Easy Poor Mans Fried Rice made with ground beef, bacon, frozen mixed vegetables, rice and then seasoned to perfection!
My husband loves poor man dishes. I guess you can say he’s one of those easy-to-please fellas. One of his favorite poor man dishes that I made is my ground beef, bacon, & vegetable fried rice. I swear he can’t get enough of this stuff. He would eat it every day if I allowed him to!
I love making this poor mans fried rice because it’s super quick and easy to whip up. Plus, it’s budget-friendly.
How to Make Poor Mans Fried Rice: A Catch-All of Ingredients!
For this delicious ground beef, bacon, & vegetable fried rice I use frozen mixed vegetables. You know the kind with peas, carrots, green beans, corn, etc? I guess that’s my way of sneaking vegetables in!
This meal is perfect for those busy weeknights. You can make store bought egg rolls, and call it a meal!
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Poor Mans Fried Rice
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups cooked rice white or brown
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1/2 lb bacon diced
- 1 1/2 cup frozen mixed vegetables
- 1 medium bell pepper diced
- 1 medium yellow onion diced
- 2 medium sized eggs lightly beaten
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- green onions for garnishing
Instructions
- Brown the ground beef over medium heat, then remove the meat from the pan, and drain the fat.
- Next cook the bacon in the pan, and do not drain the fat!
- Once it’s crisp, toss in all the vegetables.
- Next, the ground beef back into the pan.
- Now add in the rice, and fold the ingredients until well combined.
- Sprinkle in the salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
- Fold the ingredients, pour the eggs over the rice.
- Fold the eggs in, until cooked.
- Drizzle in the sesame oil, and fold in.
- Remove the pan from the heat.
- Garnish with green onions.
- Serve & enjoy!
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Hello, I have to say first off I enjoy your blog and especially the recipes, they are so good and easy for the nonprofessional cook. I have a question about The Poor Man Rice I have all of the ingredients except sesame oil, can a substitute like EVOO or vegetable oil? I hate to buy things for a specific recipe that I will barely use? Keep the recipes coming
Thanks, Cynthia
Hi Cynthia! The sesame seed oil, adds flavor. If you’re not crazy, or don’t think you need it, you can leave it out completely. XOXO
Rosie, I love your recipes! In this one I can’t find the garlic powder in the list of ingredients. Don’t know how much to use.
Hi Barbara! I am so sorry about that. It’s 1 tsp of garlic powder 🙂
Thank you, Rosie! You rock!
Do you have recipes for vegan folks or alternative meals without meat ?
Hi Angela! I do have a couple of Vegan recipes listed. Are you looking for anything in particular?
Thank you for sharing this recipe. I am working mother of 4 boys and truly appreciate all the help you have given to me in the kitchen. I never learned how to cook growing up, i always told my mom id have a maid & cook! Ive learned on my own and thanks to you a have gotten pretty skilled in the kitchen.
***** trying to do 5 stars but the computer is messing up if you can possibly fix it I really wanted to give you 5 stars on this.
Hi Kelley!! Thanks so much for trying my recipes!! XOXO
I have been printing out some of your recipes, I am going to try.
Thanks! enjoy!
Make this tonight but added a can of drained whole corn and some soy sauce. WOW, this turned out great
Made this on tonight. I should have cooked the vegetables a little longer before adding the ground beef, other than that everything was good. I will add some soy sauce next time.