Fried Rice

Ingredients:

• Peanut oil (2 tbs)
• Rindless bacon rashers-cut crossways into long thin strips (150g)
• Medium green prawns-peeled, deveined and chopped (300g)
• Small red capsicum-halved, deseeded and finely chopped (1)
• Frozen peas (300g-2 cups)
• Eggs-lightly whisked (3)
• Cooked long-grain white rice-cooled (600g -4 cups)
• Bean sprouts (65g-1 cup)
• Soy sauce (2 tbs)
• Green shallots-trimmed, diagonally and thinly sliced (2)

(For the pre-cooked rice- Cook around 300g raw long grain rice a day before you prepare this recipe. This would let the rice dry and also keep the grains less sticky. Once it is cooked, keep in an airtight container and place this in the refrigerator.)

Preparation:
Take a large wok and heat some oil in it over high heat. Next, you need to add the bacon. Stir-fry this mixture for 2 minutes. Toss in the prawns, peas, capsicum and stir-fry it for 1 minute. Now, reduce the heat to a medium-high and pour the eggs into the wok. You will have to use a wooden spoon to break up the eggs. Now, add the cooked rice to the wok. Cook this for 2 minutes and toss it well. Wait till it gets cooked thoroughly. Once done, mix the bean sprouts and the soy sauce to the wok. Keep the heat on medium and keep tossing for a minute to combine the ingredients well. Serve the rice in bowls and sprinkle some green shallots over this. Serve immediately.