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Basic Chinese fried rice Recipe | |
Chinese Rice | |
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Ingredients:
4 c. cold cooked rice1 c. cooked meat or seafood: Roast pork or duck or chicken boiled or baked ham Pan fried bacon or steamed chinese sausage crabmeat,flaked, boiled lobster or cooked shrimp 1 c. vegetables: Bamboo shoots,beans sprouts, blanched celery,blanched green peas parboiled or lettuce 1/4 c. scallions 1 or 2 eggs 2 T. oil 3 to 4 T. oil 2 T. soy sauce 1/2 t. salt 1/2 t. sugar 1 t. sherry
Directions:
Break up and separate the cold cooked rice.Dice or shred meat, seafood or seafood and vegetables. Mince the scallions;beat the eggs. Heat 2 T. oil in a large pan. add minced scallions and stir-fry a few times. Add fresh vegetables and stir fry to soften slightly. Add canned vegetables and cooked meat;stir- fry to heat through and blend. Remove all ingredients from pan. Heat remaining oil (3 to 4 T.) to smoking. Add rice and heat through completely(turning and folding with a spatula so that it heats evenly and doesn't stick.) Return vegetables and meat;fold into rice with a spatula to blend well and reheat. Quickly blend in soy sauce,salt, sugar and sherry. Fold in beaten eggs with a spatula and turn off the heat just as the eggs begin to set. Serve hot, garnished with minced scallions or chopped Chinese Parsley. Serves 4 to 6
Lard or bacon fat is sometimes substituted for the oil.
If the rice seems too dry, add 2 or 3 T. stock with the seasonings. Enjoy..
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