Chinese Egg Fried Rice with Pancetta

Once again this is another very easy dish to make. Pancetta (pronounced Panchetta) is diced smoked pork. It can be found in most meat marts. For my Muslim readers, kindly use shrimps or prawns in place of Pancetta.

For this dish, we will need the following:

Rice (you can use basmati or regular rice)

Eggs

Pancetta

Canola/Vegetable oil

Chopped Green, yellow and red pepper

Green Peas

Chopped Onions

Diced garlic and ginger

Soy sauce

Oyster sauce

Curry

Lemon zest (optional)

Seasoning

Salt

Parboil the rice and set aside.

Break the eggs into a bowl. Add a few drops of soy sauce and 2 table spoonful of water and whisk.

Heat up your wok/frying pan and add 2 table spoonful of vegetable oil. Pour in your whisked eggs and scramble. Empty the contents of the wok/frying pan into a bowl and set aside. Place the wok/frying pan back on the flame. Add 3 table spoonful of vegetable oil. Allow to get very hot and add the chopped onions, diced garlic and lemon zest. Stir for a while and add the pancetta. Stir for about 5 minutes and add the chopped green, yellow and red pepper. Reduce the flame and stir. Add some curry and oyster sauce. Continue stirring. Add your parboiled rice and mix thoroughly. Add the fried eggs while mixing. Season and add salt if necessary (careful with the salt… remember, oyster and soy sauces both contain salt).