Ham Fried Rice

Ham Fried Rice 

The best way to use leftovers

Difficulty: Easy 

Cooking time: 30 minutes 

Serves 4

The perfect weeknight dinner is fast, easy to make, and utilizes leftovers. This ham fried rice is just that. It's better and healthier than take out, plus it’ll save you money! There are a few things you should have ready, if you’re going to be making this recipe.

When testing this recipe, we cooked the rice the night before using some leftover ramen broth, adding a nice, meaty flavor to the rice. Alternatively, you could just use chicken broth, bullion, and white rice, if you happen to have any. We also made a pork demi-glace with the other leftover ramen broth, which was used to season the fried rice. This is an extra step that elevates this dish’s flavor to the next level. Although these steps are totally unnecessary for a weeknight dinner, the extra effort put into it was well worth it. 

Food Dictionary:

• Demi-Glace: Ultra concentrated bone broth, traditionally made with veal. Is a jelly 

at room temperature.

• Mise en Place: Everything in its place, culinary term for having all ingredients prepped before moving onto cooking. 

The Recipe:

Ingredients:

• 1 lbs Ham

• 4 Eggs

• 1 small onion (200g) Onion

• 200 g Carrot

• 200g Edamame (or Green Peas)

• 2lbs Cold Rice

• 3 tbsp Soy Sauce

• 1 tbsp Sesame Oil

• 2 tbsp pork demi glace(optional/ can substitute for chicken demi glace) 

• 1lbs Tofu Cutlet (Optional)

• 1 bunch (5 stalks) Green Onion 

• 3 tbsp Vegetable oil

The Process:

1. Get your Mise en Place* ready by cutting your carrot, onion, Ham, and tofu in desired pieces and scrambling the eggs.

   1. The carrots and onions should be a small dice and the Ham and Tofu should be bite sized.

2. Heat 1 tbsp of Vegetable in a wok until smoking hot and add the onion and carrot. Stir fry for 2 minutes until the vegetables have softened and have begun to caramelize. 

3. Remove the Vegetables from the wok and stir fry the egg until the curds begin to set and remove

4. Clean the wok and add 2 tbsp of vegetable oil to wok and heat till shimmering

5. Add the cold rice and break up the clumps until each grain is independent from each other. 

6. Stir fry the rice by itself for 2 minutes and add in the Ham, Tofu, Carrot, onion, Edamame, and egg

7. Toss to combine and continue to stir fry for another 3 minutes

8. Add the soy sauce, sesame oil, black pepper and optional demi glace and toss to combine.

9. Plate the fried rice and garnish with sliced green onions.