Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Rice Bowl with Fried Eggs in Spinach

rice bowl with fried eggs and spinach

I was scheduled to eat pasta with sauteed vegetables for dinner this spring and I don't know what happened, but alla sudden I don't want to eat pasta. Also toast, which is a shocker. Toast was my dog, man. The only bread product I like now is bagels.

Don't be horrified, but I've been pouring off the fat from my baked chicken into a jelly jar and using it to make this spinach, and it's really good. I don't use any more chicken fat than I would, say, olive oil, so caloriewise it's the same difference; so it's just down to how you feel about animal versus vegetable fat. Or if you're a coconut oil family, that would also work just as well.

Finally I soak the spinach for a few minutes before cooking to remove some oxalic acid, which is what causes spinach teeth. And yes, I eat the entire bag of spinach as a pre-workout dinner about two hours before practice. Which is a lot of fiber, but then my system is pretty used to fiber and even at that I give myself at least two hours to digest. As always, your mileage may vary—

chicken fat, or whatever fat you prefer
bag of spinach, soaked and drained
two eggs
cooked brown rice
sriracha sauce,
optional

Heat a spoonful of fat in a skillet over high heat. Add spinach by the handful to the skillet, letting it cook down between handfuls. Cook the entire bag of spinach like this.

Make a hole in the spinach and crack the eggs in the hole. Cover the skillet and let the eggs baste to your liking.

Scoop the eggs and spinach over rice. Sprinkle with sriracha sauce.