How to Make Fried Rice

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Welcome to startcooking.com…I’m Kathy Maister

Cooking up some fried rice is a great way to use up leftovers.

Be sure to start with 2 cups of COLD cooked rice.

When it’s JUST cooked, hot rice is too moist and sticky and will make your fried rice very soggy.

As with all stir fry recipes…..get all your ingredients prepared before you turn on the stove!

Let 1 cup of frozen peas defrost on a plate while the rest of the ingredients get prepared.

Crack 2 eggs into a small bowl and beat them with a fork until they are all mixed together.

Cut one small onion in half….cut off the top and peel the skin away…. leaving the root intact. Making 1/8 inch cuts, DICE the onion.

Trim the ends off two green onions and cut them into about ¼ inch bits.

Now for the sauce….measure ¼ cup of oyster sauce into a liquid measuring cup. Add 2 Tablespoons of soy sauce.

Preheat a large frying pan on medium heat for about 30 seconds.

Add 1 Tablespoon of canola or peanut oil. Let that heat up for about another 30 seconds.

Pour the beaten eggs into the pan. Swirl them around so that there is a thin layer of eggs on the bottom of the pan. Let the eggs cook until they’re dry on the top.

Remove the eggs from the pan and put them onto a plate. With two dinner knives, slice them into strips. They will get added to the rice in just a minute!

Turn the heat up to medium high and add 1 more tablespoon of oil to the pan. Heat the oil for about 30 seconds.

Add the diced yellow onion to the hot oil and cook the onion for about 1 minute.

Now add the rice and stir it until it’s heated through. This should only take a minute or two.

If you have any left over ham, chicken, pork, or shrimp, chop it up and it can be added at this point to the fried rice as well!

Mix in the sauce…..the defrosted peas…..and the green onions. Let that get heated through as well.

Now mix in the cooked eggs and we’re done! Enjoy!