This is one of those great recipes where you can bulk cook it for later in the week.

Although, we still like to cook a serving at a time so the rice gets enough hot heat to char a little.

Allow 1 ½ cups of cooked rice per person.

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Ingredients

Rice bran or vegetable oil
1 ½ cup cooked rice, chilled
2eggs, scrambled
¼ white onion, sliced
1 clove garlic, crushed
Handful peas
Handful beansprouts
Fresh coriander, to serve
Red & green chilli, to serve
1 tsp soy sauce
White pepper, to taste

Method

Heat a wok over high heat. Add oil, onions and stir-fry for a minute.

Add bean sprouts and garlic and stir-fry for another minute.

Add rice and stir-fry for another minute.

Add sauces and pepper and stir-fry for another minute.

Toss through scrambled eggs and serve with fresh coriander and chilli.

This is one of those great recipes where you can bulk cook it for later in the week.

We still like to cook a serving at a time so the veggies and rice get enough hot heat to char a little.

Allow 1½ cups of cooked rice per person.

The pork belly will make around eight portions, depending on how much pork you like to eat!

Ingredients for the Pork Belly

500g pork belly, skin scored ½ cm intervals
Good quality sea or lake salt
Pepper
Olive oil
Sage

Ingredients for the Fried Rice

Rice bran or vegetable oil
1½ cup cooked rice, chilled
1 egg, scrambled
1/4 white onion, sliced
1/4 carrot, cut into batons
Handful beans, slice on an angle into 3
2 stalks of Chinese Broccoli, sliced into biteable pieces
Handful beansprouts
3 quarters of tomato
6 – 8 leaves Thai basil
Fresh coriander, to serve
Red & green chilli, to serve

1 tsp ketchup manis
1 tsp soy sauce
1 clove garlic, crushed
White pepper, to taste

Method for the Pork Belly

Preheat oven to 230°C.

Dry the pork skin thoroughly and rub it with salt.

Rub the underside only with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

Place sage on the bottom of a roasting dish and lay the belly on top.

Place in the hot oven and cook until the skin has crackled, about 35 to 40 minutes.

If some skin hasn’t crackled, leave it for another 10 minutes.

Reduce heat to 160°C and cook for another 45 – 60 minutes.

Remove from oven and allow it to rest for about 15 minutes, then slice into bite-sized cubes.

Place ketchup manis, soy, garlic and pepper in a bowl and mix. Set aside.

Method for the Fried Rice

Heat a wok on high heat. Add oil, beans, carrots and onions and stir-fry for a minute.

Add Chinese Broccoli, Thai Basil and bean sprouts and stir fry for another minute.

Add rice and stir-fry for another minute.

Add sauce and tomato and stir-fry for another minute.

Toss through scrambled egg and serve with pork belly, fresh coriander and chilli.

We’ve switched over from Monday to Tuesday Meals moving forward, and this week we’re serving up 4-Cheese Melbourne Arancini!

Melbourne Arancini creates their arancini from a third-generation recipe they’ve perfected over the years.

Arancini is a traditional Sicilian street food made with Arborio rice, stuffed with a delicious centre, then crumbed and deep-fried.

The name translates to ‘little orange’ and relates to their shape and colour once cooked.

We currently stock 4 Cheese, Bolognese Ragu, and Chicken Leek & Mushroom arancini in our deli.

Bake these tasty balls at 200 degrees for 20 minutes, or cook in an air fryer for 15 minutes.

Serve them with a salad of tender mixed leaves dressed with olive oil, lemon and salt and pepper.

We’re sure you’ll love them as much as we do!

For this week’s Monday Meal we’re serving up Melbourne Arancini Sicilian Street Food Arancini!

Handcrafted right here in Melbourne, they are chocker-block full of filling and flavour.

As far as we’re concerned, you won’t find better!

You can keep a bag in the freezer so that next time the urge for arancini hits, you have them ready to pop into the oven.

For a little flavour boost, we’ve served them with Marisa’s Kitchen Roast Capsicum & Walnut Dip — also made right here in Melbourne from the best, freshest ingredients.

You can’t go wrong with this flavour combo!

Stop by our store and pick up everything you need today!