Friday 2 January 2015

PLANTAIN FRIED RICE

As promised, here is the recipe for plantain fried rice, one of the components that featured on my 2014 Christmas plate. It's a quick and easy idea for a side dish or a main meal and with some boiled rice already on hand, will be ready in a matter of minutes. This is a great way to turn leftover white rice into something effortlessly delicious.

You will need a large wok for this recipe, or any old large frying pan.

I have no idea if plantain fried rice is officially a thing but if you've tried it before, let me know your variation of it in the comments below.


Ingredients
(serves 2)
- 2 cups cooked rice (brown, white, long-grain, basmati...whatever you fancy)
- 1 plantain (diced)
- 2 tbsp sunflower oil
- 2-3 spring onions (chopped)
- light soy sauce
- dash of sesame oil (optional)

Heat the sunflower oil in a large wok or frying pan. Add the diced plantain and fry for a couple of minutes until the pieces are brown on the outside. Add half of the spring onions, stirring constantly to keep them from burning.

Add the cooked rice and turn the heat down to medium. Stir gently to evenly distribute the plantain through the rice and to avoid crushing the plantain pieces unnecessarily.

Add a generous few splashes of light soy sauce and continue mixing for a couple of minutes until the rice is piping hot. Taste as you go along until you have the right amount of saltiness from the soy sauce. For some extra flavour, you can add a dash of sesame oil.

Garnish with the rest of the chopped spring onions. Serve hot...or warm...or cold...tastes good any which way :)

13 comments:

  1. Looks delicious! I think I might add some homemade salsa when frying, made from tomatoes, onion, garlic and peppers!

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  2. I haven't made it myself, but they have it at Chocolate Royale.

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  3. Woooow I have done this before. infact a lot of times but never knew it was a delicacy to some people. Love ur blog by the way. I'm learning a lot here. leeznijis.blogspot.com

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    1. Thanks :) Oh, nice! This was my first time trying it out and now I'm hooked!

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  4. All i do is add the fried plantain to the cooked rice and mix together. no special thing. sometimes I add little grounded pepper for colour or just top it with stew. deliciousness

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  5. I have made this dish more than a few times because of your post. It definitely a favourite of my.

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  6. Hi,
    The blog is very nice. Thank you for the ingredients and the recipe of the fried rice. The fried rice looked delicious and i am sure it's healthy too. Thanks ones again.

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  7. should the plaintain be raw or fried when u put it into the pan

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  8. Made this tonight. Fabulous! I can’t believe it’s so low calorie too. If I wasn’t straight and already married, I’d propose to you.

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