Seafood Fried Rice

Ingredients

• 60 gm white fish, chopped into bite sized pieces
• 9 cooked cocktail prawns, head, tail and shell removed
• 6 calamari rings, chopped
• 2 tbsp cooked crab meat
• 9 mussels, meat only
• 1 tbsp fennel, diced
• 1/2 small carrot, diced
• 4 green beans, diced
• 1 green onion, diced
• 1 cup cooked rice
• 2 tbsp frozen peas
• 2 cocktail truss tomatoes, quartered
• 3 tbsp Chinese rice wine
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tsp fish sauce
• 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
• 1/2 tsp chipotle seasoning
• 1/2 tsp dried oregano
• 1/2 tsp dried parsley
• 4 strands saffron
• 1/2 tsp turmeric
• 1/4 tsp chilli flakes
• 1/2 tsp powdered garlic
• 1/2 tsp powdered onion
• salt & pepper

Method

1. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a non stick frypan to medium-high heat.
2. Add fish, prawns, calamari, mussels, cook until fish is browned and cooked through, 4-5 minutes, stirring in 1 tablespoon rice wine to prevent too much sticking.
3. Set aside in a bowl.
4. Lower heat to medium, add other tablespoon oil to the pan, with the fennel and carrot. Cook, stirring for 2-3 minutes, adding another tablespoon rice wine.
5. Add the beans, peas, green onion, rice, herbs, spices, and last tablespoon of rice wine. Keep stirring until vegetables are just cooked.
6. Add seafood from bowl plus tomatoes, crab meat and fish sauce. Lower heat to low-medium, stir gently until everything is cooked and warmed through.
7. Taste, season with salt & pepper if needed. Serve.

Serves one as main, two as entree.