This dinner party was an “epic” crossover with my good friend, @cocosepicgrub on ig. This chicken fried rice with a cucumber salad may be my favorite collaboration of ours. We started the party off grocery shopping at Trader Joe’s, and ended enjoying watching the sunset over our fabulous bowls.

Fried Rice

  • Started chopping and frying our aromatics
    • Carrots
    • Garlic
    • Ginger
    • Yellow onion
    • Added kale
  • Add everything else to the mix
    • Microwave white rice
    • Soy sauce
    • Sesame oil
    • Frozen peas
    • Grilled chicken
    • (we forgot eggs!)

Cucumber Salad

  • Place cucumber between two topsticks
  • Chop diagonally until knife meets chopsticks
  • Flip cucumber over and repeat to reveal fun spiral pattern
  • Brine in salt for 10 minutes and rinse the salt
  • Add rice vinegar, salt, chili oil, garlic, soy sauce

Final Assembly

  • Fried rice
  • Toppings
    • Avocado
    • Kimchi
    • Edamame
    • Green onions
    • Sriracha

So Good & So Easy & So Fun!!!