How To Make Fried Rice From Leftover Rice
Fried Rice
Just A Thought
Living in the Philippines for a few months means eating three times rice a day. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Although I am not force to do so, I am still tempted to join my relatives eating meals with rice. It is hard to ignore those delicious food which I have been longing for, for many years while living in Germany. Foods that are so inviting to me. I could not refuse to eat when the food is all about vegetables like Camote tops, Kangkong (water spinach), Malunggay leaves and Papaya cooked in coconut milk. As well as I could not refuse when there are fresh fruits serve on the table like mangoes, bananas, jackfruits and all those tropical fruits that are on season.
Well, maybe this is not special to you my friends here on HubPages but for me, yes. Just imagine, you will go to a foreign country. Will you not be missing something? A soda bread and a pint of Guinness for an Irish man, a Rye bread and a Bratwurst (German sausage) for a German, a Gouda cheese for a Dutch man or a real cup of black tea with milk for an English man? You will believe me or not: I am missing these food I mention above here in the Philippines. How I wish I can buy a pint of Guinness when I am so thirsty lying here on the beach sunbathing!
I am fond of eating vegetables that my father is sometimes scared when I am at home because he does not like vegetables a lot. He even baptized me as " an eating grass Filipino." Of course he was just joking. To tell you the truth, he is right.
Well, eating fruits and vegetables is very good to my health. But the quantity that I am eating with rice every meals are huge that I am planning to reduce my weight for the first time in my life. I will be on diet! But before that, here is my fried rice recipe from my leftover from my last nights dinner.
Ingredients
A wok or a frying pan
Oil
A few cloves smashed garlic
Tomato cut in cubes
1 onion, cut in cubes
2 cups of cooked leftover rice
1 cup of bacon in stripes (optional)
1 cup of longganisa or any sausages you like
1 cup green peas or cut fresh leeks if available
1 cup of fresh mushrooms if available, if not a canned mushrooms will do
2 well beaten eggs
soy sauce
salt and pepper to taste
spring onions cut for decoration
Longganisa- Pinoy Sausage
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Procedure:
- Heat the oil in the Wok or a frying pan.
- Fry the bacon or longganisa (or both) and cut into pieces when it's cold. Set aside.
- Saute the garlic, cut tomatoes and dice onions.
- Add the bacon stripes and cut Longanisa into the frying pan. Mix well as it might easily get burned.
- Add the fresh mushrooms and the canned peas or fresh leeks.
- Add the leftover rice into the frying pan.
- Pour the well beaten eggs on top of the rice mixture. Mix well. Wait until it is done.
- Season with soy sauce, salt and pepper to taste.
- Add the cut spring onions on top.
You can eat this recipe for your breakfast or at any time you would love to. It is a comfort food for me and it is a change from just eating a plain rice meal menu. I usually make this fried rice when I have a visitor and you can serve this cold during summer time with salad when you are having your barbecue. Enjoy your meal....
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Comments
you make me hungry :)
Ohhhh...this looks soooo delicious you have me wanting some...I can just taste it... Thanks for the recipe I'll have to give it a try! You have my votes! Have a great day! :-)
Useful to know. Great and fresh idea.
Another to bookmark into my 'favourite recipe' slot.
Thanks for sharing;
Take care;
Eddy.
I do this from time to time also. I love fried rice.
Great recipe, Thelma! I enjoyed learning more about you through this hub.
I always enjoy reading your hubs.
Hello MummyDearest! Thanks for your stopping by. It is good to know that you have made fried rice for your meal. I am sure you know how easy and delicious it is. Have a lovely day.
Hi yvette! How are you? Nice to hear from you my dear. Yep, I make you hungry. Why not try this recipe for a change? There's no Longganisa there, so you can use bacon instead. Regards.
Hello Field-Of- Flowers! Thanks for your comment. Yes, try it and tell me then how you like it;-)
Thank you Lady_E for your stopping by and giving a comment. Have a nice day.
Hello Eiddwen! Thanks for stopping by again. I hope you enjoy your fried rice meal. Bon Apetit!
Thank you Joan Whetzel for reading my article and for giving a comment. Have a lovely weekend.
@Thanks randomcreative. Yes, through my articles you will know more about me. It is a part of my life what I am writing here. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend.
@ irvinetraveller: Thank you very much. Have a wonderful weekend;-)
this is a very delicious meal and a great idea on how to make use of the left over rice...yea I do agree with you that here in the philippines that we really love to eat rice...thanks for sharing this hub..
Thank you looniestlove for your comment. Have a great week!
A fun hub and good use of unused rice. I know exactly what you mean about missing foods from home, or wherever you have been living recently.
