XO Chilli Oil Fried Rice

Elevate your fried rice

Tips

• Use day old rice: Avoid using freshly cooked rice if possible - the steam from cooking makes the rice clump together and prevents the individual grains from being coated in the flavours of the ingredients

• HIGH Heat: "Wok Hei" is the indescribable background heat that good fried rice has - that comes from the jet engine sized burners in Chinese restaurants. So crank it up!

• Keep it quick: Fried rice is not meant to be cooked for too long - so don't make too much at one time

Ingredients

• 2-3 bowls of cooked rice, ideally cold and cooked the night before

• Previously cooked protein (chicken, bacon bits are all good choices)

• Your choice of vegetables (diced into small cubes)

• 2 eggs, beaten

• Shum Like It Hot XO Chilli Oil

Method

• Heat wok on high until it's smoking

• Add 2 tablespoons of oil

• If you're using carrots and other harder vegetables, throw these in and cook for a couple of minutes, and then remove, and reheat the wok

• Add oil and then add the eggs, cook until about 70% done

• Add the rice and combine with the egg

• Put vegetables back in the wok and mix together

• Add the protein

• Add a teaspoon (or more if you like the heat) of Shum Like It Hot's XO Chilli Oil and enjoy!