BBQ Fried Rice

Okay so today was a good day. I was able to enjoy my day off with my brother and nephew. We hit up the Tim Burton Exhibit at the MoMa, lunch at The Burger Joint at the Parker Medien, desert at The Cold Stone Creamery then finally off to see Avatar. Amazing hookie day! My name is Eddie and it's my turn to write.

Today I have to cook something fun for the blog and I was feeling a little uninspired. I snooped around in the fridge and saw some left over Pork Ribs (Brother Jimmy's: Bait Shack) from my sister's birthday bash last night. So I have a kooky idea: BBQ Fried Rice. In the true nature of Fried Rice it utilizes left over ingredients from previous meals to make a new dish. For those of you who are big pasta fans it's the Chinese version of Puttanesca.

So here's what you need:

1. 2 cups of minced BBQ meat (Ribs, Brisket, Pork whatever you have on hand)
2. 6 Cups of Cooked Medium Grain Rice (1 Day old even better)
3. 1 cup Diced Sweet Potatoes (Sauteed with Salt and Pepper)
4. 6 Eggs Scrambled just under done with salt and pepper
5. 1 cup of Corn optional
6. Salt, Pepper, and Fresh Garlic
7. Vegetable / Canola / Peanut Oil
8. BBQ Sauce and Cajun Seasoning Optional

Hardware:

1. Sautee Pan to Sautee the Sweet Potatoes.
2. Pot or any vessel with a high rim
3. Wooden Spoon or Spatula

Start the party off with your Mise En Place. Basically get all of your ingrediants both cooked and raw ready to go. Are ya with me so far? This is Stir Fry people so you have to be ready to boogie when the time is right. It'll make your life so much easier and Stir Fry won't as intimidating when you're prepared.

Get your pot on the stove with 4 tablespoons of the oil you plan on using at at medium high heat. I like to use a large rimmed stainless steel pot like my sturdy All Clad 6 qt. Stainless Steel Pot you can use a Wok or a Dutch Oven if you like. With stir fry you will be using high heat and the ingrediants need to constantly move or they will burn. Wih a high rim your ingrediants won't end up all over your counter top as you flip and stir.

As you see the oil get hot and ripple through toss your minced garlic in. I like to use about 3 teaspooons.
 

The garlic will react quickly so once it begins to lightly brown and become fragrant toss in your chopped meat in for 5 minutes.

Next is the Corn and sweet potatoes for about 2 minutes.

Next is the Rice for 4 minutes.

Finally is the scrambled eggs. Just incoporate with stirring and folding.

Salt and Pepper to taste. At this point if youre real funky you can use 2 table spoons of your favorite BBQ sauce and / Or a tablespoon of your favority Cajun seasoning. For today I used Tony Chacherie's Hot Cajun seasoning.

Give it a good rigourous stir on a medium high for about 5 minutes and you're ready for some "Ragin,' Cajun,' Asian Fried Rice". Wok and Roll baby! I'll catch ya in two weeks!