Chinese Fried Rice

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 cups cold cooked rice
• 6 tablespoons cooking oil
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 scallions, chopped
• 1/2 cup fresh shrimp, shelled,deveined and diced
• 1/2 cup cooked peas
• 1/4 cup canned diced water chestnut
• 1/4 cup diced boiled ham
• 1/2 cup diced cooked chicken (may marinate in teriyaki sauce if desired)
• 1/2 cup diced chinese barbecue lamb or 1/2 cup leftover roast beef or 1/2 cup veal
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce

Recipe

• 1 heat 2 t oil.
• 2 beat eggs with 1/2 tsp salt and scramble in oil until firm, breaking into small pieces.
• 3 remove and reserve.
• 4 heat remaining oil.
• 5 add scallions and shrimp and remaining salt.
• 6 cook until shrimp turns pinkish.
• 7 break up lumps of cold cooked rice.
• 8 add to shrimp.
• 9 stir until rice is heated and the grains of rice are separated.
• 10 make a hole in the center of the rice.
• 11 add all the rest of the ingredients except soy sauce.
• 12 stir until thoroughly heated and mixed.
• 13 sprinkle soy sauce over rice and mix evenly through.
• 14 salt and pepper to taste.
• 15 garnish with additional chopped scallions if desired.