5 Ingredient Taco Fried Rice

I am obsessed with 5 Ingredient recipes! First of all this recipe takes 15 minutes, uses leftover rice, and gives me more time after work to chill and decompress. Also, its crunchy, sweet, spicy, and a slash of citrus love in every bite. First, fry the sweet smokey chorizo. Mexican chorizo (the uncooked crumbly kind) works best because it mixes in the rice nicely. Spanish chorizo is the cooked cured kind. It works too if you cant find the Mexican chorizo. Now, add the rice to the pork happiness and stir with gratitude until all the rice becomes orange chorizo color. Next, spread the rice out in the pan and turn the heat up to get the rice crispy. Then leave it alone and do not stir so crisps well. This adds crunchy texture that makes this recipe fabulous. Finally, always add a fresh component to your dish. I add oniony crunchy scallions and citrusy cilantro. If you do not like cilantro just add half parsley and mint for that grassy citrus flavor. Hope this fast recipe makes you happy after a long day of work and lets you have less time in the kitchen and more time for you!  Grateful to share this recipe with you!

This rice reminds me of going to ChiChi’s on my birthday every year with my mom. First of all, this was my favorite chain restaurant growing up because they gave you free lunch on your birthday! Every year (even on a school day) Mama Goldstein would take me to get my free lunch. They had amazing sweet and spicy rice. Also, the best part was Mama Goldstein and I would make this a tradition and it was so fun to cut school to celebrate my birthday. It is important to have silly traditions even as an adult. Life is crazy and we should enjoy it with fun things with loved ones. What fun culinary traditions do you have with friends or family? Comment below and lets all reminisce together!