Recipes for Leftover Spaghetti Sauce with Rice 2 Ways

Move Over, Pasta! It's Time for Rice to Shine!

Recipes for leftover spaghetti sauce with rice 2 ways are inspired by some very popular dishes in Hong Kong cafes and mom-and-pop diners. These copycat recipes may make you want to have more leftover spaghetti sauce just because of these yummy meals' existence.

Total Time: 15 - 30 Minutes
Prep Time: 0 - 5 Minutes  
Active Cook Time: 15-25 Minutes  
Serving: 4

We always have homemade spaghetti sauce leftover. If you have read my recipes, I am sure you know by now that throwing food away is the last thing I want to see and do. So, turning the leftover to some kind of new dishes is always an accomplishment, in my opinion.

I must admit that every bite of these 2 recipes makes me miss home more. Hope you enjoy as much as I do!

CHEF NOTES

One of the main reasons why these 2 recipes are put together, instead of 2 separate ones, because they basically use the same ingredients, but different cooking methods. One recipe uses freshly steamed white rice. The other one uses fried rice. If you are a big fan of fried rice, I highly recommend you to cook more steamed rice. Save the leftover for the next spaghetti sauce with rice recipe.

I always use homemade spaghetti sauce because there is always some leftover. Feel free to use store-bought ones.

You can pick vegetarian spaghetti sauce to make these spaghetti and rice recipes purely vegetarian.

In some Hong Kong cafes and fast food shops, they sprinkle some shredded cheese on top. It's totally optional.

Recipes for Leftover Spaghetti Sauce with Rice 2 Ways and Directions

Recipe 1 - Spaghetti Sauce with White Rice and Sunny-Side-Up Eggs

Ingredients
16oz (about 2 cups) Spaghetti Sauce (homemade or store bought per your preference)
2 Cups Long Grain Rice
3 Cups Water (or broth if you want more flavor in the rice)
4 Eggs (One egg per serving)
2 tsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Directions

1. Rinse rice very well. Then combine both rice and water in a medium sauce pan. (This will make about 4 cups of cooked rice. If you want to have leftover rice for fried rice later, double the quantity.)
2. Bring the pot of rice to a boil (it will take about 5 minutes to boil. Pay attention and do not let it boil over).
3. Turn down heat to medium low and let it simmer for 20 minutes.
4. While waiting, in a separate sauce pan, warm up the sauce in low heat.
5. About 8 minutes before rice is ready, preheat a big skillet and add 2 tsp oil. Cook 4 eggs sunny side up (or to your preferred doneness)
6. To assemble, separate rice onto 4 serving plates, top it with a ladle of spaghetti sauce and finally add a sunny-side-up egg for each plate. Enjoy immediately!

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Recipe 2 - Spaghetti Sauce with Fried Rice

Ingredients
16oz (about 2 cups) Spaghetti Sauce (homemade or store bought per your preference)
4 cups Cooked Rice (cool overnight)
3 Eggs
1-3 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil (divided)
A splash of Light Soy Sauce
A splash of Dark Soy Sauce
Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions

1. In a sauce pan, warm up the spaghetti sauce in low heat.
2. In a separate deep, big skillet, preheat it with 1 tbsp oil.
3. Add rice and cover it to let it cook for 5-8 minutes (may need to use spatula to break it up regularly) until it is completely loosened (turn down the heat if necessary). You may need to add 1-2 tbsp more oil into the rice mixture. (When rice is warm through, you should see the grains of rice bouncing off from the bottom of the skillet.)
4. Add eggs on top of the hot rice directly and stir vigorously until egg is set. Add soy sauces; salt and pepper to taste.
5. Divide fried rice into equal portions among 4 serving plates and top it with spaghetti sauce. Enjoy immediately!

Recipes for Leftover Spaghetti Sauce with Rice 2 Ways Steps with Photos

Recipe 1 - Spaghetti Sauce with White Rice and Sunny-Side-Up Eggs

Warm up spaghetti sauce leftover or the one from the jar

Cook steamed white rice

Fry egg(s)

To assemble, add white rice as the bottom layer, then spaghetti sauce and egg

Spaghetti sauce with white rice is ready. ENJOY!

Recipe 2 - Spaghetti Sauce with Fried Rice

Warm up spaghetti sauce leftover or the jarred one. A must step, obviously, for these 2 recipes.

Cook overnight steamed rice

Add eggs into the hot overnight rice

Stir seasonings into the fried rice

Fried rice is done

Transfer a serving on a plate

Add spaghetti sauce on top

Dig in and ENJOY!

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