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Breakfast Fried Rice
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Laura G.
December 13, 2023
When you want fried rice, you want it! Especially if there's leftover rice just sitting in your fridge. I used guanciale, but for the bacon, you can chop or cut up with scissors before frying. Topped with a bit of chili crisp. I'd happily eat this for dinner as well.
marlene M.
July 4, 2022
People must be interested in fried rice, especially for breakfast as this has been going on for 8 + years. It started around 2014. Even after all these years some good recipes.
nancyggarza
July 4, 2022
I've made this recipe a few times and it is a family favorite! Throw in some kimchi and Lao Gan Ma Chili Oil with Fermented Soybeans and its perfection!
mapplepie
December 6, 2021
My husband also told me to put this in favorite menu list. This menu is soo delicious. We love this.
Joan S.
October 10, 2021
This recipe is terrific. I made it for dinner. It was quick and easy and tasted so good. It is now going to be one of my stand by recipes.
Gayle S.
August 18, 2020
Tried this this morning, but had no chilli flakes, I added a little gochujang instead and can honestly it was one of the best breakfasts I've had. Thank you, it's definitely on my list of "not cornflakes again!"
cpc
February 28, 2020
I didn't have any scallions so I used a small thinly sliced shallot. I skipped the bacon because it's Friday in Lent but otherwise followed the recipe. It's super easy, fast and has tons of flavor. I will definitely make this many times again. It's easily adaptable.
clafount
January 15, 2020
Absolutely delicious! I will make too much rice again just to have this the next day.
Jane
December 28, 2019
This is wonderful. I may have to keep leftover rice in the fridge just so I can make it. I baked the bacon first so it really is a 10 minute meal.
After reading the reviews, I did use a little less soy sauce.but added oyster sauce. I had a leek so that is was I used and made a 30 second soft boiled egg in the microwave and mixed it into the rice.
This a a true keeper.
After reading the reviews, I did use a little less soy sauce.but added oyster sauce. I had a leek so that is was I used and made a 30 second soft boiled egg in the microwave and mixed it into the rice.
This a a true keeper.
nickandhoney
February 23, 2019
This is a great recipe for a very delicious breakfast. My only question is why fudge about the cook+prep time? I make my own similar breakfast bowls (highly recommend adding avocado, cilantro, a little sesame oil and a big squeeze of lime to the ingredients mentioned here) and I’m a pretty efficient home cook. Even without my additions, it takes more than 10 total minutes to sequentially fry bacon, then chop and fry scallioms with rice, then fry an egg and assemble the bowl (you could use multiple pans and fry everything at the same time, but then you’ve made a relatively big mess you have to clean up, so haven’t really saved any time). The extra time’s not a big deal at all - maybe it takes 15 minutes all told? -but it’s weird to me how often published recipes unrealistically minimize the time it takes to make them. Like the semi-famous Hamilton Nolan exposé about recipe-writers constantly “lying” about how long it takes to caramelize onions, this post just made me think, “why not be as accurate about the cooking time as you are about ingredients?”
Wicko
February 23, 2019
Maybe frying the bacon pushes the time up a couple of minutes but the rice is Pre cooked, scallions take @60 seconds to chop and everything except soy sauce uses a one teaspoon
. Fry the eggs when you add the soy sauce. 8 minutes total maybe? Not worth a quibble.
. Fry the eggs when you add the soy sauce. 8 minutes total maybe? Not worth a quibble.
Lauren R.
December 16, 2018
Delicious! I didn't have scallions so I used onion. With some chile oil it was perfection and ideal for a hungover Sunday.
Monica S.
August 2, 2017
Fried rice is one of the items The Gazebo Restuarant (Napili, Maui) is famous for. It's one of the featured photos on their Yelp page: https://www.yelp.com/biz/gazebo-restaurant-lahaina
Donna H.
November 6, 2016
I ate fried rice for breakfast all the time as a kid. Added a touch of curry powder as well. Nomnom
liz O.
