Basic Fried Rice - With Variations
Ingredients
- 4 cups brown rice, cooked, cold ⓘ
- 2 green onions, chopped ⓘ
- 2 tablespoons oil, to 4 ⓘ
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce ⓘ
- 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional) ⓘ
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar (optional) ⓘ
- 1 teaspoon sherry wine ⓘ
- 2 eggs, beaten ⓘ
- Meat Choices (use 1 cup)
- roast pork (optional)
- roast beef (optional) ⓘ
- lamb, roasted (optional) ⓘ
- duck, roasted (optional) ⓘ
- turkey, roasted (optional) ⓘ
- chicken, roasted (optional) or chicken, boiled (optional) ⓘ
- boiled ham (optional) or baked ham (optional) ⓘ
- bacon, pan fried (optional) ⓘ
- Chinese sausage, steamed (optional) ⓘ
- Seafood Choices (use 1 cup) ⓘ
- crabmeat, flaked (optional)
- lobster, boiled and diced (optional) ⓘ
- shrimp, cooked (optional)
- Vegetable Choices (use 1 cup)
- bamboo shoot (optional) ⓘ
- bean sprouts, blanched (optional) ⓘ
- celery, blanched (optional) ⓘ
- cucumber, add at the very end (optional) ⓘ
- green peas, parboiled (optional) ⓘ
- lettuce, add at the very end (optional) ⓘ
- mushrooms, fresh, canned (soak if dried, optional) (optional) or dried mushroom (soak if dried) (optional) ⓘ
- onion (optional) ⓘ
- bell pepper (optional) ⓘ
- pimiento (optional) ⓘ
- scallion (optional) ⓘ
- string bean, parboiled (optional) ⓘ
- tomatoes, peeled, add at the very end (optional)
- water chestnut (optional)
- Miscellaneous Choices ⓘ
Instructions
- 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.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
1838
kcal
92% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).