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ginger sake microwave fried rice

Powdered ginger root and sake makes a good sauce - just put some powdered ginger root in a bowl or cup and moisten it with the sake; add sake and mix thoroughly tp get all the lumps out - add sake and stir until a desired consistency is achieved.

This turned out to be a good way to apply powdered ginger to a dish of rice, egg, and beef broth. Other seasonings used were chopped garlic, a mixture of chili-sesame oil and olive oil, and soy sauce.

The entire recipe went like this:

  1. In a ceramic (microwavable) bowl, combine cooked rice, beef broth, two raw eggs, oils, and chopped garlic "to taste"
  2. Use a chopstick to poke the yolks on the the eggs (this keeps them from exploding in the microwave)
  3. Microwave on high for a few minutes (how long will depend on your microwave and how much rice and broth you're using - 1500W microwave for 3 minutes should work - this works better if you cover the bowl)
  4. While the bowl is in the microwave, mix the the ginger sauce - You'll probably want to leave the bowl with the eggs & rice in the microwave after it stops running for a few minutes - but check it first to make sure it is hot - if the contents of the bowl is hot enough, and it is covered, the eggs will continue cooking from the heat in the bowl - this is fine, since they might not be done yet.
  5. Once the eggs are done (cooked through) take the bowl out of the microwave and add the ginger sauce (just pour it over the stuff in the bowl), then mix with chopsticks to spread the ginger sauce and break up the eggs. You might want to add a bit more oil at this point).
  6. Add soy sauce "to taste" (use a shaker bottle) and let the dish cool down enough to eat.

If you keep some cooked rice on hand (we recommend that you do), preparation time for this dish is about 5 minutes, not counting time to let it cool enough to eat.

This makes a really tasty (assuming you got proportions of the ingredients that you like) sort of fried rice bowl.

The ginger sauce could be used as a dressing for noodle salads (maifun or saifun noodles).

Other stuff could be added to the rice bowl - tofu, mushrooms, and vegetables spring to mind as items that would go well in this.

Note that powdered ginger root was sold as "galanga powder".


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