Fried Rice

Whenever I make a meal that requires rice, I double the amount of rice.

I refrigerate the leftover rice.

In the following few days, I either use the rice to make

rice pudding or fried rice.

I will save my rice puddin (said with my best Southern accent)

for another day.

Here is my fried rice recipe.

It makes a good cheap whole meal 

and is a great way to use up leftovers.

The best thing about my fried rice is

that my whole family will eat it

and I don't even think they realize that 

they actually get their veggie quota for the day.

I don't always refer to recipes. Sometimes I just like to wing it.

My fried rice is never the same twice.

I get my wok and heat canola oil. I start with about 1/4 cup and add more in if I need it along the way.

I then take any veggies that would be better sauteed and throw them in the hot oil first.

I always use some type of onion (green being the preference)

and I love mushrooms.

I then add in any cooked meat that I want to use up. The ideas are limitless: chicken, beef, pork, hotdogs, shrimp, or lunch meat (I probably use sliced lunch ham more than anything else).

I then move all of that to the side of the pan and crack two eggs and scramble them into the rest of the ingredients already in the pan.

Next, I toss in any other veggie in bitesize pieces that I need to get rid of:

carrots, peas, cauliflower, broccoli, corn, celery, peppers, etc.

Lastly I throw in the rice from the tupperware straight out of the fridge. (add more oil if needed). I usually use anywhere between 2 - 4 cups of cooked rice.

I season with soy sauce and whatever else I feel like. I like using the fried rice seasoning packets (kikkoman) but sometimes I use leftover shrimp sauce or teriyaki. Or all three.

If you are more of a recipe kind of person, go to allrecipes to find a recipe that you can follow for fried rice. As long as you pick something with a good amount of ratings that is 4 or 5 stars, you can't go wrong. Unless you burn it. Which I have also done many times in the past. Burning isn't always a bad thing, sometimes you can go out to dinner as your last resort and you can then celebrate the burned food at home in the garbage as you saved yourself some dishes to do. It's a good thing because you are going to be scrubbing the burn ouf of the pan when you get back home.

I looked on my two favorite recipe blogs and didn't find either of them listing fried rice. I am sure Donna or Jennifer could make something even tastier, but you will have to wait for them to post it.