September 10, 2016
Thinking I'd like to make this for friends coming for breakfast/brunch. Any suggestions on what I could serve with it?
marlene M.
April 16, 2016
I have commented before about this recipe. It is a great recipe, but even using the lowest low sodium soy sauce(1 table spoon 460 sodium a tablespoon) a 1/3 of a cup is 2300 sodium added. 2400 is the amount for the day for those not watching their sodium. Since the recipe is for 2 maybe it is half.
thechewinn-nova.com
April 15, 2016
Fried rice (Sinagag) is a regular part of Filipino breakfast (like cereal in America) in Manila sautéed in minced garlic, unlike other Asian countries are served during lunch or dinner. It is eaten usually with Tocino (Filipino bacon), fried eggs (itlog) or Longanisa (pork sausage similar to Spanish one) or dried fried fish (Daing). Your Fried Rice with bacon is called Tosilog but the Tocino is fried separately. A restaurant owner in one of Manila’s suburbs began combining names of the popular breakfast items in the late 80s with Sinagag and eggs as mainstays, hence, To-si-log. A long list of these combination items can be found in --- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapa_(Filipino_cuisine)
Jude
January 6, 2016
I was delighted to discover this genius idea via google as I stared down the half-full rice cooker with a slight hangover this morning. Obviously a foundation that supports any vegetable you want to throw in (how ridiculous to go online & complain about not enough vegetables instead of just adding some vegetables!), with potential to morph into most dietary approaches - use fried eggs and add tons of soy and hot sauce to get that greasy heavy sodium bomb that American "chefs," people from New Jersey and men seem to love, use sea salt instead of soy to make it gluten free, omit bacon & use coconut oil for vegetarians, add avocado cubes and cherry tomatoes instead of eggs and bacon for vegans, omit rice for the paleos. Rebelled against instructions (sequencing, seasoning, fat choice, fiber content and egg prep) in the following ways: put a separate saucepan of water on to boil for poached eggs (less cleanup & fat) while I fried the bacon (I halved this recipe but did not halve the bacon, did I mention my hangover?), added green onion in w/ the bacon at the last sec (laziness), emptied skillet contents onto a paper towel & wiped out excess bacon grease, dropped eggs into boiling water, (5 mins is way too long to cook eggs - 3 mins. max!) dumped leftover rice into original skillet, squeezed an entire lemon onto this & sprinkled on those hippy bragg's amino acids **to taste** (I don't know where my soy sauce is, & can I just take time out to lecture complainers in this peanut gallery: unless you are like, a professional wok master in a Chinese restaurant, assume you do not know what you're doing with soy sauce - you can not dump a quantity of soy sauce into anything w/ out tasting as you go!), threw in big handfuls of salad greens (the nutritionist recommends I add at least 1 cup of these to everything), stirred a little, added back the bacon & green onions from the paper towel, topped w/ poached eggs that had been seasoned w/ a little salt and pepper, tasted (OMG), and splashed on some hot sauce (out of red pepper flakes!). Will definitely stir fry broccoli and carrots (or whatever) next time with the green onion. Unless it's first thing in the morning and I'm feeling lazy again. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for posting this. Best breakfast I've had in years.
Jude
April 15, 2020
i mean *the food selection* in NJ diners is totally greasy & unhealthy and IDK why it has to be that way.
Robin
April 15, 2020
It doesn’t have to be...you can get fruit, oatmeal, any kind of egg, grilled chicken sandwiches. All good options.
Tad
September 23, 2015
Hi, this breakfast recipe will keep your tummy filled all day, or perhaps till next morning when you decide to have some more. It's delicious! I used chicken fried rice, b/c that's what I had on hand, instead of green onion, red onion with some chives and red hot salsa sauce on top. Thank you for the recipe.
Katherine C.
June 2, 2015
Where can I find the nutrition values for this recipe?
Kathleen |.
June 2, 2015
Hi, Katherine. I am not a nutritionist and I can't vouch for the accuracy of online recipe/nutrition calculators, but you can give it a try. Hope this helps! http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calculator.asp
Charlotte W.
