Pork Belly Fried Rice
Ingredients
4 cups cooked rice (leftovers work best)
3 tbsp butter, plus a little more. Any high heat oil will work
2 eggs
12 oz Trader Joe's Fully Cooked Pork Belly
1 tsp Chinese Five Spice powder (sold in most grocery stores)
5 green onions, diced
1 lb asparagus, tough ends removed
1/2 cup frozen peas
4 tbsp soy sauce
1/5 tsp sesame oil
Directions
Cut your pork belly into 1" pieces and add them to a pan on medium heat with a little bit of oil. Add the Chinese five spice powder on the pork belly and stir. Once they become crispy, remove them from heat and set aside. it should take about ten minutes for them to crisp up completely
Wipe the pan clean, then heat it back up and add a little oil or butter to the pan. Scramble eggs and then remove from heat and set aside in a bowl
Chop up your asparagus and onions
Add 1 tbsp butter to a large sauté pan or wok. Once it heats up, add the majority of your onions and asparagus. Cook for 5 minutes
Add the rest of the butter to the pan, followed by the sesame oil, your rice and peas. Mix well
Add the soy sauce to the pan and mix well. Once it is fully incorporated, let it heat up without moving it so that the rice gets a little crispy
Once rice crisps up in a few areas, add your scrambled eggs and pork belly back into the rice and mix
Serve and top with remaining green onions
Enjoy!
