Early last week, I made fajitas for supper.  I was using leftover steak so there wasn’t a lot of meat.  I got busy making rice and refried beans to stretch the meal a bit.
Not thinking, I shut the rice off earlier than I should have and at supper time, the rice wasn’t cooked. Â UGH. Â The next day I heated it up and cooked it the rest of the way…Even though he’s not a rice fan (unless it’s in rice pudding) I hoped Hubby might eat it..Nope.
Well I am on a kick that I am determined not to let food go to waste so I thought I would make it into rice pudding. Â That’s when I remembered the homemade fried rice recipe I have.
It’s so good…Here’s the recipe.
8 slices of bacon diced
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 can sliced drained mushrooms
3 c. cooked rice (mine was brown rice)
1 egg beaten
2 T. soy sauce
Saute the bacon until brown. Â Add onions and mushrooms cooking until tender. (I added some chopped peppers too.) Â Drain off all but two teaspoons drippings. Â Add rice. Â Combine egg and soy sauce. Â Stir into rice mixture. Â Cook, stirring 2-3 minutes until heated and egg is cooked.
This can be made a half hour in advance and sit in a warm oven. Â The recipe is great for using up leftover rice….yet it doesn’t taste like a leftover at all.
Hubby really like this (even though he doesn’t like rice) as he says…”the bacon gives the rice flavor”.
Today I am hooking up with Patchwork Times.