Home cook uses a slow cooker to prepare fried rice

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The easiest ‘isolation meal’ yet: Home cook shares her easy slow cooker fried rice recipe – and foodies say it’s the best they’ve ever had

  • Amateur chef has made delicious fried rice in a slow cooker using 11 ingredients
  • The home cook used white rice, chicken stock, peanut oil, brown onion and egg 
  • The recipe has taken the internet by storm with many saying the dish is delicious 

By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia

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An Australian amateur chef has been praised online after making delicious fried rice using a slow cooker.

The home cook made the dish after placing 11 simple ingredients in the slow cooker for one and a half hours on high.

The recipe, which was posted on the Slow Cooker Recipe & Tips Facebook page, has taken the internet by storm, with many saying it tastes delicious.

‘I must admit I was a little cautious to try fried rice in the slow cooker as my stove top fried rice is famous but wowsers,’ the home cook wrote.

A smart amateur chef has been praised online after making delicious fried rice (pictured) in a slow cooker

The amateur chef said cooking fried rice in the slow cooker is ‘actually lighter and fluffier’.

The home cook used white rice, chicken stock, peanut oil, brown onion, garlic, eggs, chopped almonds, frozen vegetables, bacon, fish sauce and soy sauce.

‘First, heat rice and oil in hot saucepan till rice gets golden brown constantly stirring for three minutes.’

Then add the vegetables and eggs and stir for one minute before adding to the slow cooker and mixing in the stock.

After cooking the bacon, add it in along with the garlic, chopped up almonds, fish sauce and soy sauce. 

How to make fried rice in a slow cooker

Ingredients:

– 2 cups white rice

– 3 cups beef stock OR chicken stock

– 4 tbsp peanut oil

– 1 large brown onion

– 4 cloves garlic

– Handful chopped almonds

– 2 eggs

– 1 cup frozen veggies (corn carrot peas capsicum)

– 1/2 cup chopped bacon

– 1 tbsp fish sauce

Method:  

1. Put stock in slow cooker set to HIGH.

2. Heat raw rice and oil in hot saucepan till rice gets golden brown constantly stirring for 3 mins

3. Add the veggies and 2 eggs stir for 1 min , then add to slow cooker and mix in with stock.

4. Cook bacon in fry pan till crispy add to slow cooker

5. Cook onion in fry pan until golden add the garlic, chopped up almonds, soy sauce, fish sauce and anything else you wish to add flavour then add it to slow cooker.

6. Cook on high for 1.5 hours with a tea towel

One person commented: ‘Cooked it tonight. Added Conimex Nasi Goreng mix to the recipe. Wonderful way to use the slow cooker!’

‘Tried fried rice in my slow cooker tonight, [it’s] best I’ve ever had,’ another person wrote.

Another person agreed: ‘Whoever came up with this is a genius, [this is better] than any takeaway.’