Basic Fried Rice - With Variations

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 cups brown rice, cooked, cold
• 2 green onions, chopped
• 2 tablespoons oil, to 4
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar (optional)
• 1 teaspoon sherry wine
• 2 eggs, beaten
• roast lamb (optional)
• roast beef (optional)
• lamb, roasted (optional)
• duck, roasted (optional)
• turkey, roasted (optional)
• chicken, roasted (optional) or chicken, boiled (optional)
• boiled ham (optional) or baked ham (optional)
• bacon, pan fried (optional)
• chinese sausage, steamed (optional)
• crabmeat, flaked (optional)
• lobster, boiled and diced (optional)
• shrimp, cooked (optional)
• bamboo shoot (optional)
• bean sprouts, blanched (optional)
• celery, blanched (optional)
• cucumber, add at the very end (optional)
• green peas, parboiled (optional)
• lettuce, add at the very end (optional)
• mushrooms, fresh, canned (soak if dried, optional) (optional) or dried mushroom (soak if dried) (optional)
• onion (optional)
• bell pepper (optional)
• pimiento (optional)
• scallion (optional)
• string bean, parboiled (optional)
• tomato, peeled, add at the very end (optional)
• water chestnut (optional)
• 1 tablespoon almonds, blanched and chopped (optional)
• 1 tablespoon peanuts, chopped (optional)
• 1 tablespoon walnuts, blanched and chopped (optional)
• 1 tablespoon raisins (optional)

Recipe

• 1 dice or shred meat and vegetables.
• 2 heat oil in wok; stir-fry green onions.
• 3 add fresh vegetables and stir-fry to soften.
• 4 add canned vegetables and meat; stir-fry to heat and blend flavors.
• 5 remove from wok.
• 6 heat some more oil if needed, to smoking.
• 7 add rice and heat through completely.
• 8 return vegetables and meat to wok, add soy sauce, salt, sugar and sherry.
• 9 fold in eggs and turn off heat just as they begin to set.
• 10 suggested combinations:.
• 11 beef, onions and green pepper.
• 12 bacon, onions, lettuce and tomatoes.
• 13 chicken, onions and bean sprouts.
• 14 chicken, bamboo shoots, mushrooms and cucumber.