a medium skillet. Stir-fry the snap peas for around 1 minute.
- Add the rice, soy sauce and peas, and stir-fry for around 4 minutes.
- Add the egg into the rice mixture, and mix until fully incorporated. Remove from heat and serve!
I love making fried rice – I bet the bacon drippings added some great flavor.
I've been looking for a recipe to use up some of my snow peas that I have growing in the garden and this sounds perfect! Can't wait to try it!
We love fried rice! I could go for a bowl right now! Looks awesome and so flavorful!
Whoa! I LOVE fried rice! And I spotted bacon drippings in your recipe, which guarantees that this fried rice is super tasty 🙂
Love fried rice! And love using everything in my fridge, too. The two go together, don't they? 😉 This is nice — thanks.
This looks so delicious and fresh! I may add shrimp to it if I try.
I'm all for using up everything in my fridge too… although sometimes I have serious *crap* moments and forget about a produce.. i hate to waste 🙁 fried rice is always a great way to use up items you already have on hand. This looks delish and I love the emphasis on peas! Yum! Thanks for picking this recipe for the SRC and sharing!! Cheers!
♡ Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary
I love recipes that only need things I likely have on hand – and this is perfect for that. I love fried rice!! GREAT pick!
I always feel productive when I use up things in my fridge, freezer, or pantry.
Hi Cathleen, I love fried rice… any kind. Yours look so tempting. The cooked broth definitely can enhance the fried rice. Thanks for sharing your reccipe.
Have a nice day, regards
Amelia
Rice cooked with broth must have tasted particularly flavourful and delicious. This looks so yum!