Bacon Garlic Fried Rice
An easy-to-make comfort food using leftover rice, made flavorful with bacon, eggs, and garlic! From prep to table in only 15 minutes!
Servings 4 servings
Calories 467kcal
Cost $5
Equipment
- Wok
Ingredients
- 6 Slices Bacon sliced ¼" thick
- 1 Clove Garlic finely chopped
- 2 Cups Cooked Long Grain Rice preferably a day or two days old
- 2 Eggs
- Salt & Pepper to Taste
Instructions
- In a wok over medium-high heat, add bacon (sliced ¼ inch thick).
- Add chopped garlic and sauté for about a minute. Try to get that garlic that nice golden color and with a slight crispness to it. Be careful not to burn it. Burnt garlic tastes bitter and you do not want that!
- Add the rice. Toss everything together for about 2 minutes.
- Add the eggs, stir, and toss all the ingredients together. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Notes
- Baking the bacon in the oven, lends a healthier benefit in that all of the grease drips out of the bacon and onto the pan.
- Cooking time will vary depending on thickness of bacon.
- Long grain rice is a better choice for this recipe since long grain rice has less starch and when cooked it is less sticky and the grain separates - allowing for the garlic flavor to really blend in nicely with the rice.
- For reason mentioned above, the older the rice (and has been in the refrigerator) allows for it to be drier and again will impart more of a garlicky flavor.