Pork Fried Rice - Using Rice Cooker

I have a confession to make... I LOVE Chinese Food!! Living out in rural America, the closest (good) Chinese restaurant is 45 mins away. So, I am learning how to make it on my own. Today I am using my rice cooker - I use this appliance quite a bit for just rice, but lately I have been using it for cooking other foods. What an awesome appliance!

Here is what I came up with. I googled quite a few recipes for ideas and times and then compiled what we like and our tastes, and what we got was delish! I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do. You can use chicken instead of the pork if you want.


The great thing about this recipe is that you can customize it for what you and your family like.

INGREDIENTS
2 cups rice
3 cups chicken stock
1.5 pounds of pork loin (diced thin)
3 tbsp soy sauce
1 1/2 cup frozen peas (or a mixture of frozen peas and carrots)
1 tbsp kosher salt
1/2 - 1 tbsp garlic powder
1/2 - 1 tbsp onion powder
1/2 cup green onions (diced)
2 slices of bacon (diced)
1/2 cup water chestnuts (diced)
1/4 tsp ginger

DIRECTIONS

1. In a medium pan, over medium heat, cook bacon until crispy, remove from pan and place bacon in the pot of the rice cooker. 
   
2. Add the diced pork in the pan, cook until no longer pink, add cooked pork and the juices to the rice cooker pot.
   
3. Add the uncooked rice, chicken stock, soy sauce, frozen peas, salt, garlic powder, green onions, water chestnuts, and ginger. Stir until combined.
   
4. Close lid on rice cooker and cook on "white rice" setting. When finished fluff with fork, serve, and Enjoy!

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