Straight Out Of Puck’s Oven # 2 : Twice Fried Rice
Welcome to the second edition of my weekly series - ‘Straight Out of Puck’s Oven‘ and here I present a rice dish - ‘Twice Fried Rice‘ from Puck’s cookbook - “The Wolfgang Puck Cookbook: Recipes from Spago, Chinois, and Points East and West“.
Its a versatile dish and one can jazz it up with any kind of veggies that are in season. This is definitely one such Puck’s recipes which can stimulate your appetite and would want you for more and being a huge veggie lover, I thoroughly enjoyed it…:)
Ingredients
2 cups Rice (Recommended: Long Grain Rice)
4 cups of Vegetable Stock
Salt to taste
Veggies I added- Cauliflower, Green Beans, Broccoli, Tomatoes (Original Recipe: Napa Cabbage, Mushrooms, Green and Red Bell Peppers and Snow Peas)
1/2 Onion - thinly sliced (my addition)
1 to 2 tablespoons Olive Oil (Recommended: Peanut oil)
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup soy sauce
Note: The original recipe asked for 1/4 cup of Soya sauce for 1 cup of Rice. But, I don’t like the strong, pungent taste of Soya Sauce, so I halved it.
Preparation:
1. Place the rice in a saucepan and add the stock and salt. Bring the liquid to a boil, reduce the heat, cover and cook slowly for 15 to 18 minutes. It is important to cook the rice until dry. Turn the rice out onto a large platter or baking sheet and let it air dry for up to an hour. (or) Place the rice on a baking sheet and dry it in the oven at 200 degrees F for 30 minutes, stirring two or three times with a fork. I followed the latter option as its much quicker.
2. Take a fork and thoroughly fluff the rice.
3. Heat a wok or large skillet until it is very hot, pour the oil in around the edges, and then stir fry all the vegetables for a minute. Add rice and continue to stir fry for another 30 seconds. Pour the egg in around the edges of the wok or skillet and quickly stir it into the rice and vegetables.
4. Finally, stir in the soy sauce. Cook for couple of minutes. Serve hot with the choice of side dish!
Off this goes to Kalyn’s Weekend Herb Blogging, this week guest hosted by Coffee and Vanilla.
Have a great weekend ahead folks!
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