Kitchen Sink Fried Rice
"This recipe is the result of playing around with several different recipes I've tried. Everybody who's tried it says it is the best of the best bar none. This is a quick and easy recipe to prepare, and it's easy to increase or decrease the amount as needed. Enjoy!"
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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8-10
ingredients
- 4 cups long-grain white rice, cooked and chilled
- 4 eggs, scrambled
- 8 ounces ham, finely diced
- 1 cup carrot, finely diced
- 5 -6 green onions, tops included, finely chopped
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 cup low sodium soy sauce, to taste
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
- 2 teaspoons sesame seeds (optional)
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
directions
- Heat vegetable and sesame oil in large heavy skillet over medium heat.
- Saute carrots, onion, ham, optional sesame seeds, and garlic until soft and lightly browned.
- Add cold rice and mix well.
- Cook for five minutes, stirring constantly.
- Add soy sauce a little at a time, taste test, add more until it suits your taste.
- Add salt to taste.
- When all is mixed well, add scrambled eggs, stir well. Chow down with your favorite asian entree.
- NOTE: Diced chicken, pork or shrimp would work well in this recipe also.
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Reviews
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I think this is the best fried rice I have ever made. I used brown rice instead of white. I just realized that the eggs should have been cooked before I added them to the pan, that would have been better. I used chicken instead of ham and tried to add ground ginger but mistakenly grabbed ground mustard. I will definately make it again correcting my mistakes, we'll see how it goes. I also added chopped celery and frozen peas in the last few minutes.
Tweaks
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I think this is the best fried rice I have ever made. I used brown rice instead of white. I just realized that the eggs should have been cooked before I added them to the pan, that would have been better. I used chicken instead of ham and tried to add ground ginger but mistakenly grabbed ground mustard. I will definately make it again correcting my mistakes, we'll see how it goes. I also added chopped celery and frozen peas in the last few minutes.
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Happy Hippie
Spring Valley, California
I live in beautiful San Diego where there's never nothin to do. We almost never have days where you can't get outdoors. For fun I love to read, cook, take road trips with my grandson, whom I raise. Take long walks along the beach, bays and lakes. My live in grandson is 12 and the light of my life. I've been teaching him to fish, or should I say I'm exposing him to lake fishing, the people we meet along the way are teaching him while I read and watch. He's dying to go ocean fishing, that one makes me a bit more nervous, but we'll start that soon, probably from piers to start. Nick's only one of my grandchildren though, I have a total of 13, three live in Kansas, the land of Oz. The last time I visited them, it was Christmas time and when I stepped off the plane, the cold air took my breath away and standing there waiting for me in a short-sleeved T-shirt, was my son-in-law. Needless, to say, I spent many days there staying indoors praying for the day I could get back to sunny California -- I never had to endure snow the whole time, thank God! Twenty degrees daily was way out of my comfort zone by a very large margin. There truly is no place like home. I have 8 other grandchildren that are fortunate enought to live in San Diego too. We spend weekends doing things together such as taking in the zoo, wild animal park, Sea World, Knotts Soak City water park (summer), museums, fishing, picknicking and just hanging out. They all love to help grandma cook in the kitchen. I have many cookbooks and can read them like I'd read a novel. My passions are my family, my two boston terriers, Tuffy and Oreo, and gardening, cooking and reading -- oh yeah, I'm totally addicted to Zaar. I don't really have many pet peeves, but a biggie is mean, obnoxious people and those who think they know it all, and liars, I can pick out a deceitful person it an instant. If you can't trust someone, then nothings worth salvaging in the relationship. I hate those who disrespect the environment (no I'm not a tree hugger) but I do hate to see people litter and fail to do simple things such as picking up after themselves in the outdoors such as parks and beaches, and how easy is it to recycle? It's really not too difficult to make an impact on the environment if everybody takes responsibility for their "trash."
