Healthy Balanced Fried Rice
BENEFITS:
Nutritional recipe assisting the body to be vigorous
***If you have nut allergies this recipe contains pine nuts and black roasted sesame seeds***
INGREDIENTS:
- Goji-berries: a small handful (about 20)
- Pine nuts: a handful
- Black roasted sesame seeds: a small handful
- Chinese Broccoli: 1½ cups (regular broccoli is fine if you can’t find Chinese)
- Egg whites: from 3 to 4 eggs
- Chinese yam: (optional) – ½ cup cut in cubes and steam for 5 minutes
- Meat: (optional) chicken/pork/shrimp – ½ cup (cut in cubes)
- Rice: 2 cups
PREPARATION
- Warm up stir-fry pan and add coconut/vegetable oil
- Add broccoli to cook for 3-4 minutes
- Add rice and yam and mix all ingredients
- Add egg whites and stir for a couple of minutes
- Add Goji-berries and pine nuts to mix in
- Salt to taste
- Sprinkle sesame seeds on top
- Serve and enjoy!
BEFORE THE PREPARATION
- Cook rice with 1½ cups of water (80% of normal amount of water).
- Soak Goji-berries with water for 20 minutes and rinse clean.
- Wash Chinese broccoli, discard leaves and cut stem thinly in pieces. If using regular broccoli use the florets.
- Beat egg whites.
Non-Vegetarian Option
If you are adding meat to the vegetable stir fry, do this separately:
- Chop meat in cubes
- 1 green onion – chopped small
- 2 tablespoons of ginger – chopped fine
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- Warm up stir-fry pan and add coconut/vegetable oil
- Add the chicken/pork/shrimp and chopped ginger and stir fry until cooked
- Add chopped green onion and stir for 30 seconds
- Put on top of the stir-fry vegetables and enjoy!