Fried Rice

This recipe is very similar to Benihana's fried rice. I tweaked a recipe found on the internet. The garlic butter is what makes this special. Plan ahead as rice must be cold when recipe is put together.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup uncooked Basamati rice
• 1 teaspoon canola oil
• salt
• 1 tablespoons sesame seeds
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter; softened
• 1 large clove garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup carrots, minced
• 1/4 cup onion, minced
• 1/4 cup scallions, minced
•  1 egg
• 1 1/2 tablespoons tamari (to taste)

Directions:

Heat a medium saucepan with 1 teaspoon canola oil. Add rice and saute for about 2 minutes. Add 1 1/2 cup water and bring to a boil. Cover with a tight fitting lid and reduce heat to low. Cook 15 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to sit for 10 minutes. Add salt to taste and fluff with a fork. Cool and refrigerate. 

Toast sesame over medium high heat in cast iron skillet until lightly browned. Set aside to cool.

Set aside 1 tablespoon butter. Combine remaining butter and garlic. 

Heat the 1 tablespoon butter and saute the carrots, onion and scallions until softened. Set aside.

Scramble the egg in the cleaned skillet and set aside.

Once again in the cleaned skillet add the garlic butter over medium heat to melt and add the cold rice. Cook for 5 minutes stirring to incorporate the garlic butter. Add the cooked vegetables and egg. Add tamari and combine all thoroughly. Stir in the sesame seeds.