Thai Fried Rice

Rice and shine and try this awesome recipe.

This recipe uses Yellowfin Tuna Fillets with Spicy Thai Chili in Olive Oil (But you can use your preferred Tonnino flavor.) Learn More

Ingredients

Rice:

4 cups of rice (white or brown) – cooked as directed
2 jars of Tonnino Thai Chili Albacore, drained and chopped
½ cup of shredded carrots
2 – 3 cloves of garlic minced
3 TB neutral oil
4 eggs scrambled
2 TB fish sauce
1 cup of tomatoes (any kind), diced
3 scallions, thinly sliced
1 ½ tsp of freshly grated ginger
¼ cup of cilantro chopped
1 cucumber, halved, deseed and sliced
Garnish with extra scallions, fresh sliced chili, crushed red pepper and lime wedges

For Rice

Make rice as directed, cool and set aside
Chop tuna into large chunks and set aside
Scramble eggs and set aside
In a large skillet add remaining oil and over medium high heat sauté garlic, ginger, carrots, tomato, salt and pepper for about 2 minutes
Add eggs, rice, fish sauce and scallions to pan with vegetables. Toss to together and warm through.
Turn off heat add tuna. Toss together and serve immediately
Garnish with cucumber, cilantro, extra scallions and crushed red pepper

If you like it spicy add additional crushed red pepper and to brighten the dish up even further add a squeeze of fresh lime

Spicy and Fresh

If fish sauce isn’t your thing feel free to omit it and add extra ginger, garlic and scallions or maybe even a splash of soy sauce