I opened the freezer today and apart from some ice cubes, I had only a couple of squid left. Last weekend had been terribly hectic for me so I didn't find any time to go to the market to stock up. Racking my brain on how to use the squid, I figured that the best way to stretch the two squids into a family sized meal was to make seafood fried rice.
Usually, i don't like to eat fried rice. However, I make an exception for my own cooking and the superb belachan fried rice at Chinatown cooked by a former army barber turned hawker transvestite. Oh yes, you read that right....
The seafood fried rice turned out to be excellent with the rice infused with the squid. If you have prawns, toss it in as i believe it would taste even better.
Ingredients
4 cups of cooked rice
2 squid, sliced into rings
1/2 red onion - diced
2 shallots - diced
2 garlic cloves - diced
1 cm cube prawn paste (belachan)
1 cube Knorrs Chicken Stock - mashed in water
2 tbsp chilli paste
1/2 cup oil
salt
2 bird's eye chilli
coriander leaf
Heat oil in wok. Add in onion, shallots and garlic.
Once fragrant, add in the chicken stock cube, chilli paste, prawn paste and salt.
Stir fry over medium heat for 5 mins.
Add in the sliced squid and cook until the squid has turned an opaque white.
Before the rice goes in, you might want to taste test first to check the saltiness level.
Finally toss in the rice and stir fry for another 5 to10 mins under high heat.
Garnish with sliced chilli and coriander leaf and there you have it.. Excellent Seafood Fried Rice!
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