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Insect fried rice

Alton Brown · ♥ 15K likes · 291.3K views · 12 min video

Read about rice in the BrightCulinary Book

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Ingredients
Method
Techniques
  • leftover rice
  • eggs
Heat the wok until the bottom is about 750 degrees.
The mega-wok under halogen lights
Spread the rice up the walls of the wok like a doughnut, with an open space at the bottom, so it forms a crust.
Rice pressed up the walls for a crust
  • oil
  • onion
  • ginger
  • garlic
Add a little more oil in the middle, then the onion, ginger and garlic; move them around.
  • peppers
Add the peppers and stir them in.
  • bugs
  • green onions
Add the bugs and keep churning; add the green onions.
  • Thai basil
  • sauce
Add the Thai basil, then the sauce of honey, soy and a little ketchup.
Thai basil, sauce and drying it out
Re-flatten the rice and let it sit to dry out a little and crisp.
Turn out into a big bowl to serve; cilantro is the usual finish, left off this time.