Bacon and Spam Fried Rice

~Fried rice is one of those easy one dish meals I go to whenever I’m low on time and groceries. Like many favorite dishes, it is composed of leftovers; small bits of meat, sometimes vegetables, and leftover rice. In fact, any cravings for homemade fried rice requires advanced planning since it requires cooked rice to be so thoroughly cooled, it’s best to wait until the next day.

Special Equipment:

wok

Ingredients:

4 slices thick cut bacon- diced

1/3 can of Spam- diced

4 large eggs- beaten

5 cups cooked rice- thoroughly cooled

2 tbsp light soy sauce

1 tsp salt

½ tsp sugar

Vegetable oil

Directions:

1. Heat wok on medium high heat. Add spam and toss until lightly browned. Remove from wok and set aside.
2. Lower to medium heat and add bacon. Cook until the edges begin to crisp. Remove bacon and add to cooked spam. Pour out bacon grease into a separate small bowl.
3. Add rice to wok; spread rice across wok to cover surface area. Let the rice toast for about 1-2min. Sprinkle salt and sugar evenly across rice. Toss rice and mix.
4. Add soy sauce and toss until all of rice is colored. Taste and add more salt if desired.
5. Add spam and bacon. Mix evenly.
6. Move rice to outer edges of wok and create about an empty space in the middle of the wok (about 4” in diameter).
7. Drizzle about 1 tsp of oil in the middle and add eggs immediately. Let eggs heat up- once the eggs begin to cook, scramble together while keeping eggs within the space.
8. Once eggs are almost completely cooked, mix thoroughly into rice.
9. Serve immediately.