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Miso pork fried rice

Miso pork fried rice with eggs and green onions
Ever had a Chashu fried rice ? You know, with the braised pork you put on top of ramens. If not, know that this is the kind of fried rices of your dreams, but it requires making a Chashu, meaning 10+ hours of your time. Good news is, you can get a satisfying pork fried rice within 20 minutes instead. You simply chop some garlic and green onions, beat a few eggs, and turn up your wok for 15 minutes. That's it. No funny ingredients, no crazy amounts of chopping. The perfect weeknight meal ! This fried rice is delicate flavour-wise, as most Japanese meals. The meal centers around a rich pork flavour that perfumes your whole meal, offset by lots of fresh green onions, and the rest is subtle hints of miso, garlic and sesame. I also love to add a few eggs, which bring some creaminess to the final dish.

Miso Pork fried rice - Recipe

Ingredients - Where to find them

You should be able to find miso and short-grain rice in any Asian store, possibly even in your grocery store. Careful, for your minced pork, we want it to be quite fat ; I get mine from my local Asian store, because my French butcher makes it too lean.

Recipe - Advice & key points

  • Day-old rice is the preferred choice for stir-fried rices, yielding a drier, firmer texture and preventing your stir-fry from getting mushy.
    • A trick to cook it right before it's made : reduce your water to rice ratio. I traditionally use a 1:1 ratio when soaking 30 minutes or 1:1,2 without. Here, use a 0,9:1 ratio without soaking ; your rice should be dry enough. 
  • You don't want to drench your fried rice with soy sauce here ! The seasonings need to remain delicate.
  • Make sure to get your wok hot enough so that you don't end up with an overly oily fried rice.
  • If you don't own a seasoned carbon-steel wok and only have a nonstick wok or nonstick pan, it's OK. You'll just have to preheat it well for a few minutes ; also use 1/2 the amount of oil indicated ; and cook the ingredients a bit longer, especially the rice.
  • This recipe yields enough fried rice for 3 large portions as mains, and 4 portions as small rice bowls that could be sides with other Chinese dishes such as dumplings, stir-fried veggies, etc.
All set ? Let's fry some damn good rice !
Cooking Method
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Difficulty Beginner
Time
Prep Time: 5 min Cook Time: 15 min Total Time: 20 mins
Servings 3
Best Season Suitable throughout the year
Description

A very quick and easy fried-rice, relying on a rich pork flavour hightened by subtle hints of miso, garlic and sesame.   

Ingredients
  • 330 grams minced pork (shoulder or belly)
  • 300 grams raw short-grain rice (cooked the night before)
  • 4 eggs (chopped)
  • 1,5 tablespoon miso paste
  • 3 garlic cloves (minced)
  • 5 scallions (chopped thinly)
    • Seasonings
  • 1,5 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 large pinch of salt
  • 1 large pinch of white pepper
Instructions
    Instructions
  1. The day before : rice !

    The day before, after washing it around 5 times, cook your rice in a rice cooker or pot. 

  2. Prep your ingredients

    Mince your garlic. 

    Thinly chop your green onions, keeping the white and green parts separate. 

  3. Stir-fry time !

    Put your wok on medium-high heat. Add 2 tbsp neutral oil. 

    Add your minced pork and stir-fry ~10mn until golden-brown. 

    Add your garlic ; stir-fry 10 seconds. Add your miso paste ; stir-fry 30 seconds. 

    Set everything to one side of the work. On the other side (make sure it is the oiliest side of the wok), add your eggs. Let it set ~1mn, then break up your eggs & mix everything together.

    Add rice, and stir-fry 1 minute, separating any clumped parts with a spatula or chopsticks.  

    Turn your heat down to medium-low and add your seasonings. Mix everything nicely for 1 minute.

    Finally, add 3/4 of your green onion, stir and turn off the heat.  

  4. Plate it up !

    Serve, using a small bowl if you wish. 

    Top with leftover green onion. 

    Et voilà !! You're done !

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