Friday, November 7, 2014

Salmon Fried Rice

I took this recipe from Nami's blog from "Just One Cookbook". This is such a great , simple and absolutely delicious recipe. Since I always have salmon in my freezer, I just had to grab the salmon and the rest of the ingredients to make this dish.
Salmon Fried Rice

Ingredients

2 cups of cold cooked short grain rice
2 eggs beaten
1 stalk of green onions, chop the white and green parts separately
4 oz of salmon fillet
1 red jalapeno pepper
2 tsp soy sauce or to taste
2 tablespoon cooking oil

for the salmon marinade,

mix together:
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon brown sugar
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon white pepper powder

Directions

1. Cube the salmon fillet into 1 cm cubes and pour the marinate over the cubed salmon. Leave the salmon to marinade for about 1/2 - 1 hour.
2. After about 1/2 or 1 hour of marination, lightly oil a grill pan and grill the salmon cubes. Once the salmon is done, remove from the pan and keep aside.
3. Heat a wok with 1 tablespoon of cooking oil and scramble the beaten egg. Remove the scrambled eggs from the wok and keep aside.
4. Heat the other tablespoon of oil and add the chopped white part of the green onion.
5. Add the cold rice, scrambled eggs, sliced red jalapeno pepper and stir fry for a minute or two.
6. Add in the grilled salmon and season the fried rice the soy sauce.
7. Finally add in the chopped green onions and fry for another 1 minute.
8. Dish up and serve,