Malaysian Belacan Fried Rice with Dried Shrimps

Fried rice is one of Southeast Asia’s simplest one-dish wonders. It is easy to prepare and you can vary the amount and types of ingredients used, to suit your taste. Chicken, pork, eggs, all kinds of veggies, fish balls and crab meat are just some of the ingredients that can be added to fried rice.

There are loads of different recipes for fried rice, catering to a great variety of different tastes. Just google ‘fried rice’ and you’ll see what I mean. This recipe is an extremely painless one to cook. It requires few ingredients and has always been a big hit with both my kids.

Turn the spice meter up by serving it with some spicy sambal belacan or diced bird’s eye chilies for the adults

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