MY FRIED RICE BOWLS with PORK TENDERLOIN and HARD BOILED EGGS

​Fried rice is such a staple. You can make it in a heartbeat with whatever ingredients you may have in your pantry and fridge. If you prefer seafood, use shrimp or even fish, scallops, chicken, beef, your choice. The basics are always the same: soy sauce, pre-cooked rice and beaten eggs and chances are that you already have these ingredients at home.
 
Approximate Prep and Cooking Time: 45 minutes
Approximate Cost: $16.30 or $2.33 per serving
Difficulty Level:     X    Easy ____ Intermediate ____ Advanced
Servings: 7
 
Ingredients for the dish (minus white rice) ($14.55)
2 pork tenderloins, cleaned and cut in cubes (@3.46 ea. = $6.92)
1 tbsp. Angie’s dry seasoning (.35)
1/3 c. Angie’s basting olive oil ($1.25)
1 med-size onion, chopped (.40)
4 large garlic cloves, chopped (.35)
2 c. broccoli florets ($1.25)
1 small pk. or baby Bella mushrooms, chopped in large pieces ($1.25)
1 red or orange bell pepper, chopped (.69)
3 large beaten eggs (.48)
6 hard boiled or poached eggs (.96)
1/3 c. Soy sauce (.70)
Cilantro to garnish
 
Ingredients for the White Rice (1.75)
3 c. of cooked white rice ($1.20)
6 cups of water (.0)
1 tbsp. Angie’s basting oil (.40)
1 tsp. salt (.15)
 
DIRECTIONS

• Hard boil the 6 eggs, peel and set aside.
• Clean and cut the pork in cubes of about 1”.
•  Season the pork cubes with Angie’s dry seasoning and 1 tbsp. of my basting oil. Heat 1 tbsp. of basting oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Brown pork, about 4 minutes.
• Remove from stove, spoon 1 tbsp. of soy sauce over pork and set aside.
• In the same skillet, reduce heat to medium. Add 2 tbsp. of my basting oil, chopped onion and pepper, sauté 4 to 5 minutes, until crisp-tender.
• In a small fry pan add the beaten eggs, scramble into large pieces until almost done.
• Back to your large skillet or pot, stir fry your pre-cooked rice in whatever is left of your oil, add 3 tbsp. soy sauce or more to-taste, stir, add all the veggies and pork and mix well. Then add the scrabble eggs to the rice mixture and stir well.
• Divide rice among your bowls. Make sure that pork pieces are visible on the top of each bowl, garnish with a hard boiled egg cut in half and cilantro.

NOTE #1: You should cook the rice the morning or day before you are using this recipe.
 
NOTE #2: Notice that I kept the salty seasoning low, to ensure the soy sauce don’t overpower the final dish with salt.
 
HACK: In addition to soy sauce, I always add Sesame oil to my fried rice or any Asian dish. It enhances the flavor or the dish.