Khow Pad Moo (Thai Pork Fried Rice)
Makes 4 Servings
Ingredients
2 cups cooked white rice
1 egg
1/2 medium onion, sliced
1/4 red bell pepper, seeded and sliced to strips
1/4 green bell pepper, seeded and sliced to strips
1/2 tomato, cut into chunks
1 green onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, peeled and minced
1/2 cup pork, sliced
2 tbsp fish sauce
1 tbsp kecap manis (sweet soy sauce)
1 tbsp sugar
1/4 tsp white pepper
vegetable oil
cilantro
cucumber
Complimenting Sauce
2 tbsp fish sauce
2 tbsp lemon juice
chopped thai chili peppers
Procedure
In a frying pan, heat oil. Add garlic. Stir fry pork until done. Break egg into pan and scramble until cooked.
Add rice, soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar and white pepper. Continue cooking until rice is hot, adjusting temperature as needed. Add onions, sliced peppers and tomato chunks. Toss in chopped green onions.
Garnish with cucumber slices and cilantro sprig. Serve with complimenting sauce on the side.
TIP:
If kecap manis is unavailable, use mollasses with a little vegetable stock stirred in.