🍲 Pattaya Fried Rice

Ingredients

• 3 tbsp olive oil (2 tbsp for frying and 1 tbsp for making an omelette)
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 red chillies, cut in dice
• 2 shallots, sliced finely
• 2 chicken fillets, cut in pieces
• 1 cup (250 g / 8.8 oz) green peas
• 1 carrot, diced
• 1 scallion, cut in dice
• 2 cups (300 g / 11 oz) cooked rice
• 2 tbsp tomato sauce
• 2 tbsp nam pla (fish sauce)
• 1 tbsp salt
• 1½ tbsp pepper
• 1 small jalapeno, minced
• 2 eggs for making omelette

Method

1. Heat the oil in a non-stick pan. When the oil is hot, fry the garlic and shallots, stirring until brown and fragrant.
2. Add the chicken pieces, carrot, green peas, and red chilli. Stir for 2 minutes.
3. Add the rice, nam pla, tomato sauce, salt, and pepper. Stir until all mixed.
4. To make the omelette, heat the oil in a separate pan. Beat the eggs, and pour into the pan. Cook until the egg is browned on the bottom.
5. Flip the egg over to cook on the other side.
6. Place a ball of the fried rice mixture in the center of the omelette. Fold up the 4 edges of the omelette to enclose the rice. Flip it onto a serving plate.
7. Serve hot.