Lickity Split Fried Rice

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 -3 slices bacon, crisply cooked
• 4 cups leftover cooked rice, approximately
• soy sauce, to taste
• black pepper, to taste
• 1 garlic clove, finely minced (although in '73 it would have been garlic powder)
• 1/2 cup frozen mixed vegetables (carrots, peas, green beans, corn)
• 2 green onions, sliced thinly
• 1 egg, lightly fried, then chopped up

Recipe

• 1 in a large skillet or wok fry the bacon on medium heat until crispy.
• 2 set aside to cool and drain then cut up into little pieces. save the bacon drippings.
• 3 increase heat to medium-high. add the cooked rice to the pan and break up any lumps with a fork.
• 4 fry until the rice is browned, adding soy sauce and black pepper, to taste.
• 5 stir in the garlic and mixed vegetables. reduce heat to medium and fry rice until the vegetables are brightly colored and heated through.
• 6 stir in the green onions and fry another minute.
• 7 remove from heat and add the crumbled bacon and chopped egg.