Salted Fish Fried Rice - A Kulinarya Cooking Club Entry

KCC challenge is back with a bang! I am excited because of two reasons - one, this will be my second entry and two, because the September challenge was indeed a challenge!

This month's hosts are Oggi of I Can Do That, Day of Chef By Day, Boyet of Reel and Grill and Ray of Wok with Ray.   These amazing people came up with a real challenge with the theme RED, WHITE, YELLOW and BLUE - the colors of the Philippine flag.  Tracing our Philippine history, two major events are being celebrated within the month of August which is National Heroes Day and Ninoy Aquino's death so goes the patriotic theme for this month.  Cool, huh?

Sounds easy right? But here is the catch, we cannot use artificial food coloring.  Okay, where in the world will I get a blue colored food or ingredient? Plus of course, the dish must be Filipino inspired.  It was stated in the rules though  that we can use one non-food element to represent a color, say a blue plate. But I (initially) don't want to use a blue plate, just pushing myself, you know. Believe it or not, I even had dreams about this challenge.  That is how serious I am about this *wink*

"The use of flowers will answer this dilemma of mine." - that was me talking to myself.  I even discussed this with friends and told them that I am thinking of making a salad with rose petals, blue rose to be exact.  The next day, I called Holland Tulips to order blue rose but then I discovered that those pretty blue roses are just dyed - I thought since they came from Holland, they are authentic.  Now I know they are not.

So I was doomed!  I surrendered and bought a blue plate but still unsure on what to do.

The day I decided to cook and eat this dish was when I got my answer.  I called this a discovery by accident - for this entry that is.  Salted Fish Fried Rice with Tomato and Salted Egg saved the day!  And it was only after I plated it that I realized that it met all the requirements (or rules) of this month's challenge.  Now I have an entry!

Salted Fish Fried Rice

Ingredients
1 clove of garlic, crushed
1 medium red onion, chopped
3 pcs salted fish, shredded, about 1/4 cup (if you have bottled tuyo, go ahead and use them)
2 cups cold cooked rice
1/2 oil

for garnish
tomato, wedged
salted egg, wedged
parsley

Method
In a wok, heat oil and saute garlic until brown.  Add onion until transparent.  Add salted fish.  Fry for about a minute.

Add cooked rice and toss for 5 minutes.  This, I believe is the secret of good fried rice, the continuous tossing.

Additional salt may be added if you wish, I did.

Transfer in a plate and garnish.

This month's challenge actually made me realize one thing, in times of chaos, go with the basics and just be simple. *wink*



KULINARYA was started by a group of Filipino foodies living in Sydney, who are passionate about the Filipino culture and its colourful cuisine.

Each month we will showcase a new dish along with their family recipes. By sharing these recipes, we hope you find the same passion and love for Filipino Food as we do.

Please see what the other KCC members made for this month's challenge, they are amazing!

Elizabeth on Chicken Curry and Mango Chutney 

Peach on Pinakbet 

Day on Adobong Dilaw

Adora on Ube Macapuno Inipit 

Oggi on Red, White, Yellow, Blue Special

Tina on Cathedral Window for Rye's Birthday 

Felix on Ensaladang Labanos 

Joy on Red, Yellow, Red and Blue? 

Ray on Grilled Pork Belly and Ensaladang Manga 
Caroline on Salted Duck Egg and Tomato Salad  
Malou on Adobo Wrap with Pineapple Vinaigrette  

Thea on Kulinarya Cooking Club: Philippine History Edition  
Abigail on Pork Kaldereta 

Arnold on Tocino and Blue Potato Hash 

Diona on KCC Challenge: Pinoy Breakfast

Maribel on Kulinarya Challenge - Buko Salad 

Jun on I is for Itlog na Maalat and How to Make Salted Duck Eggs

 

This entry is also being shared with the foodies from: Food Friday, Food Trip Friday, Weekday Potluck and Simply Delish Saturday