Name: Fried rice with bacon and rosemary
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 4 rashers of bacon; 1 small onion; ½ red bell pepper; 1 rosemary stalk, leaves only; 1 clove of garlic, minced; 250g steamed rice; ½ cup chicken stock; 1 Lemon, juiced and zested; 2 Tbsp chopped parsley; Paprika or cayenne

Fried rice with bacon and rosemary

28 Dec 2021

by Dinna

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

15 minutes

Total Time

25 minutes

Background

This recipe is an ideal to use up leftover steamed rice or you can use ready-cooked rice sold in the supermarkets. You can serve this as quick meal with a crispy salad (perhaps add some tinned lentils or chickpeas to the recipe), or a side dish in a roast dinner menu (it goes well with roasted turkey and goose).

Ingredients

4 rashers of bacon
1 small onion
½ red bell pepper
1 rosemary stalk, leaves only
1 clove of garlic, minced
250g steamed rice
½ cup chicken stock
1 Lemon, juiced and zested
2 Tbsp chopped parsley
Paprika or cayenne

Instructions

Cut the bacon into cubes, the onion and red pepper into thin slices.
Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the bacon, onion and red pepper for 5-8 minutes until tender. Add the garlic and rice and stir-fry for 3 minutes then pour in the stock, lemon juice and lemon zest.
Season with ground pepper, then cook for 5 minutes until the liquid has reduced, then stir in the parsley.
Serve with a pinch of paprika or cayenne.