Today will be a special Sunday for me as it is also the Mid-Autumn Festival which also known as the Mooncake Festival celebrated by the most of Chinese community. The festival is held on the 15th day of the eight month of the Chinese Lunar calendar, that's today. Traditionally, all family members would gather in the evening to celebrate after the dinner. Varieties of fruits and mooncakes will be prepared and they would lightened up lanterns with candles at home or a community open park for this "appreciate of the moon" festival. This year I will celebrate with Simon alone as both of us unable to join our family members and this will be our first Mid-Autumn Festival together.
Besides what need to prepare as mentioned above, I have to thank our most jovial #SundaySupper member - Amber from Mama’s Blissful Bites for her wonderful idea for this week theme. Dishes in Five Ingredients or Less. What do you think? Challenging right? But, I believe you will love this event when you got to see the creative menu list from more than 50 contributors of #SundaySupper with this theme. It will definitely will be a helpful menu for those busy mothers and who have busy daily schedule like me. Can't wait to see the rest of what of the rest have prepared.
My choice for this theme is Garlic Butter Fried Rice. Rice is an essential food for most of the Asian to go with other dishes. To make it more savory and to save time to prepare other dishes, this recipe will be ideal for those who always rush of time. You only need four main ingredients for this recipe - rice, butter, eggs and garlic. It will be a brilliant recipe if you happen to have left over white rice as overnight white rice always have a better result when you fried it. You may choose to just take it plain like that or serve with some side simple dishes or ready made food. For example, I like it to go with some Chinese sausage that I have cut into tiny cubes that I have saute with a small portion of oil and some saute garlic and onions, fresh cucumbers and some chopped scallions. Does this sounds good? Let's try this out!
INGREDIENT
3 bowls of white rice
2 tbsp of butter
2 cloves of garlic (chopped finely)
2 eggs (beaten)
Salt and ground pepper to taste
Some chopped scallions (optional)
DIRECTIONS
1. Melt butter in a large pan or wok. Add in garlic until they start to turn brown and
fragrance with low heat. Add in salt and ground pepper as desired. Toss it constantly.
fragrance with low heat. Add in salt and ground pepper as desired. Toss it constantly.
2. While waiting for the butter and garlic to ready, add the beaten egg into on the white rice
and mix it well.
and mix it well.
3. When the butter and garlic are ready, add in the rice which were mixed well with beaten
eggs.
eggs.
4. Continue to toss for another few minutes.
5. Garnish with some chopped scallions and serve with some side dishes when it is still hot.
Here is the line-up from the #SundaySupper family:
Breakfast, Starters, Butters and Jams:
- Pa Jun or Korean Scallion Pancakes – Kimchi Mom
- Homemade Instant Oatmeal – Home Cooking Memories
- GlutenFree Apricot Bacon Onion and Cheese Spread or Dip – Cooking Underwriter
- Caprese Bites – My Catholic Kitchen
- So Simple Pizza Puffs – Hip Foodie Mom
- Toast Topper #11: Allspice Peach Butter – What Smells So Good?
- Strawberry Balsamic Jam – The Messy Baker Blog
Main Dishes:
- Fresh Basil and Tomato Pasta – I Run For Wine
- Gulasch – Galactosemia in PDX
- Spaghetti with Kale and Sausage – Dinners, Dishes and Desserts
- Appley Kielbasa – The Meltaways
- Shrimp Stuffed Potatoes – Juanita’s Cocina
- Hawaiian Chicken Sandwiches – Supper for a Steal
- Sun Dried Tomato and Sausage Pasta – Small Wallet Big Appetite
- Pork Loin with Port Shallot Sauce – Vintage Kitchen Notes
- Chipotle Honey Lime Pork Tenderloin – Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
- Crockpot Chicken Tacos – The Hand That Rocks The Ladle
- Roasted Shrimp With Chili-Lime Sauce – Magnolia Days
- Peanut Butter Noodles – In the Kitchen with Audrey
- Soy, Orange Juice and Red Wine Marinated Flank – That Skinny Chick Can Bake
- Beef Tenderloin with Stilton Pecan Butter – Noshing With The Nolands
- Herbed Butter Pork Chops – Brie’s Bites
- Creamy Ham Linguine – The Daily Dish Recipes
- Pesto, Tomato & Feta Pizza – Momma’s Meals
- Quick Black Bean Burritos – Diabetic Foodie
- Lumachine with Fresh Parmesan and Sun-Dried Tomato Sauce – Mama’s Blissful Bites
- Stuffed Shells – Cravings of a Lunatic
- Potato Kugel – From Fast Food to Fresh Food
- Goat Cheese Alfredo – Family Foodie
- Blackened Cajun Chicken with Wild Rice – Sustainable Dad
- Roasted Moroccan Rack of Lamb – Maroc Mama
- Sweet and Nutty Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes – Mama.Mommy.Mom.
- Baked Sweet Potato with Maple-Jalapeno – Comfy Cuisine
- Freezable Bacon Egg and Cheese Sandwiches – Big Bear’s Wife
- Grilled Polenta Cakes – Lovely Pantry
- Broccoli and Feta Frittata – Kwistin’s Favorites
Desserts:
- Nutella Ice Cream – Shockingly Delicious
- Fresh Mint Ice Cream with Mint M&M’s – The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen
- Grilled Mango Parfait with Greek Yogurt & Silvered Almonds – Sue’s Nutrition Buzz
- Honey Macaroons – Pippis In the Kitchen Again
- Strawberry Frozen Yogurt – Damn Delicious
- Homemade Caramel Sauce – Chocolate Moosey
- Easy Chocolate Chilli Fudge – Soni’s Food for Thought
- White-Chocolate Raspberry Puff Pastry Doughnuts – The Weekend Gourmet
- Candified Bananas on a Stick – Gotta Get Baked
- Easy No Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars – In The Kitchen With KP
- Chocolate-Caramel Ice Cream – Basic N Delicious
- Pumpkin and Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake – Baker Street
- Peanut Butter Cup Popcorn – Mom’s Test Kitchen
Beverages:
- Five Most Food Friendly Wines – ENOFYLZ Wine Blog
I eat a lot of rice, so this is just perfect for me! What´s not to love about garlic and rice? Have a great celebration Faye!
