Golden Fried Rice

Description

This is a fairly traditional Chinese dish.

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups rice, cooked, then chilled
• 4 scallions, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup diced ham or bacon pieces, marinated in soy sauce (optional)
• 1/2 cup peas (optional)
• 1 tbsp. soy sauce
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 eggs

Preparation

• Get a large wok or skillet.

Directions

• Cook the rice in a rice cooker (typically 4 cups of water per 2 1/2 cups of rice). When done, place in a bowl and put in a refrigerator to chill the rice.
• Add the chilled rice, scallions, soy sauce, salt and pepper (and optionally, the ham/bacon and peas) to the wok on high heat.
• Thoroughly mix until all ingredients until hot.
• Add the eggs and mix quickly and thoroughly, making sure all the rice is covered by the eggs.
• Serve hot!

Source

The source of this recipe is unusual - I got it from a comic book! It's from a Japanese manga comic called Iron Wok Jan!, by Shinji Saijyo. It's actually a comic about cooking! This recipe is from volume 1 of the series.