#Bento 109 - Salmon and Luncheon meat fried rice (with Recipe)

Everybody loves fried rice! Don’t you? My family and I love it because it is such a versatile dish to cook, you can add in any ingredients and customize the taste according to your preference.

Today, I have prepared my family style of fried rice for my boys – Salmon and luncheon meat (chicken) fried rice. Luncheon meat isn’t very healthy but well, a little indulgence is fine once in a while I guess?

Preparation starts the previous night. Before I sleep, I cooked the rice so that it will be cool and ready to fry the next morning. I used sushi rice which isn't really ideal as it's abit soft and mushy to fry. Medium to long grain rice which don't clump together when fried will be much suitable.

Why do people use cold, leftover cooked for frying? 

That’s because the rice grains will firm up, making it easier to separate and decreasing the chances of your fried rice turning out mushy. You may also want to air freshly-cooked rice to remove moisture and refrigerate the rice for a few hours before cooking.

Ingredients:

Serves 2 adults and 1 little boy

• 1 cup of rice (cooled or left overnight)
• 1 steak of salmon
• Half a can of chicken luncheon meat  (diced)
• A few stalks of French beans (sliced)
• 5 Shitake mushrooms (diced)
• Garlic (diced)
• Fried minced ginger and oil (I cut around 3-4cm of the ginger) (*very very important)

Method:

1) Preheat the air-fryer at 180 deg for 5 min. Thereafter, fry the minced ginger soaked in oil for 15 min at 180 deg. The fried minced ginger is ready if it has turned golden brown.

2) Marinate the salmon steak with ginger juice and some soya sauce for half an hour and grill the salmon in the oven for 15-20 min or until it’s cooked. Leave the salmon to cool.

3) Slice the French beans and dice the luncheon meat and shitake mushrooms.

4) Add some olive oil to the pan and fry the luncheon meat till they turned a bit brown and crisp on the sides. When they are done, dish them out into a bowl or plate.

5) Next, add in some garlic and fry till it's fragrant. Thereafter, pan fry the french beans and shitake mushrooms till they turned soft.

5) Next, turn the fire down and add in the cooled rice. Add some of the fried ginger oil and slowly use your spatula to separate the rice.

6) When step (5) is done, add in the shredded grilled salmon, luncheon meat, French beans and mushrooms. Add in around 1.5 tablespoon of soya sauce and drizzle lots of fried ginger oil. Turn up the fire and fry for a few minutes. Taste and adjust seasonings if necessary.

7) Finally, add in your secret weapon, the fried minced ginger. Swift and stir briefly until your ingredients are all well mixed and your fried rice is done!

Hubby's set

Rayson's set

Sharing is caring so today, I prepared a a bento box for my colleague as well.

Colleague's set