- The Source: Food & Wine June 2012
- The Cook: Just me…all alone…
- The Menu: Turkey Fried Rice with Potato Chips *only adaptation was adding blanched green beans and asparagus, some spicy mustard greens and a bit of Thai basil. I just can’t help but add in extra vegetables, especially when my dinner involves copious amounts of carbs with the addition of potato chips!
- The Background: It was 85 degrees outside, I was exhausted from work and my long hot bike ride home, and I was so hungry I contemplated just eating the chips for dinner.
- How it began:
Which one of these things is not like the others?
- Almost done:
Turkey Fried Rice w/ eggs, mint and onion — glorious on its own but wait….there’s more!
- Final touch:
Turkey Fried Rice…topped with potato chips!
- The Verdict: Totally (unsurprisingly) worth it! Even though I bought Tim’s chips — which are extra thick and crunchy — the chips really didn’t stand out too much from the other ingredients. But, much like peanuts or cashews would, they added a lovely salty texture to the rice and turkey. Therefore, as an addition to this dish, I was definitely fan. However, chips aside, the recipe itself was what I really liked. If you have everything on hand (the original recipe calls for a whopping 8 ingredients plus pantry staples), it’s a cinch to make. This should take you no more than 20 minutes to from start to finish — which, if you are as hungry as I was that day, is seriously a good thing.
- Next time? I’d back off the mint a smidge and play around with the flavor of potato chips. Plain was nice to try for my first time around, but I’m thinking jalapeño would be pretty awesome!
this looks like something i would make
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Give it a shot! =) The nice thing is that it’s so quick to make. In this heat, who wants to spend one extra minute in the kitchen? It’s getting downright disgustingly hot, even for me.