Lover's Rice

Rice, Noodles, and Other Grain Foods

Lover's Rice
Ingredients:
2 cups Chinese black rice
2 cups glutinous white rice
2 Tablespoons corn oil
2 Tablespoons corn oil
1/2 pound cleaned and shelled medium shrimp
1 cup green peas
3 eggs, beaten until much lighter in color
1/2 cup minced scallions, green part only
1 Tablespoon thin soy sauce
1 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon sesame oil
Preparation:
1. Cook black rice covered in one quart of simmering water for forty minutes. Turn off the heat source and leave covered for ten more minutes.
2. In another pot, cook white rice covered in one quart of simmering water for forty minutes. Turn off the heat source and leave covered for another ten minutes.
3. Heat the first batch of corn oil in a wok and combine and stir-fry both rices for two minutes. Then remove the mixed rices from the wok and set aside. Rinse and dry the wok.
4. Heat the second batch of oil in the wok, add shrimp, peas, and beaten eggs and stir for one minute before adding the scallions, soy sauce, salt, sesame oil, and the rice mixture. Stir-fry these for two minutes, then turn off the heat and allow this dish to rest for ten minutes before serving it.

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