It's almost irresponsible of me to tell you about the way I served this meal to my kids -- because it's exactly the way that, if practiced often enough, will drive you to swear off family dinner forever. I love fried rice. Before Andy and I had kids we'd make it with shrimp and pork and chicken all the time. Or at least we'd always make it when we had leftover rice from sushi or Chinese takeout, which was surprisingly often. Nowadays, though, with Trader Joe's frozen cooked rice (which I highly recommend) we can, in theory make fried rice meals as the main event instead of the spinoff. But we don't. That's because, as most of you know by now, we have two miniature egg-o-thropes in the house. And one rice-hater to boot. I've spent more hours that I should probably admit, thinking about how to deconstruct this old favorite so that we can all enjoy it in one form or another as a family meal. But as I found out yesterday, some things are just not meant to be. Even quick and easy and cheap and deLISHous meals like this one. Abby ended up having her version as you see below -- with pork, rice, and peas that were tossed with soy sauce tableside. Phoebe ended up having...a barbecue pork sandwich on a biscuit and a butter lettuce salad with tomatoes and onions on the side. What was supposed to be quick and easy and delicious became drawn-out and complicated and...delicious. In spite of the drama, I'm giving you the recipe anyway -- it's pretty clear I won't make it again until the girls are college-bound, but it's too good a recipe to not share with families who might have better children luck. Who says I don't do anything nice for you?
Quick and Easy Pork Fried Rice
Quick and Easy Pork Fried Rice
Quick and Easy Pork Fried Rice
It's almost irresponsible of me to tell you about the way I served this meal to my kids -- because it's exactly the way that, if practiced often enough, will drive you to swear off family dinner forever. I love fried rice. Before Andy and I had kids we'd make it with shrimp and pork and chicken all the time. Or at least we'd always make it when we had leftover rice from sushi or Chinese takeout, which was surprisingly often. Nowadays, though, with Trader Joe's frozen cooked rice (which I highly recommend) we can, in theory make fried rice meals as the main event instead of the spinoff. But we don't. That's because, as most of you know by now, we have two miniature egg-o-thropes in the house. And one rice-hater to boot. I've spent more hours that I should probably admit, thinking about how to deconstruct this old favorite so that we can all enjoy it in one form or another as a family meal. But as I found out yesterday, some things are just not meant to be. Even quick and easy and cheap and deLISHous meals like this one. Abby ended up having her version as you see below -- with pork, rice, and peas that were tossed with soy sauce tableside. Phoebe ended up having...a barbecue pork sandwich on a biscuit and a butter lettuce salad with tomatoes and onions on the side. What was supposed to be quick and easy and delicious became drawn-out and complicated and...delicious. In spite of the drama, I'm giving you the recipe anyway -- it's pretty clear I won't make it again until the girls are college-bound, but it's too good a recipe to not share with families who might have better children luck. Who says I don't do anything nice for you?