April 17, 2007
Fried Dace With Black Olive Fried Rice
The rice bucket (饭桶) speaks again! This time, the idea of stir frying black olives with rice came from an item called Black Olive Rice from The Soup Restaurant.
I am currently trying out only simple and easy dishes in anticipation that life will be chaotic and tiring when my little one (trouble) is here. Yes, mom will be here for one month after the baby pops, but I still have to manage myself when she goes home.
I mentally prepare for what is to come by visualizing the various chaotic scenarios. Maybe I can only cook when the baby is asleep (and I am still alive). Maybe I have to resort to Hamburger Helpers (microwavable meals by Betty Crocker). Maybe I’ll just not eat so that I can get back to pre-pregnancy weight as soon as I can (Oops! That is not possible cos then the baby will not have any milk :( ). Lots of maybes…
For now (while I still have a schedule that I can control), I created yet another version of fried rice: Fried Dace With Black Olive Fried Rice.
I used the other half of the can of fried dace (from the Fried Dace With Kailan), all of the black olives, and the stems of the kailan for this dish.
Ingredients (Serves 3):
- 1/2 can of Fried Dace with all the black olives (break up fried dace and olives into small pieces)
- a bunch of kailan stems (cut at the cross section into small pieces)
- 1 red chilli (cut into small pieces)
- 3 bowls of cooked rice
- 1 stalk spring onion (cut into small pieces)
- a few dashes of white pepper
- 1 tsp light soy sauce (optional)
Cooking Method:
1. Heat up 2 tbsp oil in wok. When oil is hot enough, add fried dace, olives, kailan stems and red chilli and stir fry until fragrant.
2. Add cooked rice and a few dashes of white pepper and mix well.
3. Add spring onions and mix well.
4. Do a taste test and if not salty enough, add light soy sauce and mix well.
Cook’s Notes:
- The fried dace is a bit salty, hence the suggestion of the taste test in Step 4 before adding light soy sauce.
- The can of fried dace has soybean oil, so you may choose to use that oil for the stir-frying.
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April 17th, 2007 at 6:47 pm
Hamburger Helper is microwavable? I’m going to have to check my boxes. Olives is fried rice. That’s something different. I will try that. I love olives.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
In the Betty Crocker website under Home / Products / Helpers, there is a picture of “Microwave Singles” so I thought you can just ding everything.
April 18th, 2007 at 3:56 am
Hmmm
I was at Soup Restaurant, see my posting a few days ago, but I din know got Olive Rice.
Next time I go there, must order it. Or maybe I should be more hardworking and DIY. You have even provided the recipe :-)
April 18th, 2007 at 4:31 am
I may have to try this…looks VERY good…thanks!
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April 18th, 2007 at 4:45 am
I doubt you will have much energy to cook after your little one arrives. Your mum being there is definitely gonna help a lot though. Maybe you can consider cooking food in advance, then divide them into portions and freeze them. You can then use them when you need to. In that way you won’t have to endure bland microwavable food and it still saves time. :D
April 18th, 2007 at 8:27 am
KM:
A friend who is a food critique said that the Olive Rice at Soup Restaurant has dropped in standard, so better to stick to their Samsui Chicken and Ah Por Fan Shu Leaves. I always order those.
Jon:
Thanks for visiting. Fried rice is always quick, easy and delicious!
Anh:
Hehe… mom will also be around approximately 3 weeks before the baby pops. “Confinement food” (food a mom eats during the first month after the baby arrives) should be cooked on the same day, that’s what people say. Thanks for your kind thoughts!
April 18th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
I don’t think you have the choice of not eating anything. :) My sister-in-law who has an 18 month old boy, is still breast feeding and she has to eat nearly every 30 minutes. She said that she gets so hungry, because the baby takes out all the nutrition. Yet she is really skinny. I reckon less than 45 kilos.
But any way, I like simple cooking. Simple is the best. ;)
April 18th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
Eat nearly every 30 minutes!?!?! *Faint*
April 18th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
I love Soup Restaurant’s olive rice :D
Think they also put cashew nuts and chilli padi.
Wah…already sound so chaotic to me after popping…:O
April 18th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Ya.. so you better think twice before making one in the USA. Hee hee…
April 22nd, 2007 at 10:59 pm
I remember eating a lot of that in college. We would go to Dallas to load up on Chinese groceries and one of the things we always got was the canned daced in black beans.
April 23rd, 2007 at 8:12 am
I only started eating canned dace when I came to the Bay Area. They have quite a number of varieties eh… plain, with black beans and this latest one I tried was with black olives.