Clean out the Fridge with CrockPot Fried Rice

Published: Mon, 05/04/15

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One of the (awesome) side effects of using your slow cooker a lot is the leftovers.

Sometimes there just isn't enough of any one dish to feed the entire family again. I really like whipping together fried rice on the weekends. It's pure comfort food, and since I throw it all in the crockpot, there's no need to be home at 5 or 6 pm on a busy Saturday to get dinner ready.

The best part is that when I KNOW dinner is already cooked, we save a lot of money by not eating out while out and about running errands.


The Ingredients:
serves 4-6

2 cups leftover rice/quinoa (brown rice, etc. totally fine to use)
3 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons soy sauce (LaChoy is gluten free)
2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce (Lea Perrins in US is gluten free)
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt (or 1/8 tsp iodized)
1/2 diced yellow onion
1 cup of whatever frozen or fresh vegetables you have on hand. (I had a bit of asparagus, some carrots and peas)
2 cups or so leftover meat, diced 
1 egg 
sesame seeds for garnish (optional)

The Directions.

Plop everything on in there together.

Mix it around, and cook on high for 2-3 hours, or on low for 3-4. You are only heating everything up and cooking the egg.

Serve in a bowl with a drizzle of soy sauce and eat it on the couch. 

In your slippers.

Life is good!


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Last week I told you about the Grokker video series I participated in : Slow Cooking 101. All of the videos (six of them) have now been released and you can watch them, for free, by signing up for a 1 week trial of Grokker.

Just by signing up, you will be automatically entered to win a new Ninja Cooking System --- and we all know how much I LOVE this cooker!

I'm going to announce the winner on May 7 (Thursday).

I had a lot of fun with the filming. The recipes we did were: sweet potato chili, homemade chicken noodle soup, Korean soft tacos, Asian inspired chicken, tilapia with mandarin oranges, and lentil and kale super food.

The hope is that in a few months I get to go back and film a Slow Cooker Desserts series!

Enjoy your day!


May the Fourth Be With You!

:-)
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