Bright Leaf Red Hots are unique to Eastern North Carolina. A Red Hot is a small, fat Bright Leaf Hot Dog (pork and beef) with crushed red pepper giving it a spicy kick. They're mostly fried and eaten for breakfast with eggs and a biscuit. This recipe combines Red Hots with fried rice, and it's both savory and spicy good!
Ingredients & Toppings:
- (1) 1 lb Bag or Pack of Bright Leaf Red Hots
- Eggs
- Jasmine Rice
- Rice Wine Vinegar
- Chicken Stock
- Soy Sauce
- Chinese 5 Spice
- Carrots
- Mushrooms
- Habanero Hot Sauce
- Water Chestnuts
- Olive Oil
- Butter
- Shallots
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Cooking Instructions:
- Warm up the stove to medium heat
- Toast approximately one cup of jasmine rice in a pan
- Add 3 tbsp. of butter and a splash of olive oil, then drop in diced Red Hots and two chopped shallots.
- Get a sear on everything and deglaze with some rice wine vinegar.
- Add 2 cups of chicken stock and a couple of tbsp. of soy sauce, Chinese five spice, fresh chopped carrots, sliced mushrooms, a splash of hot habanero sauce, and some sliced water chestnuts.
- Reduce heat to simmer.
- Cook until the liquid is gone. Continue stirring and scrapping from the bottom of the pan every few minutes to crisp rice.
- Add a cup of water, reduce heat as low as possible, and cover to ensure the rice is thoroughly cooked.
- Fry a couple of eggs, chop them up, and mix in with everything.
- Time to plate and add some chives.
- Enjoy!
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