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Loaded Fried Rice
Price: $6.26

Ella Masso

Why this dish?
  • Affordable​

  • Lots of protein without having meat

  • Few ingredients

  • Only use one appliance: the stove

  • Have always loved fried rice at sushi restaurants

Tips to a Cheap Meal
  • Prepackaged vegetables are more expensive

  • Buy the large uncut carrots and cut them yourself

  • Buy a head of broccoli and cut it into florets yourself

  • Only buy vegetables that you will actually eat! They go bad fast

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Recipe

Serving size: 1 person

 

Rice (the easy version!):

Prep time: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup rice

  • 1 cup water

  • 2 tablespoons butter

  • Pinch of salt

Instructions:

  1. Turn on one burner to high on your stove.

  2. Pour one cup of water into a pot.

  3. Place pot on the burner.

  4. Let water sit until boiling.

  5. Once water is boiling, pour one cup of rice into the water.

  6. Remove pot from the hot burner, and place it onto a cold and unused burner.

  7. Let sit for five minutes.

  8. After five minutes is up, drain the excess water down the drain.

  9. Transfer your rice from the pot to a bowl.

 

Scrambled eggs:

Prep time: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 2 eggs

  • Splash of milk

Instructions:

  1. Crack two eggs into a bowl.

  2. Add a splash of milk to the bowl.

  3. Stir milk and egg contents in the bowl.

  4. Add the bowl contents to a pan on the stove.

  5. Stir contents on medium heat for around three minutes.

 

Vegetables:

Prep time: 7 minutes

Ingredients:

  • Water

  • Carrots

  • Broccoli

Instructions:

  1. Take your preferred amount of vegetables and wash them with water thoroughly.

  2. Cut the carrots and broccoli into smaller pieces.

  3. Pour enough water into a pan so that just the bottom of the pan is covered with water.

  4. Place the pan onto the stove with high heat.

  5. Once the water is boiling, place the vegetables into the pan.

  6. Place cover over the pan.

  7. Let vegetables sit and steam for five minutes.

  8. Drain the excess water and add to your bowl.

 

Finishing touches:

Prep time: 2 minutes

  1. Add your rice, eggs and vegetables to a pan on the stove with medium to low heat.

  2. Add soy sauce and butter to the pan.

  3. Mix all together and add all contents to a clean bowl when finished.

  4. Add salt and pepper to garnish.

  5. Enjoy!

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Ella's Experience:

I had such a fun time making this dish! I was a little scared at first because my parents always cooked for me before I left for college. During my freshman year, I was on a university meal plan and now I live in a sorority house with a chef, so I haven’t had the opportunity to make myself a full meal yet! When I was in the grocery store I really wanted to focus on finding cheap but fresh vegetables for my dish, since that was the most expensive part of my meal.

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