SOCIALLY SHARED and voted up.
I live in a country that eat rice every meal. I have a recipe somewhat close but I think yours is much tastier. Thanks for sharing
Fried rice -- and such a tasty sounding recipe. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Great tips to make new recipe, I'm also going to try this.
Anyways thanks for sharing it.
Hi Brett! Thanks for your comment and for your SOCIALLY SHARING this hub to others. I'm glad you enjoyed reading my article.
Hi cebutouristspot! Thanks for your comment. I too, live at the moment in the Philippines. In fact, I have just visited Cebu a few weeks ago. Although I had a bad experienced in my travel, I still want to go back to Cebu someday.
Thank you L.L. Woodard for your stopping by and for giving a comment. Have a nice day!
Hi there, theastrology! Yes, try it please and let me know how you like it. Have a great day.
I am sure that to prepare this recipe of Fried rice, some will make the dinner meal to remain left over. Thanks for SHARING:)
Very useful! Socially shared also added to Pinterest.
Hi Trsmd! Thanks for stopping by and for your SHARING. Have a lovely day!
Thank you jimsmillions for sharing this article. Have a nice day!
Living with a Khmer (Cambodian) wife, I eat rice almost every day! Fried Rice in Khmer is called "Bai Cha" and we often use left over (whatever that means!) rice. My wife makes it very well and similar to this recipe. I like your recipe as there are a few ingredients I have never tried. Great photos! Voting up and SHARING!
JSMatthew~
Great idea for leftover rice. I often let it dry out and don't use it. I'll bookmark this with my recipes. Voted up, useful, and interesting. Thanks for the recipe!
This is what my dad does while I was growing up. He never throw rice away. He said..left over...make fried rice. I think this is how we become wealthy. lol. Thank you for sharing this!
Thanks for sharing such a wonderful Longganisa- Pinoy Sausage recipe..Found it very useful.
Thank you J.S.Matthew for reading and sharing my hub to others. I appreciate it so much. Maybe you can try this recipe for a change. We, Asian people can not throw away leftover foods and we will always find or create some recipe to use it.
Hi Victoria Lynn! Thanks for stopping by and giving a great comment. You can use your leftover rice now for this recipe. I hope you will like it. Bon Apetit!
Hi chanroth! Just like you, I grew up with leftover fried rice. My mother used to make this before when she was still living. Now I'm the one who do it at home. Thanks for stopping by.
Thank you for your comment Fellow Mumbaite. I hope you enjoy trying this recipe. Have a nice day.
Can't wait to try it, thanks for sharing.
Your welcome sunshyne 1975. Tell me how you like it. Boun Apetit!
I live in the Philippines and we eat rice everyday. Your hub is so useful especially now that most of us are struggling to earn a dollar :) Thank for sharing this Thelma! Your "sinangag" looks so yummy! :)
Hi rob_allen! Nice to meet you here in HP.I live in the Philippines, too. Well, for a few months. Like you, I eat rice everyday as long as I am here in our home country. It is such a good thing being in a Filipino family and enjoying every meal. Thanks for your comment and for your follow.
Looks great yummy, socially shared, thanks for the great recipe ideas.
Thank you Flickr for dropping by and for socially sharing this hub. Thanks as well for your follow.
Another great recipe this time for unused rice. Fried rice with bacon, sausages and tomatoes is also very nice
Thanks for SHARING. Up and useful
This looks very good. I always seem to have rice left over when I cook it. This will be a great idea to use it. Thank you for sharing your recipe. Voted up and useful. Have a great day! :)
Thank you viking305 for your stopping by and for giving a comment. Thanks also for your SHARING.
Thank you sgbrown for dropping by and for giving a comment. You can try this recipe when you have a left over rice. I hope you will like it. Have a great week!
Luckily I just had lunch.
Very tempting dishes.
Bookmarked for the future.
Voted up interesting and useful.
Thanks molometer for your good comment. I hope you will like the fried rice. Have a great day!
I make "fried rice" a western way, but this sounds very tasty and with a husband that LOVES eggs I thins it will be a hit.
This is a great idea. I plan to get creative with my next batch of fried rice.
Hi Hendrika! Sorry to answer your comment very late. I just saw it now. Thanks for your stopping by. Fried rice western way is also delicious. Some of the ingredients are optional. Have a great week!
Hello hibblekibble! Thanks for stopping by. Yes, try this kind of fried rice and tell me how´d you like it. Have a lovely day!
MummyDearest 4 months ago
What a coincidence, I just cooked fried rice yesterday..and it is indeed simple and delicious..voted!