Fried Rice

Ingredients

• 1 cup uncooked rice (I like Basmati, but any long grain rice will do)
• 2 cups water
• 2 teaspoons chicken bouillon powder (e.g. chicken in a mug)
• 1/2 cup frozen peas
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped carrots
• 1/2 teaspoon grated ginger (I buy the jarred already prepared kind, keeps forever in your fridge)
• 1 teaspoon chopped garlic (I also buy the prepared kind)
• 1/4 teaspoon Chinese five spice powder
• 2 slices bacon, diced
• 2 tablespoons chopped celery
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• sliced green onion, for garnish
• salt & pepper, to taste

Directions

1. 1

   Put the first 8 ingredients in a pot. Bring to a boil, lower heat to lowest setting, stir ingredients to mix well. Cover & ignore for 15 minutes.

2. 2

   Place the bacon and celery in a medium to large sized frying pan and cook until bacon is done and celery is tender. Remove from frying pan onto a bowl/plate covered with paper towel to drain.

3. 3

   Drain the excess bacon grease from the frying pan into a bowl and scramble the egg in the frying pan. Remove from the frying pan.

4. 4

   When the rice is done, put some of the excess bacon grease into the frying pan and add the rice mixture, and stir-fry for a couple of minutes. Add the bacon & celery mixture, add the egg and stir-fry for a couple more minutes.

5. 5

   Remove from heat, serve, garnish and enjoy.

6. 6

   The ingredients change depending on what I have in my house -- you can add mushrooms, chicken, shrimp, peppers, beef, pork - the list is pretty much endless. Sometimes I like to spice it up and add dried chili peppers.