Cantonese Fried Rice

Submitted by Debs Recipes

"This delicious fried rice is a nice change of pace for leftover meat and veggies. It's good made with your choice of ham, pork, or grilled chicken. I like to put the rice together early in the day then simply reheat it at suppertime. It's already-tasty flavor seems to only improve with time!"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 -2 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 3 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 -2 cup cooked meat, diced
• 3 cups cooked rice
• 3 -4 green onions, sliced
• 1 cup bean sprouts
• 2 -4 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce

directions

1. Heat oil in large skillet or wok; sauté onion over medium-high heat for 2 minutes; add garlic and sauté for 1 minute.
2. Push onions and garlic to side; pour eggs onto bottom of wok; cook and stir eggs for 1-2 minutes until firm; stir onions, garlic, and eggs together.
3. Add meat, rice, green onions, and any additional veggies from optional list** below to wok; stir and toss until evenly mixed and almost heated through.
4. Add bean sprouts and soy sauce to wok; stir until heated through; serve (or put away for later meal) and enjoy!
5. For variety you may add (at same time as meat) any of the following **optional veggies: Sliced mushrooms, sliced water chestnuts, thinly sliced celery, snow peas, (thawed) peas & carrots, chopped green pepper, finely shredded cabbage, or slivered almonds ~ Just don't be afraid to experiment and use whatever's in your refrigerator!
6. Note: Including 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil with the vegetable oil gives the rice a really wonderful flavor!

Reviews

[Heydarl]

Fabulous recipe. I added more vegies & doubled everything to make meals for during the week. My hubby normally doesn't like my fried rice, but really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing this recipe Deb.

 

[silly sally]

I agree with many other reviewers here, and give this recipe a full 5 stars! This is both delicious and healthy, and does not give you that "heavy" feeling after eating. A most delicious taste! I followed the directions as stated and made no exceptions or changes. The meat I used was from a freshly grilled chicked I purchased at the supermarket. Perfect! Thank you, Deb!

 

[SusieQusie]

This was the dish I chose for the ZWT Asian Low Fat challenge so I did make a lot of changes to it but the flavor was still there! I subbed tofu for the meat, reduced the oil, used egg substitute, etc. In spite of all that, it was very tasty for a vegetarian main dish! Thanks for allowing me to tinker with your T&T recipe.

 

[bluemoon downunder]

A delicious and wonderfully versatile rice dish - with fabulously clear instructions - which I'm pleased to add to recipes which I know I'll make again, and no doubt make differently each time. Because, on this occasion, I was serving it with Sharon123’s Lamb in a Greek Way Recipe #133491, I omitted the meat and added two cups of finely sliced mushrooms. I also used 4 cloves of garlic, which I'll probably do next time, but apart from that, anything's possible. Thanks for sharing!

 

[sugarpea]

A good basic recipe to take off on. I added lots of vegetables and chicken and used some oyster sauce along with the soy sauce. Was happy to have another meal's worth to put in the freezer for one of those harried nights.