Thursday, September 11, 2008

Fried rice, delicious, homemade

My friend at my temp job asked me for a recipe for this, so here you go! :D

  • 1 Tbs. vegetable oil (sesame oil preferred if you have it)
  • 1/4 sweet onion, diced
  • 2 cups rice (cooked or steamed)
  • 2 Tbs. soy sauce
  • 2 tsp. oyster sauce
  • 3 tsp. - 2Tbs. sugar (according to taste)
  • 1/4 cup - 1/3 cup frozen vegetables (can use mix or just carrots, peas, etc. by preference)
  • 1 - 2 eggs

In a hot wok or pan, put the oil, and saute onion. Then add rice and fry until thoroughly heated, while mixing. Mix soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sugar. Once rice is warm, add the mixture, stirring rice as you add. Add frozen vegetables. In a bowl, scramble the egg(s), this will be your last ingredient. As soon as the vegetables are brightly colored and thawed, turn the heat off and add the egg and stir. Serve. You can add cayenne pepper to taste if you like it.

You can add any meat to this dish to make chicken fried rice, pork fried rice, etc (shrimp! crab! looooobstar!). Just dice the meat and add it right after the onions. Doesn't matter if it's cooked (like leftovers) or raw, just make sure it's cooked before you add the rice.

If your rice is dry (taste it before you add the egg), you can add any kind of broth to moisten it. (chicken, beef, vegetable) If you don't have any broth, water is okay, but broth adds flavor. Add enough to moisten, and let it steam with a lid over the pan for no more than 5 minutes. If you're impatient, you can taste it, but the more times you take off the lid, the longer it'll take (and the moisture you lose). You can always add more water/broth, but don't put too much broth, it'll get salty. Also, if you add too much liquid, it'll get mushy, so err on the dry side when adding liquids.

If you have leftover fried rice and it's dry, just add broth/water to it in a warm pan and let it steam. All the warnings from the previous paragraph apply.

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