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So I'm at Von's, browsing through the meat aisle; then I see it, bacon: 24 pieces, thick cut, on sale. Since It's rare that I can afford to have such a precious item in my possession, I've decided to throw up some recipes featuring this delectable ingredient as I make my way through the pack, since as great as bacon and eggs is, sometimes it's good to change things up a little bit.
First up, Bacon Fried Rice:
Ingredients:
3-4 slices of thick cut bacon (or more)
3 cloves of garlic
1/2 of a small white onion
2 eggs
4 cups cooked rice
4 tbsp of soy sauce
1 tsp of pepper
Most of these quantities are estimates, or what I happened to use this time, you can really adjust anything here depending on what suits your tastes, or how much you wanna make. I also decided to go veggieless this time in the spirit of bacon but you can easily throw some frozen or canned mixed veggies as well.
First get yourself a wok, as a wok is the only way to cook fried rice. You can use a large pan or something but come on bro, a wok is the way to do it, I cook everything on one. Set the heat to medium on your burner (hopefully gas), and wait till it heats up. Cut your slabs of bacon in half so they can fit nice in the pan and then put those bad boys on there. The trick to getting the really crunchy bacon we want that crumbles into the fried rice perfectly is to flip everything once one side is about 70% done, then flip again once that side about the same (this part takes less time). Then it shouldn't take long before this side is that crispy brownish color, which signals you to flip one last time, until that side is completely brown as well. When they're done, throw em on a plate with a paper towel on top to soak up some of the grease.
If you're a boss like me, you've already chopped your onion and garlic, but if not, go ahead and mince the garlic and dice the half onion, then add them to the wok full of delicious bacon grease, on medium. If there's too much grease just pour some into a jar and save it for later. After about a minute, the garlic and onion should begin to be smelling really nice good.
This is when you move the garlic and onion to one half of the wok, and put the two eggs on the other side. Scramble them (cooking them should only take about 30 seconds), and then add the rice. Any type of rice works, but longer grain rice works best because they separate easily. Frozen rice also works great here if you pop it in the microwave for about 2 1/2 minutes beforehand. Add the soy sauce and start mixing. Once it's well mixed, turn off the heat and then add the pepper and the (chopped) bacon you cooked earlier. Mix it one last time, grab yourself a plate and spoon, and you're ready to grub.
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Sorry about not using pictures for the actual cooking process but this was an more of an afterthought. I'll definitely incorporate them into my next recipe though.
