Use It Up Fried Rice From Vietnamese Food Any Day Recipes

VIETNAMESE-STYLE FRIED RICE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Heat the peanut oil in a wok or frying pan over medium-high heat.
• Pour in the beaten eggs. Cook, swirling often to form a flat egg pancake, just until set, about 1 1/2 minutes.
• Scoop out egg pancake and transfer to a cutting board.
• Over medium heat, saute the lemongrass, garlic, and shallots until softened and aromatic.
• Turn up the heat, add the chopped carrot and sweet peas, and stir fry for half a minute.
• Add the sliced lap cheong and the barbecued pork. Stir fry for about a minute.
• Add the rice. Drizzle in the fish sauce. Stir fry until the rice is heated through. Turn off the heat.
• Roll up the egg like a cigar and cut into thin slices.
• Add egg slices to the rice. Toss. Add the lime juice and toss a few more times.
• Serve hot, garnished with cilantro, lemon basil, or mint, or all three.

VIETNAM'S COM CHIEN (FRIED RICE)

Steps:

• Heat oil until it starts sizzling, add both kinds of onions and saute for a minute.
• Add cooked rice, ham, and carrot; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until rice turns light brown.
• Add egg, peas, soy sauce, salt, and pepper.
• Stir mixture for about 5 minutes.
• Serve hot, garnished with parsley.

VIETNAMESE FRIED RICE

Steps:

• Cook onion in the vegetable for one minute on medium heat.
• Add carrot and cook for about 7 minutes.
• Add broccoli and cook for 2 minutes.
• Add sausauge and dried pork roll.
• Add two eggs and stir.
• Turn heat to low.
• Add a pinch of salt and pepper, add fish sauce, add steamed rice.
• Stir well.
• Add Cilantro.
• Stir well again and turn off heat in five minutes.
• Enjoy.

SHRIMP IN COCONUT CARAMEL SAUCE FROM VIETNAMESE FOOD ANY DAY

Steps:

• SHRIMP:.
• Pat the shrimp with paper towels to remove excess moisture, and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, combine the coconut water, sugar, caramel sauce, and fish sauce and stir to mix; taste and make sure it's pleasantly salty-sweet. It will cook down later and intensify but use this opportunity to check the flavor. If needed, add up to 1½ teaspoons sugar or fish sauce, or both. Set aside.
• In a skillet or sauteuse pan over medium heat, melt the coconut oil. When the oil is barely shimmering, add the shallot and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, for 3 to 4 minutes, until the garlic is pale blond. Remove from the heat and, once the cooking action subsides, add the coconut water mixture.
• Return the skillet to high heat and bring to a boil. Cook, without stirring, for 10 to 14 minutes, until reduced to between ⅓ and ½ cup, a bit thickened, and slightly darkened. Add the shrimp and continue cooking at a swift simmer, stirring frequently, for 3 to 5 minutes, until the shrimp curls up and cooks through and the sauce is slightly syrupy. (Expect the shrimp's natural juices to release, thin out, and flavor the sauce.) If the shrimp cooks too fast, remove it from the pan, let the sauce cook down, and then return the shrimp. Remove from the heat, season with lots of pepper, and stir in the green onion. Let sit for 5 minutes for the flavors to settle and deepen.
• Transfer the shrimp to a shallow bowl or plate and serve.
• About the Caramel Sauce:.
• This key Viet ingredient is simply nearly burnt sugar; it's not at all the caramel sauce for topping ice cream. Vietnamese caramel sauce is stealthily employed in savory dishes to impart a lovely mahogany color and build savory-sweet depth. You've likely had caramel sauce in clay-pot (kho) dishes but didn't know it. Like molasses, it can be added to grilled-meat marinades to enhance the appearance of the final dish.
• Don't fear the caramelization process. It's not overly dramatic, and the vinegar prevents crystallization, which can result in crusty failed batches. Employ cane sugar, such as C&H brand, because it caramelizes consistently better than beet sugar. The result is an inky, bittersweet Vietnamese staple. I keep a jar of caramel sauce to cut down on prep work. If you don't have time to make a batch, use the work-arounds in the recipes to make some on the spot. Select a small, heavy-bottomed saucepan with a long handle and a light interior (such as stainless steel) to observe the caramelization. If you wish, use strained fresh lemon or lime juice in place of vinegar.
• Caramel Sauce Directions:.
• Fill the sink (or a large bowl or pot) with enough water to come halfway up the sides of the saucepan.
• In the saucepan, combine the 2 tablespoons water, vinegar (if using), and sugar. Set over medium heat and cook, stirring with a heatproof spatula or metal spoon; when the sugar has nearly or fully dissolved, stop stirring. Let the sugar syrup bubble vigorously for 5 to 6 minutes, until it takes on the shade of light tea. Turn the heat to medium-low to stabilize the cooking. Turn on the exhaust to vent the inevitable smoke. (Don't worry if sugar crystallizes on the pan wall. But if things get crusty in the bubbling sugar syrup, add another drop of vinegar to correct it.) For even cooking, you may occasionally lift and swirl the saucepan.
• Cook the syrup for about 2 minutes longer, until it is the color of dark tea. The next 1 to 2 minutes are critical because the sugar will darken by the second. Monitor the cooking and, to control the caramelization, frequently pick up the saucepan and slowly swirl the syrup. When a dark reddish cast sets in-think the color of Pinot Noir-let the sugar cook a few seconds longer to a color between Cabernet and black coffee. Remove from the heat and place the pan in the water to stop the cooking. Expect the pan bottom to sizzle upon contact.
• Leaving the pan in the sink, add the remaining ¼ cup water. The sugar will seize up, which is okay. When the dramatic bubbling reaction stops, return the pan to medium-high heat, and cook briefly, stirring to loosen and dissolve the sugar.
• Remove the pan from the heat and return to the water in the sink for about 1 minute, stirring, to stop the cooking process and cool the caramel sauce to room temperature.
• Use the sauce immediately, or transfer to a small heatproof glass jar, let cool completely, and then cap and store in a cool, dark place indefinitely.

OLE! CHILE RELLENO SAUCE

Steps:

• HEAT 1/3 cup corn oil in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat; CHOP 1 medium onion together with 4 cloves of garlic in a food processor; SAUTE the onion and garlic mixture in the corn oil until translucent and golden, and almost caramelized.
• ADD 1/3 cup flour to the saute mixture; STIR the mixture as it cooks, until it is deep golden in color (mixture will be paste-like).
• PLACE into the large bowl of a food processor enough fresh ripe Roma tomatoes to yield approximately 1 1/2 cups pureed, and one stem-removed seeded fresh jalapeno pepper; PROCESS both until pulverized.
• TRANSFER the sauteed onion and garlic roux from the saucepan into the bowl of the food processor with the tomatoes and jalapeno, submerging the into the pulverized mixture first.
• PROCESS until all ingredients until finely pureed.
• POUR pureed mixture into the same medium saucepan.
• STIR in 5 cups water, 2 teaspoons salt, 1 1/2 teaspoons crushed Mexican oregano (crush between fingers) 1/4 teaspoon finely ground black pepper, and 1 small bay leaf.
• BRING mixture to boiling while whisking; REDUCE heat to medium and cook for about 45 minutes, whisking occasionally, or until desired consistency is reached; COVER slightly vented so steam can escape; KEEP sauce warm over lowest heat, whisking occasionally until served, or reheat and stir before serving.
• POUR a small pool of warmed sauce onto chile relleno serving plate; PLACE chile relleno over sauce; TOP chile relleno with additional sauce; GARNISH as desired; SERVE.
• SNAP your fingers and shout,"OLE!".