Recipe: Yummy Dried Shrimp/Anchovy Fried Rice

Dried Shrimp/Anchovy Fried Rice. Easy spicy anchovy fried rice, one of the famous Malaysian fried rice, also known as nasi goreng kampung. It's a simple fried rice with Malaysian traditional taste that surely has a special place in any Malaysians' hearts. Watch how to make spicy anchovy fried rice in the video below Nasi Goreng is a famous Indonesian fried rice selling in food stalls in Singapore and Malaysia.

Anchovy broth is essential in Korean cooking. Learn the basics of making anchovy broth to enhance flavors of your stews, soups, and other dishes. You can simply use dried anchovies (myeolchi, 멸치) for a quick and simple broth. You can cook Dried Shrimp/Anchovy Fried Rice using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Dried Shrimp/Anchovy Fried Rice

1. It's 400 gr of cooked rice, put in the fridge at least for 1 hour.
2. It's 3 of small shallots, minced.
3. You need 3 of garlic cloves, minced.
4. It's 2 of lemon grass, white parts, thinly sliced (optional).
5. Prepare 2 of green onion, separate the white and green part, thinly sliced.
6. You need 5 of eye bird chili/Thai chili/jalapeno (omit if do not like spicy), thinly sliced.
7. Prepare 2 tbs of dried shrimp/anchovy, chopped (can use anchovy paste or anchovy from a can).
8. You need 3/4 tsp of salt.
9. It's 1/4 tsp of sugar.
10. It's as needed of ground white/black pepper,.
11. You need 2 of large eggs, lightly beaten with 1/8 tsp salt.
12. It's of Accompaniments (optional) :.
13. Prepare of Lettuce.
14. You need of Cucumber.
15. You need of Roasted duck (left over from dinner).

Dried kelp (dashima, 다시마), aka kombu, is the most popular addition. Dried shrimp are shrimp that have been sun-dried and shrunk to a thumbnail size. They are used in many East Asian, Southeast Asian and South Asian cuisines, imparting a unique umami taste. A handful of shrimp is generally used for dishes.

Dried Shrimp/Anchovy Fried Rice step by step

1. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a wok..
2. Saute the shallots, garlic, lemon grass, green onion (white part) and chili until translucent. Add in the dried shrimp/anchovy. Stir for a minute..
3. Add the rice, and use a metal spatula to flatten out and break up any large clumps. If the rice is cold from the refrigerator, continue stir-frying until the rice is warmed up, which will take about 5 minutes. If the rice was made fresh, cooking time will be faster. Just make sure that the rice isn't too wet, which will make frying it difficult. Sprinkle salt, sugar and ground pepper. Mix it well..
4. Push the rice aside of the wok. Add 1 tbs oil in the wok. Pour the beaten eggs. Quickly scramble the eggs, then gather all of the rice into the middle of the wok..
5. Mix thoroughly for another minute or two and give it a taste. Add more seasoning if needed. Sprinkle with green onion (the green part). Mix it..
6. Transfer to a plate and put the accompaniments on the side. Enjoy!!.

The real shrimp fried rice, restaurant style. This is how I used to cook fried rice when my father still owned a restaurant. I love shrimp fried rice and this is a quick and easy recipe to make - if you make the rice the night ahead! I've never had a problem with soggy rice this way - cold rice works the. You can use dried shrimp to flavor stir fries, broths, and even dumplings.

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