April 22, 2015
I was thinking about making this for a dinner. What would you serve on the side with it? thanks!
Caryn B.
April 19, 2015
Just tried this dish...after reading some of the comments I was very conscious of the amount of soy I used. I also tasted the leftover rice to gauge its level of saltiness. I cut back by a few tablespoons, but should have cut back more. Next time I will also reduce the vinegar a bit. All in all a satisfying dish.
ARay
January 30, 2015
Looks super delicious, totally going to try ... These are cool variations, everyone! Thanks! In particular, anyone have a suggestion if I wanted to use something other than green onion? Kimchi?
Kathleen |.
January 30, 2015
Yes, kimchi is a great compliment to a fried rice dish. When my dad made this for us as kids, he'd just throw in whatever was around. So things like leftover veggies or even pork make great additions. I hope you enjoy the dish!
Carl
December 24, 2014
Similar to what we do. Shredded ham or lop chang (Chinese sausage) are good additions or alternatives to bacon. We also like a little oyster sauce and/or fish soy added to give it even more flavor. Ever try a small amount of shrimp paste in the rice-Yummy.
Kevin F.
December 17, 2014
Super easy and amazing flavors. Kept the white rice from the Korean restaurant that we could not finish the prior night, and used it this morning. Scrambled the eggs and folded in at the end instead of the fried eggs on top, as one kid doesn't like eggs. A huge hit amongst the family. We will def make this again - and eat out more often at asian restaurants as an "excuse" for our newly discovered breakfast!
Paul K.
December 13, 2014
Delicious recipe, I added pulled pork instead of bacon and a big hit! Want to make a perfect egg every time and eliminate the butter? Use a mug 3/4 full of water, add 1-2 eggs (I suggest two
per bowl), microwave for 1 minute 20 seconds (that's for two eggs, 1m5secs for one egg). Perfect poached egg every time, and as this recipe says the yolk is the sauce so this works great! !
per bowl), microwave for 1 minute 20 seconds (that's for two eggs, 1m5secs for one egg). Perfect poached egg every time, and as this recipe says the yolk is the sauce so this works great! !
taxidog
October 7, 2014
Yum! I have eggs and rice for breakfast all the time! I like brown rice with some kimchee chopped and sauteed in it. This sounds great.
Benedict M.
September 19, 2014
I make a breakfast thing like this. 1 big addition. Add 1 tablespoon of ketchup and yellow mustard to the soy sauce and mix together before you add the soy to the rice.
marlene M.
August 17, 2014
Great recipe, but too much salt.
Kathleen |.
August 18, 2014
Oh no! The excess salt could be from the type of soy sauce you used. Depending on the brand and its use, soy sauce can vary tremendously in taste, smell, and even texture! For this particular recipe I used Kikkomon Less Sodium, which has a distinctly lighter taste than its regular counterpart. If you used light/low sodium soy sauce and still found it too salty, then I would recommend starting with 1/4 cup, and then adding more if desired. I hope this helps! :)
Lindsey
July 25, 2014
Have made this for breakfast five times in the last few weeks (makes a great quick breakfast for bar studying!). Thanks so much for the recipe!
Double H.
May 2, 2014
This was salty for my taste and heavy on the bacon too, but overall still tasty. Love that you eat fried rice for breakfast. I've been doing the same since childhood too!
Jason K.
April 30, 2014
this is great! i just made me some kimchi fried rice not too long ago. good stuff! ^^
Kathleen |.
May 1, 2014
I just made kimchi last night - love it! I'll have to give it a try on some fried rice.
JenJack
April 24, 2014
This was fantastic! Made slight change, so I could use only 2 pans. I cooked the scallions in the bacon grease, and added the sesame oil on top of the rice before the soy sauce/rice vinegar. So, so good!
Kathleen |.
April 24, 2014
That does sound delicious! As far as I'm concerned, you can't go wrong with cooking something in bacon grease! I'm so glad you enjoyed the dish!
