Sides

Fried Rice

✨ This is my own recipe! If you enjoy Ricebowl, a "Bakersfield favorite", I consider it very similar.

Recipe:

- 3 cups of 1 day old cooked white rice

- 3 green onions/scallions (split in half whites & greens)

- 3 cloves garlic

- a little over 1 inch of ginger

- 2 full slices of bacon (I cut mine in half and freeze them, so I use 4 half slices)

- 5 eggs

- 1/4 cup soy sauce

- 1/4- 1/2 cup oyster sauce

- 1/2-1 tsp salt

- 1/4 tsp MSG

- 2 tbsp olive oil

- 1/2- 1 tsp white pepper

Directions:

Cut bacon into 1/4 in pieces, cook, keep bacon fat in pan, set bacon aside. Next, mince garlic & ginger, and chop the whiter ends of the green onions off, put them together in the pan with bacon grease. Cook until fragrant, set aside. Next whip up your eggs and fry them until just done (don't overcook, they will cook more with the rice). Time to add the rice! Make sure to break up the clumpy bits, and then add about 2 tbsps of olive oil. Fold in the rice, and warm it up. Once warm and coated in oil, add in the cooked ingredients (bacon, garlic, ginger, scallions/white ends of green onion), white pepper, salt, and MSG (If desired, but it's not the same without it). Stir well. Next, add in your oyster sauce and soy sauce around the edges of the rice. Lastly, add tops of green onions, salt and msg, mix well, and voila bacon & egg fried rice!~

Pinto Beans

✨ This is my own recipe! It's a task to scour the internet just to find out how to make beans, so I combined several recipes to find my own "goldilocks" version.

Ingredients: 💫

6 cups water
2 cups beans
1/4 of a large white onion (chopped)
2 medium cloves garlic (chopped)
1/4 tsp salt (or more to taste)
1/2 strip of bacon (small dice)

2 tbsp chicken bouillon
1/8 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp ground cumin
1/4 tsp chili powder
1/8 tsp ground coriander
1/4 tsp oregano
1/4 of a serrano or a pinch of cayenne (for a little spice)
a pinch of MSG

Directions: 💫

Ok, so.. I don't typically soak the beans overnight (I'm lazy).. but there is probably a benefit to doing so. 🤷‍♀️ I do let them sit in salty water for about 30 minutes wash and then rinse them well, though. After that I chop everything and add it to a pot of fresh water and add beans. Lastly, I cover and bring them to a boil, then turn it down to a simmer and you are going to cook these beans low and slow for about 3-5 hours, stirring occasionally, and maintaining a decent simmer. More creamy beans take longer to cook, so the longer the creamier they will become. If they are too watery, just take off the lid and boil for about 30 mins, after sitting they will thicken a bit more. Make sure you have a pan that holds onto heat well (this is important). Thick bottomed steel pans are best. This recipe is SO easy. It's just a bit time-consuming.. but it's worth it. 🥲 Enjoy~

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