Fried Rice with Preserved Olive Vegetables

Posted by spunky | Filed under Monkee Do, Monkee Grub

W got me into it. She brought out a bottle one afternoon when we had porridge at her place.

I fell in love.

It’s the saltiness, the ‘giam giam’. I don’t know how to use words to describe it. Preserved olive vegetables just kicks ass! You could eat it with porridge, rice, noodles, or use your imagination. I doooooon’t think I will use it as a sandwich filling though.

Our new flatmate (who is moving in next week) is a pretty cool chick, she loves her food! We’ve made plans to bake something once a week, just to get practicing. I got a text message from her yesterday, she suggested a fried rice with olive vege and pork floss, served with chili padi.

We do not have pork floss in the kitchen, so this will have to do:

Fried Rice with Olive Vegetables

  • Cooked rice (it has to be cold, not freshly cooked, you mash the hell out of it when you fry hot rice)
  • Preserved Olive Vegetables
  • Egg
  • Fish Sauce
  • Minced Garlic
  • Cooking oil ( I wouldn’t use Olive oil, I think that wouldn’t taste nice with fish sauce)
  • Chili Padi

    • There’s no need for salt as there’s enough in the olive veges. Heat oil, break egg into wok and fry til you can break it up into small pieces, add garlic and fry till fragrant. Throw in rice, fry till hot and add preserved olive vegetables. Finish off with a dash of fish sauce. Cut chili padi and sprinkle around rice when serving. If you really want the kick you can actually fry the chili padi with the rice. That should send your tongue ablaze!
    fried rice

    I’m really blogging this so that Jin can get her fix. Tee hee!

    Permalink | August 28th, 2008

    4 Responses to “Fried Rice with Preserved Olive Vegetables”

    1. w. Says:
      August 28th, 2008 at 5:49 pm

      Fry the chilli and garlic in the oil first so your oil is flavoured! Then add in the rice and season, then add the egg. That’s how I make mine. :) And I throw in leftover shreds of poached chicken for when I’ve made chicken soup also!

    2. w. Says:
      August 28th, 2008 at 5:49 pm

      Also. I seemed to be blamed for your greedy eating ways a lot lately!!!

    3. spunky Says:
      August 29th, 2008 at 5:15 pm

      Sounds like a plan, I think I might fry the egg first and set it aside THEN fry the chili and garlic in the oil :)

      I’m not blaming you for my greedy ways, sweets! I was born to eat hahaha!

    4. lian Says:
      September 23rd, 2008 at 7:09 pm

      wat is preserved olive vegetables?

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