ReplyDeleteYes, both garlic and butter are good combination....Thank you Paula!
DeleteDelicious, simple and beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOkay! I'm off to make this right now! No reason I can't enjoy it for dinner tonight. :)
ReplyDeleteHahaha....good idea! Enjoy your dinner!
DeleteThis just screams comfort to me! Delicious!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Jen!
DeleteOk I'm seriously craving for some of this right now!Looks incredible and love how easy it is :)I'm surely going to make this very very soon :)
ReplyDeleteCome.....come join me now, Soni!Glad you like it!
DeleteI will be making this fabulous recipe this week! Love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you Isabel! Please let me know the how does it turn out:D
DeleteOh, I need to try this for dinner! It would be a fun alternative to my usual garlicky rice.
ReplyDeleteYes....and am sure you won't regret!
DeleteOh I miss celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival, I grew up in Hong Kong and the Mid-Autumn Festival was my favourite.
ReplyDeleteWow...that's good to hear, Laura. Maybe we should meet in Hong Kong for the next Mid-Autumn Festival ya:)
DeleteOh wow that would be amazing. I can't wait to show my husband and daughter around Hong Kong.
DeleteYum! I will put this on our Dinner List for next week! Simple and delicious!
ReplyDeleteThank you and hope your will enjoy your dinner with this recipe!
DeleteThis is another Lovely Lent recipe I am going to have to hold onto for later.
ReplyDeleteHahaha....Thank you Veron!
Deletethis looks really good! Love garlic and rice together.. YUM!
ReplyDeleteYou're right Melanie, garlic really goes well with the rice! Thanks for your visit!
DeleteYou cannot ever go wrong with garlic!
ReplyDeleteAgree with you, Sarah!
DeleteI love making fried rice here. This is completely different than I normally make, can't wait to try it!
ReplyDeletePlease make more for me:p
DeleteI have not had fried rice in a while. I usually got it when dining at a restaurant but lately it has been too salty for me. I like your recipe because it is simple and I can control the saltiness of it by making it at home.
ReplyDeleteYou are right, Renee! What's is more healthier than home-cooked food! Have a great day!
DeleteThis looks so yummy. Next time I make rice I want to try this! Is there a certain type of rice you use?
ReplyDeleteLane, I just used normal rice that I bought from the store. Glad you like it. Happy trying!
DeleteLove this recipe! I always look for a way to spice up rice. This is perfect.
ReplyDeleteThis looks awesome!!! I love rice and it's a great way to make it different! Thank you so much for sharing, I'm putting it on my MUST cook list!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much! Let me know the result ya!
DeleteHope you enjoyed your Mooncake Festival! I love fried rice and your simple version sounds delicious!!! Perfect for #Sunday Supper~
ReplyDeleteThank you Lizzy! I have a great one!
DeleteYum! This looks great Faye!
ReplyDeleteThanks Martin! Thank you for popping by:D
DeleteI love fried rice! The butter and garlic sound great! I'll have to try this method...it's a little different from how i usually make fried rice!
ReplyDeleteThank you Amy! Try it and you'll like it!
DeleteGarlic butter! Fried rice! Double yum. Can't wait to try this recipe.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jennie! Hope you will like it!
DeleteYUMMM!! Garlic Butter Fried Rice, love this! Looks great!
ReplyDeleteThank you Alice...I love it too!
DeleteMy kids are going to love this!
ReplyDeleteOh....That's great to hear! Thank you Amanda!
DeleteGarlic is one of my absolute favorite ingredients! I never seem to find the energy or time to make a side dish or a starch to complement my dinner, so I'm excited for this recipe :D
ReplyDeleteNot necessary to prepare side dish....this fried rice is good enough:D
DeleteI make something very similar the only difference is that I add small broken up pieces of spaghetti noodles in with it but didnt use the egg. So I am going to try it this way for dinner tonight! It sounds great!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! Hope your fried rice turn out good! Thanks for dropping by.
ReplyDeleteJust wondering how much is "3 bowls of rice". Can you give me how many cups of uncooked rice to start with?
ReplyDeleteThanks
Diane
I was wondering the same thing. :)
DeleteDitto!
DeleteHi...3 bowls of white rice refers above are cooked rice. You may use 1 bowl of uncooked rice to with the above given ingredients. Leave it to totally cold or fridge it overnight before you fried to get a better result. Hope its answer your questions. Thanks for your visit, ladies! Happy Trying!
DeleteYum,yum gonna make me some!!! (O: This is going to be the very next dish that I make. It looks TOO delishuss and is sooooo easy to make. Garlic, butter, and rice! What a combination!
ReplyDeleteYou must try it out! It's taste good! Thanks for your visit!
DeleteThis looks absolutely yummy! Would a bowl of rice be about equal to 1 measuring cup?
ReplyDeleteYes Linda, is almost the same measure. Glad you it! Happy trying.
ReplyDeleteMay I please know what rice have you used? I understand White Rice, but is it Basmati, Sticky or what?
ReplyDeleteHi, I am using sticky rice.
DeleteThank you Rajesh! My hubby is the person who behind of all the photos on this blog. Thanks for popping by too!
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