THAI BAGOONG RICE--A SALTY BUT A SWEET ONE

THAI BAGOONG RICE--HOMEMADE DISH 

    Welcome to my blogsite again!  I hope you will find this Bagoong Rice recipe handy if you want to try something different for your everyday meal. This is a popular dish in Asia specifically Thailand. It was introduced to the Philippines and was adapted to our taste especially to the Filipino. To describe this dish, it is a combination of all the flavor infused in one meal. It is salty, sweet,spicy and sour. So how does it taste? Flavorful! The bagoong or the shrimp paste gives that salty flavor, the chili makes it spicy while the green mango gives that sour kick. The brown sugar adds sweetness.

Well, I hope everyone is a having a good day. I thought I start sharing my mom’s recipe and here is the third one.

Ingredients:

3-4 cups cooked rice, grains separated
2 T oil
½ cup shrimp paste (alamang)
5 cloves garlic, chopped
1 large onion, chopped
Chicken breast , thinly sliced
Scallions or spring onions, chopped
1-2 red chillies, chopped
Coriander or Thai basil, optional
2-3 eggs, scrambled and sliced
2 green mangoes sliced thinly

Instructions:

(1) In a large wok or sautee pan, heat oil and sautee garlic and onions.
(2) Add shrimp paste, chillies and meat.
(3) Add a bit of water to cook the meat until done.
(4) Add rice and stir fry until heated through.
(5) Add ¾ of the spring onions and if using, coriander and/or basil.
(6) Stir fry for 2 more mins.

Serve with scrambled eggs and sliced green mangoes, top with remaining spring onions.

Enjoy!

     Bagoong Rice is a type of fried rice dish that makes use of shrimp paste or bagoong. This original version of this dish is from Thailand. Since we love bagoong, my mom made a real quick and easy version of the recipe that everyone can enjoy.

Making your own bagong rice can be hassle free as long as you have all the ingredients. You can use commercially bottled shrimp paste that are already cooked, or you can cook your shrimp paste by following our bagoong recipe.

After everything is done, it will seem like you are enjoying bagoong rice and roasted chicken at the same time. What makes this dish more exciting are the chopped green mangoes on top of the rice. Try this Bagoong Rice Recipe. Let me know what you think.

This is our Home-made Thai bagoong rice may taste a little different because of the herbs and spices we used for our version of this recipe. If you can find authentic Thai bagoong and other spices, do use them when you cook your favorite dishes at home.

The only benefits of it, if you like them, is that they taste good with how ever you use them for. Too much of it can cause high blood pressure or kidney stones or gout - but I don't think you should worry about it, unless you eat about one bottle a week or something.

Thai Bagoong rice has a lot of healthy benefits like vitamins and nutrients that help the body feel fuller. Also, the fibrous fruit boosts the digestive function of the body by burning additional calories, helping in weight loss.

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