Recipe: Perfect Dried Shrimp/Anchovy Fried Rice

Dried Shrimp/Anchovy Fried Rice. Dried shrimp is a good ingredient for banchan; side dish. Stir fry it and coat with syrup will result in very crispy texture and sweet taste. Myulchi bokkeum (멸치볶음), stir-fried dried anchovies, is a staple side dish in Korea.

Spicy Shrimp Fried Rice made healthier using leftover cooked brown rice, a delicious whole grain that's high in fiber, so it fills you up. Otherwise it won't be dry enough to fry and come out a but mushy. Therefore, this weeknight dish comes together really fast. You can have Dried Shrimp/Anchovy Fried Rice using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

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

One of the famous fried rices in Malaysia. Spicy and uses anchovies in it. In a mortar, pound the shallots, garlic, dry shrimps, dry anchovies and chillies into a paste. You can also use a blender or food processor.

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!!.

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. You can substitute with dry sherry for Japanese cooking sake. Almonds, brown sugar, dried anchovies, garlic, peanuts, rice syrup, sesame oil, sesame seeds, soy sauce, sugar, vegetable oil, walnuts, water, white sugar. Keyword: Fried Rice, shrimp fried rice.