Low-Carb Kimchi Fried Rice

Ready in 15 minutes | Serves 1

Kimchi fried rice is peak comfort food – salty, sour, spicy, and umami. This version is all of that, but swaps white rice for Allmighty Rice, so you get the same big bowl at a fraction of the carbs and calories.

Ingredients

• 1 pack Allmighty Rice (200g drained)
• 150g kimchi, roughly chopped (plus 1 tbsp of the kimchi juice)
• 2 slices Spam Lite (about 55g, roughly ¼ of a small tin), cut into cubes
• 2 spring onions, chopped
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1 tsp neutral oil, for frying
• 1 egg, for topping
• Seaweed flakes, for topping

Method

1. Rinse and drain Allmighty Rice, then dry-fry it in a hot pan with no oil for 1–2 minutes to drive off excess moisture. Set aside. (This is the step that keeps the dish from going soggy.)
2. In the same pan, add neutral oil and stir-fry the spring onions until aromatic.
3. Add the Spam cubes and the chopped kimchi. Fry until the edges start to caramelise and turn golden.
4. Return the rice to the pan. Add the soy sauce, a splash of kimchi juice, and the sesame oil, tossing everything together until well coated and heated through.
5. In a separate pan, fry the egg to your liking.
6. Plate the rice, top with fried egg and seaweed flakes, and scatter over any remaining spring onion.

Per serving

17g protein | 335 kcal | 3g carbs (incl. 9g fibre)

Why it works

A standard bowl of kimchi fried rice runs well over 500 calories, most of it from the white rice. Allmighty Rice is made from konjac enriched with oat fibre at just 9 calories per 100g, so the base of the dish contributes almost nothing to the calorie count – the flavour comes entirely from the kimchi, Spam and sesame oil. Same comfort, far lighter.

Tips

• Dry-fry the rice first. It removes excess water so the grains fry properly instead of steaming.
• Use well-fermented kimchi. Older, sourer kimchi gives much deeper flavour than fresh.
• Don't skip the kimchi juice – it's where a lot of the tang lives.
• Swap the Spam for bacon, chicken, or tofu; add a spoonful of gochujang if you want more heat.

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