FRIED RICE DAY: September 20

September Happenings 

Rice, meet joy, in this delicious fried rice. - Anonymous

                                   

On FRIED RICE DAY, opt to make this tasty carb dish, or better still, delve into dishing out Bagoong Fried Rice– in my mind and palette, a work of art, the perfect harmony of ingredients.

I first tasted and got obsessed with this culinary concoction in Thailand. At first taste, it hit the spot with me. 

Truly mesme-rice-ing!

Unlike the well-known Chinese version, Bagoong Rice makes use of shrimp paste or bagoong. The recipe is simple enough.

Stir-fry pre-cooked rice with shrimp paste. The secret, according to one chef, is to let the bagoong “dance” with the rice.

Only then are other ingredients added - toasted garlic, spring onions, shallots, and optionally chilis, cucumbers, jicama, carrots, scrambled eggs, chicharon, and tomatoes.

Garnish with  julienned sour green mangoes.

Life is short. Eat BAGOONG RICE.

Good mood. Good food. Always.

Have a rice day!