Mexican Fried Rice
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
8-10
ingredients
- 1 (12 -16 ounce) package bacon (personal preference)
- bacon fat, saved from the above bacon
- 1⁄2 green pepper, diced
- 1⁄2 1/2 yellow bell peppers or 1/2 orange bell pepper, diced
- 4 -8 jalapeno peppers, diced hot peppers of choice (or any type(s)
- 1 small yellow onion, diced
- 1 -2 garlic clove, diced (minced if perfered)
- 1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained (hominy may be used instead)
- 3 cups cold cooked rice
- 2 (14 ounce) cans Mexican-style tomatoes
- 2 -3 dashes chili powder (1 pk. taco seasoning may be substituted)
directions
- Fry the bacon just past soft stage but not totally crispy (soft crisp), then drain & save the bacon fat.
- Sauté the peppers, onion, corn & garlic in 2-3 Tblsp. of the saved bacon fat, drain & then set aside.
- Fry the cold cooked rice with 2-3 Tblsp. bacon fat until hot & softly browned, (turning as little as possible).
- Add the tomatoes, chili powder, sautéed items and continue frying on medium heat, turning as infrequently as is possible until desired amount of juice from the tomatoes is evaporated out (may drain tomatoes before hand if you like the dish more firm vs. soft).
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I am a retired professional baker & cake decorator of over 40 years. I have taught cake dec. at Renton Votech in & other community colleges in Wa. & Mont. I am finishing my second year as an Americorps member(peace corps state side). I work with youth. I am a certified facilitator for low, high & portable challenges. I am a Christian,injoy crafting, cooking, cake decorating, baking & being a grandma.
My Native American great grandmother passed on her recipes to my grandmother, who in turn added, deleted and passed on to my mother, who in turn added, deleted & passed on to me. I never saw any of them ever measure anything, it was always a dash, pinch, palm, 1 hand full (2 –1 handfuls, both handfuls (3- bothhandfuls) etc. Every stage was taste tested for preference (yes, even the dry stage), so it also was the same with me.