Vietnamese. Side. Served at The Inauguration (#1).

Tomato rice

This is the rice I serve under shaking beef to catch the sauce. It's cold jasmine rice fried with garlic, tomato paste and a little fish sauce.

Cook the rice ahead and let it cool all the way, because warm rice turns to mush in the pan. Fry it right before you eat, or hold it in a low oven.

Makes
Serves 10 as a side
Time
About 10 minutes, once the rice is cooked and cooled
Do ahead
Cook and cool the rice.

Ingredients

Scale
  • 2.5 cupsjasmine rice, cooked and cooled
  • 2.5 tbspneutral oil
  • 2.5 tspgarlic, minced
  • 2.5 tbsptomato paste
  • fish sauce, to taste

Method

  1. Cook the rice ahead and let it cool.
  2. Heat the oil over medium. Cook the garlic until fragrant and golden.
  3. Add the rice and stir to coat it in the oil.
  4. Add the tomato paste. Stir until the color is even.
  5. Season lightly with fish sauce.
  6. Hold on the lowest heat or in a 200°F oven until you serve.