Basic Fried Rice - With Variations

"Another recipe that I acquired from a Chinese cooking class that I took. This is a basic fried rice recipe, but has lots of optional ingredients that you can pick and choose to add to the rice."
 
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Ready In:
55mins
Ingredients:
38
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Dice or shred meat and vegetables.
  • Heat oil in wok; stir-fry green onions.
  • Add fresh vegetables and stir-fry to soften.
  • Add canned vegetables and meat; stir-fry to heat and blend flavors.
  • Remove from wok.
  • Heat some more oil if needed, to smoking.
  • Add rice and heat through completely.
  • Return vegetables and meat to wok, add soy sauce, salt, sugar and sherry.
  • Fold in eggs and turn off heat just as they begin to set.
  • SUGGESTED combinations:

  • beef, onions and green pepper.
  • bacon, onions, lettuce and tomatoes.
  • chicken, onions and bean sprouts.
  • chicken, bamboo shoots, mushrooms and cucumber.

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Reviews

  1. I had to make this because I needed a new way to use my garden lettuce. Worked out great. I used baked tofu instead of meat and used a bit more of the sauce to compensate for the milder flavor of the tofu. I also used cucumber and mushrooms. <br/>Folding in the eggs made it fast, but there are no egg bits, if that is what you crave. I was fine without them.<br/>I was a bit confused about how much extras to put in. One cup of each category or one cup total? I went with 1 cup total (ok, a bit more since lettuce is primarily water).
     
  2. This is my kind of recipe. A little of this and a little of that. Helps to use up those leftovers that are hanging around in the fridge. I used red bell pepper strips, celery and the green onion from the fresh vegetables. The protein came from Chinese Barbecued Pork Tenderloin (Recipe #470181). I did add in rinsed frozen mixed vegetables. The rice was short grain brown rice that had been defrosted. Made for Culinary Quest 2014.
     
  3. I thought the basic recipe with cooking the vegetables first and removing them, then the rice, then adding the liquids, then folding the eggs in was very good. It kept the vegetables crisp and the eggs not over-done. I used mushrooms, which I put in first and seared to a nice brown, then added scallions and garlic scapes and some red pepper flakes, to give it a little zip, letting them cook a little on the pretty high heat, then added red bell peppers afterwards for a short time so they would retain some crunch. When I cooked the rice in the smoking oil, I let it brown a bit on each side, kind of flipping it over and covering the whole pan evening. I did not use sugar which I think would ruin it. Turned the heat down a bit and added back the veggies. Then, I whisked together Tamari and Vermouth, since I didn't have Sherry, before putting it on the combination. Folding the eggs in and taking it off the heat as it was beginning to set made them not over done. I will definitely do this again with different veggies. Yum.
     
  4. Very good fried rice! I confess that I used Basmati rice, but other than that I followed the recipe. I used about a cup of pork bits (trimmings from cutting up a whole loin of pork), and fresh mung bean sprouts, yellow onion, mushrooms, 1/2 of a grated carrot, celery and water chestnuts, as well as the green onions called for in the basic rice recipe. Thanks.
     
  5. Great basic fried rice - like the brown rice too! I added peas, toms., celery and mushrooms. I drizzled a little Hoisin sauce on top and that seemed good. So, maybe I'd like more sugar? I'm going to check out other recipes to see how much they put in, (or maybe it's onions would make it sweeter...) but we will definitely make this again. Thank you!
     
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  1. I had to make this because I needed a new way to use my garden lettuce. Worked out great. I used baked tofu instead of meat and used a bit more of the sauce to compensate for the milder flavor of the tofu. I also used cucumber and mushrooms. <br/>Folding in the eggs made it fast, but there are no egg bits, if that is what you crave. I was fine without them.<br/>I was a bit confused about how much extras to put in. One cup of each category or one cup total? I went with 1 cup total (ok, a bit more since lettuce is primarily water).
     
  2. I really liked this recipe. It allows you to use whatever is on hand to create a quick and delicious dinner. I used tofu fried in sesame oil in place of meat and added broccoli, snow peas, baby carrots, red pepper and mushrooms. Next time I'll fry the eggs separately before adding them to the stir-fry so that there will be pieces of egg in the final dish. Made for ZWT4 Add More Veggies Challenge.
     

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