Fried rice

What do you do if you have a lot of left over rice? The answer is very simple. Fry it!!! It is easier to fry the rice when it is cold so if you plan to fry rice and don’t have leftover rice than you should cook the rice in the morning to fry in the evening. Fried rice is very easy to cook and it is up to you what ingredients to add. There are actually 2 methods to fry rice and I will show you how.

First of all get the rice ready

Put the cooked rice into a basin

Sprinkle a little water on the rice and break it up so that there are no big lumps

Most people put the eggs directly onto the rice but I like to cook it separately because it adds colour to the dish and small children like to taste the eggs

Break 2 eggs into a bowl.

Add salt and pepper and beat up the mixture

Pour the egg mixture into the pan and let it set a little

Turn the egg over and break it into small pieces

Remove and set aside

The first method – Fried rice with chicken and preserved radish

This is the traditional method that most people use where you fry the ingredients first then add the rice.

Ingredients 

Cooked rice

1 chicken breast

Preserved radish

White cabbage

Chopped garlic

Cooking oil

Salt and pepper

Cut the chicken into cubes and slice the cabbage

Heat the cooking oil and fry the garlic until fragrant

Add the chicken and fry until colour changes

Add the cabbage and mix thoroughly

Add the rice

Add the eggs and mix thoroughly

Dish up and serve

The second method – Fried rice with Chinese sausage

A friend who used to work in a Hong Kong Chinese restaurant taught me this method. The rice is more fragrant fried this way.

Ingredients

 Cooked rice

2 Chinese sausages

Frozen vegetables

Chopped garlic

Cooking oil

Sesame oil

Salt and pepper

Heat the cooking oil with a little sesame oil

Add the garlic and fry till fragrant

Add the rice and a little soy sauce

Stir until there are no lumps

Remove and put aside

Put a little more oil in the wok.

Add the sausage and vegetables

Season with salt and pepper

When the vegetables are cooked put the rice and egg back into the wok

Dish up and serve