Special Fried Rice With Prawns & Chorizo

A fusion dish that merges Spanish paella with Asian egg fried rice - a great way to get kids to eat vegetables

• Cooking Time Prep 10 mins
  Cook 18 mins
• Skill Level Easy
• Servings Easily doubled

Nutrition per serving

• Kcalories

  404

• Protein

  19g

• Carbs

  45g

• Fat

  15g

• Saturates

  4g

• Fibre

  4g

• Sugar

  5g

• Salt

  1.3g

Ingredients

• 100g basmati rice or long-grain rice
• 85g frozen peas
• 1 tbsp sunflower oil
• 1 egg, beaten
• 50g finely diced chorizo, bacon or ham
• 1 garlic clove, chopped
• 3 spring onions, sliced on an angle
• ½ red pepper, deseeded and chopped
• good pinch five spice powder
• 1 tsp soy sauce
• 100g beansprouts (optional)
• 50g peeled prawns

Directions

1. Boil the rice following pack instructions, adding the peas for the final min. Drain.
2. Heat half the oil in a wok. Pour in the egg and stir-fry until scrambled. Tip onto a plate and set aside.
3. Wipe the wok with kitchen paper, then heat the remaining oil. Toss in the meat, garlic, spring onions and pepper, and stir-fry until the pepper starts to soften. Add the five-spice, rice, peas and soy, then stir-fry for 5 mins more. Finally add the beansprouts, if using, the egg and prawns, and stir-fry to heat through.

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