Breath of the Wild #78: Seafood Fried Rice

Ingredients: Any Porgy, Hylian Rice, Rock Salt

Description: "Various seafood has been sauteed with rice. The stronger the flame, the tastier the dish!"

Porgy means a different thing every day, today it means some big prawns where the packaging broke in transit, so lets do this recipe! I have some short-grain rice, chopped yellow pepper, peas, salt and yknow, a bunch of other scrounged stuff that goes well in fried rice.

Let's start with the seafood , crushed garlic and chillies to sear them a bit before we pile on everything else.

I'll mix salt, soy sauce, rice vinegar and sesame oil in with the rice. It doesn't say this recipe has egg, but I have some, so why not...?

Yknow... I made too much rice... I should have saved half of this, my ratios are gonna be off and crowd the pan, but its TOO LATE ive mixed the raw egg in now, lets just go for it.

Im cooking and cooking... im mashing this into a creamy risotto instead of a crispy fried rice I fear... lets serve it up before I turn it into mochi.

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Got a bit sloppy with this one, i've definitely made better fried rice. I didn't leave the rice overnight, i overcrowded the pan, and I probably should have cooked the frozen veg separate so they didnt add more moisture. You have to admit though... it kinda looks more like the graphic this way...? Its a little blander than it looks, I guess the stronger the flame, the tastier the dish as they say! But yknow what, a not-great fried rice is still a pretty satisfying meal.

Breath of the Wild #50: Glazed Mushrooms

Ingredients: Any Mushroom, Courser Bee Honey

Description: "The honey in this mushroom dish gives it a sweet, complex taste and a savory finish."

I thought that strong earthy flavour of shiitake just seemed like a good match for this one. I liked the chinese 5-spice and soy sauce with the vegetables so we'll do that again, and of course, the honey.

Straight in the pan with a bit of oil, it wont need long so ill already grind in the salt and dry spices.

Once its almost there a splash of soy sauce and a big drizzle of honey.

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It's sweet, complex and delicious! The shiitake was a good shout, it tastes a bit like chicken this way. Points deducted for barely being a side dish, this is more like a topping. Damn near a garnish! I'll have a second course of crisps and a muffin.

Breath of the Wild #33: Fragrant Mushroom Saute

Ingredients: Any Mushroom, Goron Spice

Description: "The fragrant aroma of this sauteed spice and mushroom dish makes your mouth water."

I've got a load of oyster mushrooms and a couple shiitake. Them's fryin' words. And for the goron spice I'm blending some yellow curry powder mix (mostly turmeric), garam masala, chilli powder, coriander seed and peppercorns.

Since its curry inspired, I thought i'd use butter instead of oil. I'll heat that up a bit first and then throw everything in the pan.

Mushrooms and spices in, and then ill just fry it till its brown... er... well until its all floppy... oh... well browner and floppyer than that? I'll just guess.

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It is, in fact, so fragrant. It's pleasant enough, but its a bit dry and simple. A bit of sugar and salt and literally any meat or vegetable or grain would have helped.

Breath of the Wild #32: Herb Saute

Ingredients: Any Herb, Flower, or Vegetable, Goron Spice

Description: "A fragrant mixture of herbs and spices. It's easily recognized by its unique aroma."

This one seems nice and clear, I got some pak choi and a big ol' swede (aka rutabaga?). For goron spice we just fry them in a bunch of spices and that's about it!

I carve some of this swede up, the rest i can chop into pieces and save for a stew or something.

Last time I remember frying this vegetable it came out really undercooked, so im gonna boil it in water for a while to give it a big headstart on the greens.

once thats been boiled for, i dunno a while (i was doing chores) I can shove everything in a big bowl and gently toss it in oil and spices.

I've used fresh ginger, a couple bay leaves, cayenne pepper, curry powder, cumin, and turmeric.

And then ill fry it up in my big pan.

Oh! i just remembered i was going to add extra cinnamon, because it showed a cinnamon stick on the picture and i didnt have any sticks but I got ground cinnamon anyway.

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I thought this one would be an easy one but actually nah. Tasting it I immediately realised it could use some salt and sugar or something. And really just needed like some extra element to carry all that seasoning, like yogurt or lemon juice or something? it just tasted like spicy dust. And the swede was STILL NOT THAT SOFT.

Breath of the Wild #16: Copious Fried Wild Greens

Ingredients: Any four different Vegetables, Flowers, or Herbs

Description: "A healthy dish made by cooking mixed greens over a strong flame."

