Chinese Fried Rice

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 cups cooked rice, cold
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 3/4 cup scallion, sliced
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 1/2 cups diced cooked shrimp (optional) or 1 1/2 cups diced cooked chicken (optional)
• 1 egg, beaten
• 3 tablespoons parsley, minced
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce

Recipe

• 1 make rice in advance and refrigerate.
• 2 heat the oil in a skillet. stir in the rice until lightly browned, pressing out any lumps.
• 3 mix in the scallions, salt, pepper and shrimp or chicken. saute for 1 minute.
• 4 make a well in the center of the rice and pour the egg into it, stirring until barely set.
• 5 stir egg into the rice mixture.
• 6 add the parsley and soy sauce and stir. cook 1 more minute and serve immediately.
• 7 for vegetarian omit both the chicken and the shrimp.