Reiss
April 20, 2014
have you got nutritional information for this? specifically carbs and protein?
Kathleen |.
April 20, 2014
Hi Reiss. Thanks for checking out the recipe. I'm sorry but I don't have the nutritional information. I'm not a nutritionist, so the best I can say is to add up the individual ingredients.
Dee T.
April 16, 2014
Un-believable, was just talking about this favorite dish to some co-workers and low and behold….Ta-daa her it is. Looks dee-licious!!!!
Tom
April 16, 2014
Looks really good. I got hooked on fried rice for breakfast years ago in Beijing. But I didn't get the egg on top there ... Yum!
Kathleen |.
April 20, 2014
Thanks! I hope you try it with the egg - the yolk creates a wonderful sauce over the rice!
DawnD
April 14, 2014
I love this breakfast! I got this same recipe five or six years ago from a NY Times Mark Bittman video. So good!
Annie S.
April 12, 2014
In my haste to post I left out "rice"...
Kathleen |.
April 13, 2014
No worries, I do it all the time. I'm so glad you like the recipe and I hope you enjoy!
Annie S.
April 12, 2014
This looks so delicious! I often make a quicky friedfor breakfast but this is an elevated and easy update. Thank you and your Japanese roots!
BavarianCook
April 11, 2014
This sounds so yummy, I am cooking extra rice tonight, so I will have plenty leftover to make this Sunday morning. Congratulations and thank you!!
sil E.
April 11, 2014
Hi Kathleen, congrats!! I'll try this savoury breakfast next time there's left over rice in the fridge, with some greens instead of bacon though (or coconut bacon!).
It seems like a lovely breakfast with an exotic feeling to it.
It seems like a lovely breakfast with an exotic feeling to it.
Kathleen |.
April 11, 2014
They make coconut bacon!? I'll have to try that! I was a vegetarian for 12 years (until I went to school in Italy and discovered prosciutto), so I can certainly appreciate good meat substitutions :)
Sietske V.
April 10, 2014
Sounds like my normal fried rice recipe, it always has bacon (or ham, or leftover pork) and green onions with a fried egg on top *laugh* what makes it breakfast? (Not to say I wouldn't eat this in a heartbeat!)
Also, being Dutch... we slather it with peanut sauce. That would make it a little more breakfast, right?
Also, being Dutch... we slather it with peanut sauce. That would make it a little more breakfast, right?
Kathleen |.
April 10, 2014
Thanks for the comment. You're right! This is not what many people would call a traditional breakfast - certainly you could eat a variation of this dish anytime of day. However, the Japanese tend not to have much of a distinction between breakfast and the rest of the days meals. As a child, I can remember coming downstairs in the morning and seeing my father eating Miso Soup - I'm sure that sounds rather strange to most, but for most Asian cultures that's pretty common. Try it for breakfast - I'm sure you'll love it!
savorthis
April 10, 2014
Sounds great. We have rice and sesame kale from last night which I think would be a great version too. Congrats!
Kim D.
April 4, 2014
This was delicious!! Easy - I had all the ingredients on hand except for the green onion. It came together quite quickly, and I can see it being an even faster dish by preparing the fried rice ahead of time and reheating it to simply add a fried egg. Yum! That would sure help me get out of bed most mornings. Also, when my husband and I made it, we decided we wanted a heartier dish, and we did 2 eggs each. I look forward to this again, and would definitely make for guests!
Kathleen |.
April 4, 2014
Thanks for the comment and compliment! I'm so happy that both you and your husband enjoyed the dish! On hungrier mornings, I have been known to add an extra egg on mine as well. It makes a great 'breakfast for dinner' dish too!
marymary
March 26, 2014
You're right! I never thought about fried rice for breakfast, but your simple recipe has me craving it. I will definitely be cooking this up soon. Thanks and good luck in the contest.
Kathleen |.
March 26, 2014
Thanks Mary! I hope you enjoy the dish - for me, it's like comfort food for breakfast.
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