Four different vegetables, we have! Spring onion, sugar snap peas, baby corn and courgette.

I'll cut the ones that need to be cut, but these can afford to be fairly big and chunky I suppose.

Like with the fried broccoli, I'll add a nice bit of butter for flavour and to help it cook.

And we can toss it in the nice big pan! Well, half of what I showed at the start, I can save the other half for salt-grilled greens later.

Oh why not add just a bit of seasoning? I have this paprika salt and lemon handy.

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Cool! I think I did a good job. Frying with the butter really brings out the sweetness in the vegetables. Crisp and hydrating with a nice variety. It really feels like more of a snack though. A visually pleasing healthy side. 

Breath of the Wild #15: Fried Wild Greens

Ingredients: Any Vegetable, Flower, or Herb

Description: "A basic vegetable dish made by sauteing fresh wild plants."

Since there's a second version of this with a variety of vegetables, I'll do just one! Broccoli is a perfect standalone vegetable that tastes pretty good all on its own, and its a real vegetable-type vegetable, you know? Green. Stems. Sort of Leafy. Crunchy. It's got it all.

First we give it a quick rinse.

I'm going to cook it in some butter, so itll get just that little bit of flavour and salt, and then thats it, no other seasonings!

And then i'll cook it until its soft and take it off before the little tippy bits start to burn.

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Ah, why is plain ol' broccoli this good? It's so simple and crunchy and filling. Why are we putting so much effort in with all these other recipes... 

Breath of the Wild #14: Sauteed Nuts

Ingredients: Any Nut

Description: "These sauteed tree seeds are the perfect snack for the busy adventurer on the go!"

I really deliberated on what nuts to use for this... but you know whats big and impressive and sautees really well? Chestnuts! Good thing its right after christmas, when they're a bit easier to find.

I'm cooking them in butter with a bit of salt and sugar and a tiny bit of thyme from my planter. These already came pre-cooked and shelled so im really just heating them up a bit and crisping the edges.

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They're so good! I am biased because I really like chestnuts. They're a little bit like sweet potato, kinda mushy and starchy and surprisingly sweet. The added salt and thyme made a very subtle difference that only enhanced the natural flavour if anything, i think the butter made the most difference. Really i didn't do much, we could have eaten them straight from the packet, but hot and buttery makes them even better. Are they a good snack for on the go? Well yeah, obviously.

Breath of the Wild #13: Sauteed Peppers

Ingredients: Spicy Pepper

Description: "The spiciness of these sauteed peppers has been broken by the heat for a sweeter taste."

It's not really easy to get a wide variety of peppers around here, the options are typically bell peppers or small really hot ones (birds eye?). I dont really want to eat a whole plate of anything hotter than a jalapeno tbh. Anyway I found these mild small-ish chillies.

We can always just spice them up with dried spice mixes! I've got something peppery & gingery and something hot and fiery. I'm also frying these in olive oil with a dash of sesame oil.

In they go, ill just toss them around on a low heat like im caramelising onions.

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I'm having these with some of the left over fish skewers, so maybe thats making me biased to find these a really refreshing break from the dry salty meat. They are nicely sweet and sour and quite oily, and the lack of seeds means no bitterness. Grilling or frying peppers is a surprisingly effective way to whip up a nice side to go with probably anything. 

Delicious in Dungeon #69: Egg and Carrot Mush

Our final meat is all done! Now the penultimate recipe, a simple babymode food for eepy baby princesses

like that! This is supposedly a good meal for delicate stomachs, which checks out because i might be about to do the FODMAP diet myself and these are low-fodmap foods indeed.

I guess its just eggs and carrot. I saw a similar dish called ninjin shirishiri, its scrambled egg and shredded carrot, sometimes seasoned with sesame seeds. Sounds like a plan!

Going to town on the carrot with my julienne peeler, and then making sure the strips are a good bite-size length.

Then i can beat the eggs with seasoning. Just some of my paprika salt and mixed peppercorns. I'll add the sesame in at the end.

Frying the carrots with a bit of butter. I guess if you worry about dairy you can use vegetable oil.

After the carrots are softened I pour in the eggs and sprinkle some sesame seeds, I gotta keep it moving around the pan with a spatula to scramble the eggs.

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Tasty! simple! A little bit bland though. Definitely a good idea if you're feeling so delicate, but im feeling like... wheres the rest of the stir fry?