Wendy’s Fried Rice
Fried rice has long been a clever way to turn simple ingredients into a filling family meal. Wendy’s version from the Tully Family Cookbook combines rice, egg, onion, tomato, parsley and either chopped ham or fish, all cooked together in butter until warm and savoury. The original recipe includes a very colourful family cookbook note, giving it plenty of personality beyond the method itself. Practical, economical and flexible, this fried rice works well as an easy lunch, light dinner or side dish when you want something simple from pantry and fridge staples.
Original Cookbook Recipe
FRIED RICE
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup rice
4 oz butter
4 eggs
half cup parsley
1 cup chopped ham or fish
half cup chopped onions
1 & half cups chopped tomatoes drain
METHOD:In a large flat meat dish scramble the butter and eggs, not too firm, put aside. Boil the rice for 7 mins. Thoroughly wash in cold water,and thoroughly dry. Put the dish containing scrambles eggs on the stove. Add rice and chopped onion. Cook for 10 mins, turning over all the time with an egg slice. Then add fish or ham, tomatoes’ and parsley, and cook another 5 mins as before. Be sure to only cook rice 7 mins as it will finish cooking while frying. This recipe was evolved by an old bush cook who was regrettably fired after he went on a drunken spree and chased a screaming housemaid across the plains, hampered by his age and weight,(from his own cooking), he didn’t catch her.






