Fried Rice

Fried Rice

Published on July 6, 2015 | By

Ingredients

  • 4 cups cooked rice
  • 6 eggs
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 2 carrots, diced small
  • 1/2 cup petite peas
  • 10 Tbsp soy sauce
  • 6 tablespoons oil
  • 1 small yellow onion, diced small
  • 6 green onions, diced
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons black pepper
  • 4 tablespoons sesame seeds
  • optional: diced chicken breast or ham
  • optional: 1/2 cup green peas

Instructions

  1. Cook rice according to package directions and let cool (if you can, cook the rice the day before and refrigerate overnight).
  2. In a large pan over medium high heat, scramble eggs in 1 tsp oil with salt and pepper and remove from the pan and set aside.
  3. Add 1 tsp more oil and then stir fry the chicken with a sprinkle of salt and pepper and 2 Tbsp soy sauce until almost cooked through.
  4. Add the garlic, carrot, and onion, as well as 2 Tbsp butter and stir fry until onions are translucent (2-3 min)
  5. Add the scallions and stir fry for 1 min then add the rice, salt, pepper, 8 tablespoons soy sauce, and sesame seeds; stir fry until all ingredients are evenly distributed
  6. Create a well in the middle of the rice and place butter in the well; let it melt and stir in the rice - let rice crisp up in the butter
  7. Add the egg back in the stir until evenly distributed, breaking it up into small pieces with the spatuala; turn off the heat and enjoy!