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This time of year is so super busy with work and school and blogging that I don’t have time to plan out my meals too far in advance. I have eaten more sandwiches lately than I care to admit. Ugh.
I was at WalMart a while ago and spotted these new yummies in the frozen food aisle…
…and then I promptly forgot about them. I suck, I know.
Sometimes I like to play a game with myself called Iron Pantry. It’s similar to the old show Iron Chef where you have certain ingredients you have to cook with only in my game I make myself use what I have in my pantry and fridge that need to be eaten before I will let myself go grocery shopping. I have come up with some really great meals this way and yesterday was no exception.
I dug around in the fridge and found a brown rice/quinoa/garlic mix, eggs, and a purple onion. In the freezer I found those forgotten about Farm Rich® Smokehouse Dry Rub Pork and Birds Eye BBQ Corn and I was all set.
I have been seeing these amazing waffle iron recipes floating around Facebook and Pinterest and decided I would create my own “fried rice waffle” with the rice mix, onion, and Birds Eye BBQ Corn. I mixed everything up and put it in the waffle iron…
…unfortunately the rice mix never came together like I wanted it to and was just a big ole mess so I went with plan B, a rice bowl!! The rice mix did come out out hot and crispy which I loved, I just wish it held together in a waffle shape.
I heated up the Farm Rich® Smokehouse Dry Rub Pork in the microwave and mixed it in with my rice…
…and then I topped the whole thing with a drizzle of BBQ sauce and a fried egg. Because everything is better with a fried egg, am I right?
And that my friends is how my not-so-famous BBQ Rice Bowl was made!!
One day I will figure out how to make “fried” rice in my waffle maker but yesterday was not the day. I’m still mad about that but I will just keep trying. And you know what? That rice bowl turned out pretty amazing if I do say so myself!
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Do you ever play Iron Pantry??
What’s your fave recipe made by mistake??
That sounds REALLY good. I think rice bowls are clever because you can really add in anything you want. I want YOURS!
That’s why I love them too!! Thank you!
That looks fantastic! I love the egg on top. I can’t wait to give this a try.
Seriously? A Waffle iron? I never used that for anything else than waffles! What a great idea! This looks really delicious!
as soon as I saw the waffle iron I was confused! bummer it didn’t work out the way you had planned, it does however sound like your rice bowl had tons of flavor! The egg on top probably gave it the perfect touch!
Although it didn’t turn out how you wanted, it still looks like a delicious meal!! I love pulled pork but never thought of putting this combo together!
I would never have thought to use a waffle iron for anything other than waffles, but the end result looked good to me! I love bbq everything!
I am going to look for this in my store. I don’t recall seeing it, but maybe wasn’t looking in the right place. The recipe looks amazing and I love anything that is BBQ and has rice! Both are my favorites!
Ok. I’m going to have to try this! I love that you used a waffle pan, I don’t have one, but I’m sure I can use something else :) Love any kind of rice dishes, really.
Aah rice! This sounds really inviting and it’s a good deal too! I have to check if it’s available at the nearest store.
That looks so delicious. I love easy recipes like this. I can’t wait to try this.
It looks delicious. I think your plan B is better anyway, now I am hungry!
This looks so delicious and easy to make. I will have to try this recipe for dinner tomorrow. I am sure it will be a big hit.
What a brilliant idea! My son really likes that barbecue sweet corn, so happy he likes a vegetable.
Haha! I love how you tried it in the waffle maker. I love mine. Too bad this doesn’t work in that.
I know right? I used it today to make a quesadilla and it was amazing!!
The bbq rice bowl sounds great. It’s easy too, which I like for busy nights when I can’t find time to get a meal cooked.
This sounds like something my kids would so love to try. They would eat everything with barbecued or smoked so I will have to cook this dish for them. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
This looks tasty. I love the addition of rice. Great recipe!
OMG this looks amazing!!! I love random food recipes like these! will def be trying this out!
This looks delicious. I never heard of using a waffle maker to make fried rice.
I saw it on a Facebook video and wanted to try it and was surprised it was really good! LOL!
That is really delicious, I wanna grab it from my screen lol.