This healthy Breakfast Rice with Bacon is a delicious and filling make ahead breakfast recipe! It's a great camping recipe, meal prep recipe, and it's family friendly! I mean, who doesn't love bacon?!
Dice your veggies and meat, then set aside. Scramble your eggs and set aside.
In a small bowl, mix Tamari with coconut crystals and mustard. Set aside. ¼ cup low sodium tamari, 3 tbsp coconut sugar, ¼ tsp dry mustard
Heat 1 tbsp coconut oil in a large skillet or wok over medium high heat.1 tbsp coconut oil
Add onions, garlic, bell pepper, ham and sausage (add any additional items at this time also). ½ cup red onion, 1 tbsp garlic, 2 cups bell pepper, ¾ cups ham, ¾ cups chicken sausage
Sauté 1-2 minutes, stirring with a slotted spoon every so often.
Add bacon, peas and carrots and cooked rice. 8 slices turkey bacon, 1 cup peas and carrots, 2½ cups brown rice
Pour Tamari mixture over rice and stir gently to combine
Gently stir in cooked eggs. Cook until heated through.
Top with green onions and serve immediately. ½ cup green onions
Instant Pot Directions
Dice your veggies, ham and bacon. Scramble your eggs and set aside. 4 eggs
Press Sauté on your Instant Pot.
Sauté your chopped bacon until the edges start to brown. Add in sausage, vegetables and garlic. Stir togethers and cook for 1-2 minutes. 8 slices turkey bacon, ¾ cups chicken sausage, ½ cup red onion, 2 cups bell pepper, 1 tbsp garlic, 1 cup peas and carrots
Remove the contents of the pot and place them in a bowl. Set aside.
Pour 2.5 cups of water into the pot, then add the rice. 2½ cups brown rice
Close the lid of your pot and turn your pressure release valve to Sealing. Use the Pressure Cook or Manual button and set the time to 20 minutes on high pressure.
Note: Turn off your "keep warm" function by pressing the button. This helps the rice not stick to the bottom of your pot.
While your rice is cooking, mix together tamari/soy sauce, coconut crystals (optional) and dry mustard. ¼ cup low sodium tamari, 3 tbsp coconut sugar, ¼ tsp dry mustard
After the cooking time is finished, allow your rice to naturally release pressure for at least 10 minutes. This allows the rice to cook naturally. After 10 minutes, manually flip the value to Venting to release the pressure on your pot.
When the rice is finished cooking, add the rest of your cooked ingredients to the rice and then top with the tamari/mustard sauce. Gently stir to combine.
Top with green onions and serve immediately. ½ cup green onions
Notes
Makes 6 servings (divide this recipe in 6 servings)21 Day Fix:Containers: 1/2G, 1R, 1Y, .5tsp for coconut crystals - a natural sweetener80 Day Obsession:You can make this recipe compliant by increasing the bell peppers to 5 Cups instead of 2 Cups - this will give you 1G per serving.
Recipe Tips:
Cooking this in a cast iron skillet is easy and quick. If you prefer to use a wok I think that would work just as well.
Using leftover rice in this recipe is ideal, but it’s totally OK if you don’t have any. I love cooking brown rice in the Instant Pot in big batches and then freezing, so I always have rice ready for this recipe.
This recipe is delicious any time of day – that’s right, breakfast for dinner! It keeps in the fridge for 5 days making it perfect for quick lunches throughout the week.
We love to eat the leftovers in corn tortillas for breakfast tacos, or rolled up into burritos.
If you're trying to keep carbs down, you can use cauliflower rice in place of the brown rice.
This is a very versatile recipe: you can change the vegetables to your preference (bok choy or broccoli florets would be delicious!), you can also adjust the flavor profile by adding sesame oil to the tamari mixture.
Meal Prep Tips:
I’ve kept this recipe in the fridge for 5 days. It keeps well and is an easy leftover breakfast for busy mornings.
If you’d like to store it for longer, you can freeze this in small batches.
To thaw: remove and place in the fridge for a few hours, then microwave at 30-60 second intervals.
If the rice looks dry while you’re reheating it, you can add a few drops of water into it and cover with a paper towel while your microwaving.