Bacon and egg fried rice from The Wok - Recipes and Techniques (page 279) by J. Kenji López-Alt

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    Can substitute shoyu for light soy sauce.

  • lkgrover on January 03, 2026

    Good breakfast fried rice. Based on the comments of previous EYB members, I cooked the bacon separately. Used 1 tablespoon oil to cook the remaining ingredients. This kept the eggs a bright yellow color, and the result was not greasy.

  • cheekyjen on April 23, 2025

    I grew up eating and making fried rice so I completely glazed over how much oil or rice to initially use. I do 1 swirl of oil around my wok before frying the egg which works out to 1 tablespoon maybe. This is how my grandma did it. I used 4 cups of leftover rice because that was what was in the fridge and did not break it up as stated. Cooked it for 2 extra minutes because it still looked wet. All other ratios were the same and I did not find it to be oily or heavy. There’s a comment about potentially cooking the egg in the bacon grease which will work but will discolor the bright yellow of the egg so not as visually appealing.

  • JuneHawk on January 20, 2023

    Very good, but a bit on the greasy side. I would add less oil upfront to cook the egg. Also, the recipe says it serves 2 but it does not as a main dish.

  • ashallen on August 26, 2022

    This fried rice has delicious bacon-y flavor, but it's very rich - the rice grains glisten! For that reason, I liked this best as an accompaniment to less-rich foods versus the main dish. I wandered into the recipe without thinking very precisely about how much fat would render from the bacon, all of which the recipe has you retain while also calling for vegetable oil for pre-bacon rendering steps. The next time I make this, I'll change the cooking order, rendering the bacon first, and see if that allows me to skip adding the vegetable oil.

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